Parties Manager

American Dream; East Rutherford (NJ); On-site; USD 65,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

American Dream is seeking a Parties Manager to lead planning, budgeting, and execution of private events at our venue in East Rutherford. You will coordinate cross-functional teams, vendors, and client requirements to deliver seamless experiences.

The role emphasizes high-level client communication, attention to detail, and strong organizational skills. Ideal candidates have extensive party planning and supervisory experience and a professional approach to stakeholder relations.

Qualifications

• Represent American Dream, Nickelodeon Universe, DreamWorks Water Park & Angry Birds with highest degree of professionalism.
• Bachelor's Degree in Hospitality or related field is a plus.
• 4+ years of experience in party planning and execution.
• 3+ years of supervisory experience.
• Excellent written skills including experience writing marketing or public relations text.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to build relationships across diverse networks.
• Strong organizational skills with attention to detail and ability to multi-task.
• Time management and the ability to prioritize a large volume of tasks.
• Self-motivation, enthusiasm, and willingness to learn.
• Great customer services skills.

Responsibilities

• Ensuring the arrangement of all aspects of the parties while following company and safety standards.
• Creating an agreement and budget with the client.
• Communicating all budget, space, and vendor progress with the clients.
• Communicating any problems that arise in an upfront manner with the client.
• Maintaining communication with any outside vendors contracted for the event.
• Preparing and executing a detailed outline of the event needs.
• Ensuring all arrangements are accounted for: event space, food and drink, music, visuals, and any other needs the client has requested.
• Adjust event schedule availability as the operating calendar is modified.
• Oversee the scheduling and managing of the Party Planners, Party Coordinator and Party Hosts.
• Conduct on-site tours for parties (with the Party Planner).
• Work with the sales team on expanding programming and processing special requests and answering questions.
• Be the main point of contact for Guest Resolutions and Survey analysis.

Skills

Party Planning

Event Coordination

Client Communication

Supervisory Experience

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Hospitality

Job description

The Parties Manager is responsible for all elements required to successfully plan, prepare and execute a seamless, memorable party focusing on initial meetings, understanding the guests asks, procurement, scheduling, and management and training of all team members.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Ensuring the arrangement all aspects of the parties while following all company and safety standards.
• Creating an agreement and budget with the client.
• Communicating all budget, space, and vendor progress with the clients.
• Communicating any problems that arise in an upfront manner with the client.
• Maintaining communication with any outside vendors contracted for the event.
• Preparing and executing a detailed outline of the event needs.
• Ensuring all arrangements are accounted for: event space, food and drink, music, visuals, and any other needs the client has requested.
• Adjust event schedule availability as the operating calendar is modified.
• Oversee the scheduling and managing of the Party Planners, Party Coordinator and Party Hosts.
• Conduct on-site tours for parties (with the Party Planner)
• Work with the sales team on expanding programming and processing special requests and answering questions.
• Be the main point of contact for Guest Resolutions and Survey analysis.

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Represent American Dream, Nickelodeon Universe, DreamWorks Water Park & Angry Birds with highest degree of professionalism.
• Bachelors Degree in Hospitality, or other related degree is a plus.
• 4+ years of experience in party planning and execution.
• 3+ years of supervisory experience
• Excellent written skills including experience writing marketing or public relations text
• Strong interpersonal skills including experience building and maintaining relationships with a diverse network of individuals and organizations
• Strong organizational skills including attention to detail and ability to multi-task
• Time management skills and ability to prioritize a large volume of tasks
• Self-motivation, enthusiasm, and willingness to learn
• Great customer services skills

PHYSICAL JOB REQUIREMENTS:

• Sit frequently – 50%
• Perform repetitive motion, as with a keyboard – frequently, 80%
• Stand/move about – periodically, 40%
• Kneel/bend – periodically, 30%
• Reach at or above shoulder level – periodically, 10%
• Reach at or below shoulder level – periodically, 10%
• Stoop/squat – periodically, 10%
• Lift up to 15lbs. – periodically, 30%

American Dream is an equal-opportunity employer and is committed to providing a workplace free from harassment or discrimination. All employment decisions are to be made without regard to race, color, age, gender, sexual orientation, religion, marital status, pregnancy, national origin/ancestry, citizenship, physical/mental disability, military status, or any other basis prohibited by law.