Kidspace Children's Museum located in Pasadena, California is seeking a full-time Membership and Events Manager. If you should know of any qualified candidates please ask them to forward their cover letter and resume to [log in to unmask] See job description listed below for further details.
Kidspace Children's Museum
Position Title: Membership & Events Manager Reports To: Business Operations Director
Position Overview
The membership and events manager is responsible for revenue from membership, private events at Kidspace, including facility rentals and birthday parties, and serves as the project lead to coordinate planning and execution of large-scale promotional events sponsored by Kidspace. The manager is a senior member of the Business Operations team and a key contributor to the strategic and day-to-day public and earned revenue operations that ensure financial stability and enhanced brand development for Kidspace.
Major Tasks and Responsibilities:
* Oversee the coordination of the Kidspace membership program, including promotion of sales and renewals, planning of member events, and development of added member benefits.
* Manager on duty responsible for overseeing daily operations.
* Promote facility rental bookings, working with the Kidspace Marketing Manager and Art Director to develop promotional collateral and to develop and implement marketing strategies; serve as the primary liaison with the museum's exclusive caterer to promote and manage facility rental events.
* Oversee the coordination of birthday parties, including promotion of bookings, management of the schedule, ensuring effective communication of staffing, goody bag and menu requirements for each party to Operations, Retail and Café Managers.
* Serve as the lead coordinator of promotional events sponsored by the museum, including large-scale Festivals; schedule progress meetings with representatives of all departments and manage planning schedule; develop an 'event planning toolkit' to facilitate effective planning and management of all museum-sponsored events.
* Collaborate with education and guest services staff to integrate programming and to the fullest extent possible.
* Represent Kidspace with external constituencies, civic groups, and professional organizations.
* Maintain professional affiliations and enhance personal professional growth through knowledge of trends and the latest techniques in guest services and operations management.
* Participate in the preparation of business operations budgets, policies and procedures, and accountability standards to ensure outstanding individual and team performance.
Other Tasks:
* Contribute to the development and implementation of marketing strategies to boost all aspects of earned revenue.
* Contribute to the development of the museum's calendar of events, and planning for effective implementation of planned events.
* Help establish a professional, proactive business operations department that continually seeks to expand Kidspace's productivity and supports Kidspace's institutional strategic and long-range plans.
* Undertake other duties as assigned.
Experience/Qualifications:
* BA/BS required.
* Four to six years experience in retail management.
* Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
* Excellent interpersonal and communication skills; administrative and management skills; writing and public speaking skills; organizational and planning skills; attention to detail and follow-through capabilities.
* Must be available to work occasional weekends every month.
* Two to four years experience in event coordination.
Salary range is between $38,000 - $42,000.
Interested and qualified candidates may email their cover letter and resume to [log in to unmask]
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From: Cindy Olsen [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 7:40 AM
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Phone: 313-277-2201
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website: http://www.projectartsandideas.com/
Let me know if you have any questions.
Cindy Olsen
Curator of Collections and Exhibits
Studebaker National Museum
201 S. Chapin Street
South Bend, IN 46601
(574) 235-9714, fax (574) 235-5522
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