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Director Events - MSG Sports
The Madison Square Garden Company
New York, NY, United States
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Responsibilities:
The Director of Events MSG Sports is responsible for the budget maintenance production and execution of events for MSG Sports. These events produced in conjunction with MSG Sports include the New York Knicks, New York Rangers, and New York Liberty. The Director will be tasked with ensuring quality relationships and collaboration with each business leader in MSG Sports. They will ensure that throughout the event planning process that the strategy for each event stays aligned with the goals of the business unit. Additionally, the Director will be responsible for event budget maintenance and maintaining cost efficiencies.
This position directly oversees the Sr Coordinator Events-MSG Sports. The Director oversees the event budget process, the maintenance of CRM for MSG Sports events, management of internal and external client relationships, and ensures that all events meet agreed upon goals and objectives and adhere to budget parameters. The Director conducts proper post-event analysis through the gathering of information from the applicable business unit.
• Responsible for the oversight of events for the New York Knicks, New York Rangers, New York Liberty and other sports specific events.
• Responsible for ensuring that the event goals and strategy are aligned and business needs are being maintained.
• Responsible for creating avenues to gather post-event information to determine best practices and improve processes year over year.
• Oversee Sr. Coordinator Events MSG Sports
• Responsible for creating event objectives, budget parameters and creative event scenarios that deliver against stated objectives.
• Develop detailed, exhaustive event plans for each event, including budget, attendees, theme, purpose, logistics, layout, security, menu, décor, etc.
• Responsible for managing event production elements including script writing and developing run of show documents.
• Manage the development and execution of all contracts for MSG Sports events.
• Responsible for ensuring that the production, execution and planning for all events meet the standards of the department.
Qualifications:
Essential:
• Bachelor’s in Business or similar field
• Detail-oriented self-sufficient individual with great interpersonal skills.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
• Ability to work as a team within various groups and departments
• Strong time management skills
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Ability to work within designated budget objectives.
• High level of energy, passion, leadership and commitment
• Efficient project manager who effectively manages many tasks across various areas.
• Teamwork to manage relationships with numerous departments.
• Great deal of creativity and vision to bring concepts to reality.
• Extremely focused on delivering results through clear direction and accountability
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Extensive computer skills – with intensive knowledge of Microsoft word, Excel, PowerPoint
Preferred:
• Experience working in a corporate environment
• Knowledge of budgeting and forecasting
• 8 + years’ experience in events planning in sports and entertainment or a related field.
• Experience in creating and directing corporate events in service oriented environment
• Experience in Event Production
• Knowledge and experience working with event technology (lighting, audiovisual, etc.)
• Knowledge of meeting planning