Senior Miami Luxury Event Sales & Production Leader

Le Basque Catering and Production; Miami (FL); On-site; USD 65,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare program

Paid holidays

Paid time off

Job summary

Le Basque, a Miami-based catering and event production house, seeks an experienced Event Sales & Producer to drive new business and oversee events from inquiry through execution. The role combines sales, planning and production, collaborating with culinary, operations, design and admin teams to deliver sophisticated events for private, corporate and luxury brand clients.

The successful candidate will have 5+ years in catering or event production, strong English, and an established local network

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of relevant catering, event sales, production or event-management experience.
• Proven experience selling and producing high-end corporate, social or private events.
• Strong understanding of off-premise catering and event logistics.
• Strong knowledge of Miami and South Florida venues, vendors and the local events industry.
• Established local industry relationships strongly preferred.
• An existing client network or book of business is highly desirable.
• Demonstrated ability to develop new business and cultivate long-term client relationships.
• Experience preparing proposals, estimates and contracts.
• Understanding of event budgets, margins and profitability.
• Excellent organizational, communication and client-management skills.
• Strong written and verbal English; Spanish is beneficial.
• Culinary, food-and-beverage, design or event-production knowledge is beneficial.
• Strong computer skills
• Excellent attention to detail and professional judgment
• Reliable transportation
• Ability to work evenings and weekends when required by the event schedule.

Responsibilities

• Develop new catering and event-production business throughout Miami and South Florida
• Respond to and convert qualified incoming inquiries
• Build and maintain long-term relationships with corporate, social and private clients
• Develop and maintain relationships with event planners, venues and industry partners
• Prepare proposals, estimates, presentations and client agreements
• Plan and produce events from initial proposal through on-site execution
• Coordinate venues, vendors and internal departments throughout the planning process
• Conduct site visits and participate in client and vendor meetings
• Manage event budgets and maintain established profitability guidelines
• Represent Le Basque professionally with clients, venues, vendors and industry partners

Skills

Event sales

Client management

Event production

Budgeting & profitability

Venue coordination

Proposal/estimates

Spanish language

English language

Job description

Le Basque, a Miami-based catering and event production house, seeks an experienced Event Sales & Producer to drive new business and oversee events from inquiry through execution. The role combines sales, planning and production, collaborating with culinary, operations, design and admin teams to deliver sophisticated events for private, corporate and luxury brand clients.

The successful candidate will have 5+ years in catering or event production, strong English, and an established local network