Palisades Tahoe

We share the spirit of these legendary mountains with the world. 

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.

Job Summary: Works collaboratively with Alterra Mountain Company contacts and various resort stakeholders to evaluate and ensure flawless execution of non-competition events and brand partnerships. Creates and evaluates potential brand partnerships ensuring creative and meaningful brand exposure. Evaluates event proposals, works with event producers and creates event programming including contract negotiations, logistics, execution and evaluation. Works with the marketing department to ensure channel messaging as needed.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.

Applicants must be 21 years of age. 

The base salary range below represents the low and high end of the Palisades Tahoe Resort, LLC’s salary range for this position. Actual salaries will vary and may be above or below the range based on various factors including but not limited to experience, education, training, location, merit system, quantity or quality of production, responsibilities, and regular and/or necessary travel. The range listed is just one component of Palisades Tahoe Resort, LLC’s total compensation package for employees. Other rewards may include short-term and long-term incentives and many region-specific benefits.

Base salary range: $64,480 - $81,330 per year

A Great Job and Benefits to Match:

• Free skiing riding privileges to 16 iconic resorts including Palisades Tahoe, Mammoth Mountain, Steamboat, Solitude and more! 
• Healthcare options for both Seasonal & Year-Round employees 
• Generous discounts on outdoor gear, apparel, etc. 
• 401(k) plan with generous company match 
• Free lift tickets, plus 50% off lift tickets 
• 25%-50% discount at Food & Beverage locations at Palisades & Alpine 
• 30% discount at Palisades Tahoe operated retail stores, including The North Face, Patagonia, Oakley, and more! 
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) 

Essential Job Responsibilities/Duties/Tasks include the following; other duties may be assigned: 
General Responsibilities: Events

• Ensures season long event programming to meet company goals and create memorable guest experience. 
• Host events that align with the Palisades Tahoe brand, representing California’s largest and the nation’s second-largest ski resort.
• Ideates, solicits and executes on key resort events including working with vendors, internal departments and executes to a high degree.
• Works with events committee and resort leadership to evaluate event proposals and determine brand fit, seasonal fit and feasibility.
• Supports event producers throughout the process for alignment on needs, permits, vendor success, sponsor opportunities and joint promotion. 
• Able to creatively organize multiple facets of an event to create animation, drive ticket sales and provide value to stakeholders. 
• Work proactively and thoughtfully with Neighborhood Company, resort partners and mountain operations departments to ensure advance planning and minimal interruption to guests and team members. 
• Work with internal stakeholders to ideate and bring to life holiday events, animation events and giveaways to improve the guest experience. This includes start to finish sponsorship opportunities, marketing and production of these events. 
• Works with marketing channel specialists to drive awareness, ticket sales and event participation. 
• Creates post-event and partnership evaluations inclusive of financial, brand and operational impacts. to determine alignment with company event goals.  
• Manages goals, budget and accounting related to areas of oversight. 

General Responsibilities: Brand Partnerships

• Works closely with Alterra brand partnership team to create, evaluate and execute on company partnerships. 
• Builds meaningful relationships with brand partners and ensures fulfillment of all partnership obligations including hospitality and wrap reports. 
• Identify, solicit and create brand appropriate alliances for both long term and  short-term affiliations and revenue generation including brand partnerships, guest/brand experiences, vendor villages and sampling opportunities. 
• Able to judiciously evaluate contract details for reasonableness, ability to execute, appropriateness and value to the brand and company. 
• Manages goals, budget and accounting related to areas of oversight. 
• Works with various inter-company lines of business as a liaison for marketing support to drive line of business goals. 
• Work with third party brands for photo shoot locations by providing photo/video context for inquiries, quoting, logistics, COI, permits and internal coordination. 

Management Responsibilities:

• Leadership: Manage a team of 1-2 employees. Carry out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.
• Integrity & Compliance: Comply with Federal and California Labor law in phases of the payroll and employment process; from hiring through termination, as well as all Company policies & procedures.
• Commitment to Service: Achieve continuous improvement in operational objectives by implementing production, productivity, quality, and customer-service standards. Contribute information and recommendations to strategic plans and reviews
• Strategic: Develop strategy and policies for the business unit and aligns resources to meet goals.  Direct and control the activities of a broad functional area through several department managers.
• Financial: Responsible for creating and maintaining labor budget. Check and manage payroll for overtime, compliance with labor model. Meet financial objectives by forecasting requirements, preparing an annual budget; scheduling expenditures; analyzing variances; initiating corrective actions. 
• Safety: Establish, implement, and enforce safety standards in accordance with company policies and procedures as well as State & Federal laws.  

Competencies and Job Requirements: 
Required:  

• Communication: Able to communicate effectively in writing and verbally across all levels of the organization. Able to effectively present information to the executive team, management, employees, and customers. Excellent written, presentation and oral communications,  resourcefulness, attention to detail, ability to plan ahead and anticipate change-plans and creativity. 
• Organization & Time Management: Demonstrate ability to proactively prioritize needs, put first things first, and effectively manages resources and time. Excellent organizational and problem-solving skills with the ability to handle multiple tasks. 
• Reasoning Ability: Able to make independent judgments which have considerable impacts on the organization. Able to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Results oriented thinking, effective judgment, self-motivation
• Working knowledge of computers including MS Office, presentation tools and ability to create compelling sponsor decks and wrap reports. 
• Ability to work with minimal supervision and to work long-lead with inputs from multiple stakeholders. 
• Ability to work with and understand viewpoints and constraints across the organization for collaboration and consensus building solutions. 
• Ability to ski or ride at an intermediate/advanced level. 

Education and Experience:
Required:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Four years of event management experience ideally in a resort, DMO or hospitality setting.
• Two years supervisory experience

Physical Requirements: 
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to walk, talk, see, hear, smell, and ski. Must be capable of sitting, for extended periods of time, occasionally walking or standing. Must be capable of occasionally carrying, lifting, pushing or pulling up to 25lbs. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perceptions and the ability to adjust focus. 

Working Conditions:
Indoor/Outdoor: While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be exposed to outside weather conditions.
Hazardous Materials/Noise: The noise level in the work place is usually moderate.
Equipment Used in Job: Various office equipment, PC, phones
 

For information on Alterra Mountain Company’s Social Responsibility work including our Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion actions, please see our webpage at www.alterramtnco.com/social-responsibility.  Among other resources, Alterra has Employee Resource Groups to support the BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and people of color), disability, LGBTQIA2S , and women communities within our workforce.

Salary : $64,480 - $81,330