What are the responsibilities and job description for the Hospitality Director, FIFA (Global Hospitality) (Financial Services Client) position at Octagon?
EXPERIENCES
Responsible for planning and executing event and experiential marketing programs for an existing client with a FIFA World Cup 26 partnership.
Our headquarters is in Stamford, CT, but the location of this position can be flexible with a priority given to candidates open to hybrid work (3 days a week in the office in one of our office locations - Stamford, CT, New York, NY, Charlotte, NC, Los Angeles, CA, Chicago, IL or Atlanta, GA. We will also consider a remote-based working arrangement for qualified candidates with East Coast working hours as a prerequisite.
Octagon is searching for a new Hospitality Director to join our team as a leader and playmaker at the intersection of sports / entertainment and experiential marketing.
In this role, you will work closely with the Sr. Hospitality Director and assist in managing a team responsible for the strategy and implementation of our client's upcoming FIFA World Cup 26 partnership. There will be a strong focus on team leadership and development, hospitality, and working with and managing C-level executives and key customers and clients. The Hospitality Director would effectively work with clients and partners to deliver white glove service in a fast-paced environment.
To be successful, you'll need to be an inspiring leader, an excellent communicator, and ideally, have specific expertise around global soccer.
The position is best suited for a candidate passionate about working in a team environment with a diverse group of people from different cultural backgrounds and interested in leading multiple workstreams.
THE WORK YOU'LL DO
- Work with the Sr. Hospitality Director in the strategic planning, program development / execution, and measurement for our client's FIFA World Cup 26 hospitality programming.
- Serve as a hospitality expert to ideate on innovative ways to convey client messaging through events and hospitality.
- Conduct pre-planning, management, and implementation for events including vendor vetting, contract review and negotiation, and requisite event activation plans (including transport and room manifest) and supporting communication documents (i.e., Work Plans, Event Overviews, Event Guides, etc.).
- Lead execution delivery of soccer hospitality programming (site visits, vendors, recommendations).
- Full understanding of requirements to develop and implement hospitality programming such as creative development, vendor selection / management, operations and logistics planning, and onsite execution / decision-making.
- Work with the Sr. Hospitality Director in the development of strategic plans, activation recommendations, finance trackers, budgets, program recaps and support the development of clients' scopes of work.
- Assist the Sr. Hospitality Director in counseling clients on FIFA World Cup 26 and soccer nuances for strategic planning and program development.
- Manage a fully integrated team, dedicated to the development of our clients' FIFA World Cup 26 hospitality programs (including implementation / evolution of management routines across multiple constituencies including clients, internal agency teammates, property partners, and vendors).
- Additional responsibilities as assigned.
THE BIGGER TEAM YOU'LL JOIN
Recognized as one of the "Best Places to Work in Sports", Octagon is the global sports, entertainment, and experiential marketing arm of the Interpublic Group.
We take pride in being Playmakers – finding insightful, bold ways to create play in our work, our lives, and in the world. We believe in the power of play to create big ideas and unlock potential for our clients and talent.
We can put ourselves in the shoes of fans because we ARE fans – of sports, entertainment, and culture at large. This expertise allows us to continually evolve the fan experience across sports and entertainment alongside some of the biggest brands and talent in the world.
The world needs play more than ever. Are you a Playmaker?
WHO WE'RE LOOKING FOR
The base range for this position is $70,000 – 85,000. Where an employee or prospective employee is paid within this range will depend on, among other factors, actual ranges for current / former employees in the subject position; market considerations; budgetary considerations; tenure and standing with the company (applicable to current employees); as well as the employee's / applicant's background, pertinent experience, and qualifications.
Octagon is proud to be an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, disability, protected veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by law.
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request an accommodation.
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Salary : $70,000 - $85,000
