Event Sales Manager - Hybrid - New Austin Location!

Five Iron Golf Las Vegas LLC; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Dental, and Vision insurance

Long and Short Term Disability

Accident and Critical IllnessInsurance

401K

Job summary

Five Iron Golf Las Vegas LLC in Austin, TX is seeking an Event Sales Manager to lead sales, planning, and execution of events of all sizes. You will collaborate with Regional Sales Managers to grow opportunities and ensure exceptional client experiences.

The role requires a proactive sales mindset, strong event planning skills, and experience with Tripleseat. It is a full-time, hybrid position with evenings and weekends expected.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years sales experience in hospitality, events, attractions, or entertainment.
• Proficiency in event software, specifically Tripleseat.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to overall venue sales revenue goals by identifying new business opportunities and increasing brand visibility.
• Build and execute quarterly sales plans to solicit and target new clients via in-person visits, email outreach, warm calls, and on-site engagement.
• Partner with DOS to foster a fun, competitive sales culture.
• Collaborate with operations, culinary, and other departments to execute flawless events.
• Maintain brand standards and client satisfaction during event execution.
• Conduct weekly BEO meetings and communicate changes for successful execution.
• Manage all leads with urgency per lead response standards.
• Utilize reports and dashboards to meet KPI targets.

Skills

Expert interpersonal skills

Leadership skills

Tools

Tripleseat

Job description

Description

Backed by Callaway Golf and Danny Meyer's Enlightened Hospitality Investments, Five Iron blends world-class technology with hospitality-driven service across its sports bars, restaurants, and entertainment venues. With 35 locations open and more than 50 in the pipeline worldwide, the brand is expanding its reach while remaining rooted in innovation, inclusivity, and community connection.

As we grow, we’re building a sales team of passionate, team-oriented individuals who are committed to delivering best-in-class service and unforgettable experiences.

We’re currently seeking an Event Sales Manager to join our dynamic team. This role is responsible for selling, planning, and executing events of all sizes and collaborating with our Regional Sales Managers on ongoing event sales opportunities.

Major Job Responsibilities:

Sales -

• Contribute to overall venue sales revenue goals by proactively identifying new business opportunities and increasing brand visibility.
• Build and execute quarterly sales plans to solicit and target new clients through in-person office visits, email outreach, warm calls and on-site client engagement.
• Participate in industry and community events to stay up to date on trends.
• Foster client relationships through ongoing communication to ensure repeat business and referrals.
• Manage all assigned leads with the utmost sense of urgency and in accordance with the company’s lead response time standards.
• Utilize established reports and dashboards to ensure personal sales Key Performance Indicators (KPI's) are being met or exceeded.

Event Planning & Execution -

• Deliver an unparalleled guest experience on the phone, via email and with in-person communication from inquiry stage to post-event follow up.
• Create, manage and confirm event bookings using Tripleseat sales system, including the documentation of all prospect and event client communication.
• Partner with DOS (Director of Sales) to foster a fun, competitive, results centered and engaged sales culture/environment.
• Work in collaboration with the operations team, culinary team and other departments within the venue to execute flawless events.
• Maintain brand standards on event execution by working closely with Event Producers on service quality and maintaining client satisfaction.
• Proactively strive to maintain high levels of quality, accuracy, and process consistency
• Conduct weekly BEO meetings. Detail all BEOs and communicate any event changes or specific needs for a successful execution by Operations and Culinary.

Job Requirements:

The following are needed to ensure successful job performance -

• Minimum 5 years sales experience in the hospitality, events, attractions, or entertainment industry
• Proficiency in event software, specifically Tripleseat (or tech-savvy with the ability to quickly learn and utilize this software)

Primary competencies, behaviors, and characteristics:

• Expert interpersonal skills
• Leadership skills
• Highly Organized
• Multi-tasker
• Business development skills
• Communication and marketing skills
• Project management experience with a track record of successful events
• Open and eager to learn new sales skills

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty at a satisfactory level. The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The mental and physical demands are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

Physical Demands:

• Regularly required to sit, stand and walk for prolonged periods of time
• Regularly required to talk and hear
• Regularly required to visually observe objects up close and at a distance
• Regularly requires hands to handle or feel and finger dexterity
• Regularly required to use a computer and telephone equipment
• Occasionally required to reach or bend
• Infrequent light physical effort is required

Mental Demands:

• Regularly required to use written and oral communication skills; read and interpret complex data, information and documents; analyze and solve problems; learn and apply new information or skills; perform highly detailed work on multiple, concurrent tasks with constant interruptions.
• Regularly requires demonstrated poise, tact and diplomacy when interacting with those encountered in the course of work, some of whom may be demanding, dissatisfied or upset.

Working Conditions:

• Work is performed in an event space environment.

Benefits:

• Health, Dental, and Vision insurance
• Long and Short Term Disability
• Accident and Critical Illness Insurance
• 401K

Job Type: Full Time, Exempt role

Hours: Nights and weekends Required

Pay: $65K-70K/yr + 4-6% Event Sales Commission (OTE $95,000 - $110,000)

Location: Hybrid remote in Austin, TX

Five Iron Golf is committed to celebrating diversity and creating an inclusive environment for employees of all backgrounds. Five Iron Golf provides Equal Employment Opportunity to everyone and complies with all applicable Federal, State and Local laws governing nondiscrimination in all locations. Five Iron Golf will consider all requests for reasonable accommodations as required.