Community Partnerships & Outreach Specialist

Perspire Sauna Studio; Nichols Hills (OK); On-site; USD 22,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible schedule

Competitive hourly pay

Bonuses & incentives

Employee recognition gifts

Open-door leadership

Onboarding & support

Community marketing experience

Job summary

Perspire Sauna Studio is seeking a Community Partnerships & Outreach Specialist to grow our infrared sauna studio through grassroots marketing, local events, and strategic partnerships. You’ll engage with business owners, event organizers, and wellness professionals to create meaningful connections and drive guest growth.

This role emphasizes being out in the community, building relationships, and representing the Perspire brand at events and collaborations to expand our wellness footprint.

Qualifications

• Passion for health, wellness, and helping others.
• Willingness to engage with local businesses and communities.
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills.
• Comfortable attending evening and weekend events.
• Existing relationships within the local wellness or business community is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Identify local events, festivals, markets, and wellness gatherings to participate or vendor.
• Build and maintain a calendar of outreach opportunities.
• Reach out to organizers to secure vendor opportunities.
• Represent Perspire at events and build meaningful attendee connections.
• Promote introductory offers and generate leads through community engagement.
• Develop partnerships and referral opportunities with local businesses.
• Follow up on leads and track outreach results.

Skills

Community outreach

Networking

Event marketing

Sales

Hospitality

Wellness

Business development

Relationship-building

Job description

• Performance-based bonuses and incentives
• Employee recognition incentives, including gift cards, prizes, and more
• Open-door leadership with owners who invest in your success
• Comprehensive onboarding and ongoing support
• Opportunity to gain valuable experience in community marketing, partnerships, business development, and wellness

Benefits

• Flexible schedule
• Competitive hourly pay
• Performance-based bonuses and incentives
• Employee recognition incentives, including gift cards, prizes, and more
• Open-door leadership with owners who invest in your success
• Comprehensive onboarding and ongoing support
• Opportunity to gain valuable experience in community marketing, partnerships, business development, and wellness

Are You a Natural Connector?

Do you love meeting new people, discovering local businesses, and getting involved in your community?

Are you outgoing, energetic, creative, and comfortable introducing yourself to business owners, event organizers, and potential partners?

If you enjoy networking, creating relationships, and finding opportunities to connect people and businesses, we'd love to meet you.

We're looking for a Community Partnerships & Outreach Specialist to help grow our infrared sauna studio through grassroots marketing, local events, strategic partnerships, and community engagement.

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys being out in the community, creating connections, and generating new opportunities. You'll represent Perspire at local events, identify businesses and organizations that align with our wellness mission, develop partnerships, and help bring new guests through our doors.

What You'll Do

Community Outreach & Grassroots Marketing

• Research and identify local events, festivals, markets, fundraisers, wellness events, health fairs, networking events, and community gatherings where Perspire can participate or vendor
• Build and maintain a calendar of local outreach and event opportunities
• Proactively reach out to event organizers to secure vendor and sponsorship opportunities
• Represent Perspire at community events, pop-ups, networking events, and wellness activations
• Create meaningful connections with attendees and introduce them to the Perspire experience
• Promote introductory offers and generate qualified leads through community engagement
• Find creative grassroots marketing opportunities that increase local brand awareness
• Follow up with contacts and leads generated through events and outreach
• Track outreach activities, events, partnerships, and results

Business & Community Partnerships

• Identify local businesses and organizations that align with Perspire's wellness-focused brand
• Build relationships with boutique fitness studios, Pilates and yoga studios, gyms, chiropractors, physical therapists, massage therapists, spas, salons, med spas, health professionals, country clubs, hotels, and other complementary businesses
• Proactively visit and reach out to local businesses to introduce Perspire and explore partnership opportunities
• Develop mutually beneficial referral and cross-promotional partnerships
• Create opportunities such as referral programs, member perks, giveaways, co-hosted events, and wellness experiences
• Maintain regular communication with partners and identify opportunities to strengthen relationships
• Build a network of local businesses that can consistently refer new guests to Perspire

Events & Collaborative Experiences

• Identify businesses and vendors that would be a strong fit for Perspire-hosted events
• Help coordinate vendor participation and community collaborations
• Invite local businesses, wellness professionals, influencers, and organizations to participate in studio events
• Develop creative ideas for pop-ups, wellness events, community partnerships, and collaborative experiences
• Help create events that introduce new audiences to Perspire
• Represent the brand in a professional, enthusiastic, and authentic way

Lead Generation & Follow-Up

• Generate new leads through events, partnerships, networking, and grassroots outreach
• Collect and accurately document leads and contacts
• Follow up with prospects generated through community activities
• Invite prospective guests to experience an introductory session
• Educate prospects on the benefits of infrared sauna, red light therapy, and recovery
• Work with the studio team to help convert community-generated leads into appointments and memberships

What We're Looking For

• Passion for health, wellness, fitness, and helping others
• Naturally outgoing, friendly, and confident personality
• Someone who genuinely enjoys meeting new people and starting conversations
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills
• Comfortable approaching business owners and introducing yourself
• Creative, resourceful, and proactive
• Strong organizational and follow-through skills
• Self-motivated and comfortable working independently
• Professional and personable when representing the Perspire brand
• Experience in community outreach, networking, event marketing, sales, hospitality, fitness, wellness, or business development is a plus
• Existing relationships within the local wellness, fitness, or business community are a strong plus
• Comfortable attending occasional evening and weekend events

How You'll Be Measured

This role is about more than simply attending events. We're looking for someone who can create opportunities and turn relationships into results.

Key Areas Of Success Include

• Identifying new local events and grassroots marketing opportunities
• Establishing new business and community relationships
• Creating new referral and cross-promotional partnerships
• Generating qualified leads
• Bringing new guests into the studio
• Creating collaborative events and activations
• Increasing Perspire's visibility throughout the local community
• Following through with leads and partnership opportunities

Why Join Our Team?

We're passionate about bringing the benefits of infrared sauna and recovery to our local community—and we believe relationships are at the heart of growing a successful wellness business.

This is an opportunity to get out into the community, meet local business owners and wellness professionals, create meaningful partnerships, and help introduce more people to the benefits of Perspire.

If you're a people person, natural networker, wellness enthusiast, and community connector who loves creating opportunities and building relationships, we'd love to talk with you.