Event Manager, Events

About Revel Xp

Revel Xp is a premier sports hospitality company. We work with hundreds of college and professional teams and major sporting events to deliver exceptional fan experiences, including full-service tailgates, premium hospitality events and exclusive ticket packages. In addition to managing fan experience offerings, we also provide comprehensive hospitality solutions to our team and event partners with event staffing, event management, premium hospitality management and venue installations.

We are growing at a rapid pace and are looking for goal‑oriented, purpose‑driven, high‑energy individuals to join our team! We created Revel Xp to reimagine and redefine game day with memory‑making experiences that ignite fan passion, drive attendance, and build loyalty for sports and entertainment brands across the world. We believe that sports play a powerful, community‑building part in society and we work with the purpose of amplifying the social experience around game‑day.

This is why jobs here at Revel Xp offer countless ways to create memorable experiences – from hospitality to operations to revenue generation. Our fast‑paced, fun environment is what helps us create true partnerships with the professional sports properties we work alongside. The Revel Xp team seeks to grow with innovative self‑starters who want to be a part of reshaping fan experiences across the nation.

We operate along a core set of values that set us apart in how we work and who is a great fit for our team: service, entrepreneurship, and joy.

The Event Manager, Premium Experiences, is responsible for ensuring the highest level of event management success, including maintaining and acquiring venue partner relationships, managing expenses, and overseeing event staff operations and logistics.

• Oversee ideation, curation and execution of all marquee hospitality events for Revel Xp, to ensure individual event goals are achieved. Events include, but are not limited to:
  Conference hospitality events;
  Bowl game hospitality events;
  College Football Playoff National Championships hospitality events;
  Other major sporting events around golf, baseball, etc.
• With assigned event staff, develop comprehensive plans and timelines for events, including:
  Design of venue/event layouts; Décor;
  Food and beverage planning;
  Staffing (volunteers, full‑time, part time (as needed));
  Talent and entertainment;
  Production timelines
• When necessary, assign/allocate, manage, advise, and develop a high performing team of events specialists who display expertise and leadership in event delivery.
• Demonstrate the ability to conceptualize and execute innovative event experiences, with a meticulous eye for detail in all aspects of event design
  - Including thematic décor, guest flow and experience.
• Conduct pre‑event analysis to establish clear event goals, budget parameters, and risk assessments, ensuring all findings are incorporated in the overall event planning framework.
• Proactively identify potential operational challenges during the planning and implementation phases, coaching, and guiding the event execution on mitigation strategies to ensure seamless delivery.
• Manage event budget; partner with sales leadership team to establish budget for event and provide fiscal responsibility and oversight.
• Facilitate post‑event debriefs and present post‑event reports to executive staff, clients, or other stakeholders as needed.
• Provide creative vision and implementation oversight to hospitality staff for all new event and guest service initiatives.
• Cultivate and maintain exemplary relationships with client and vendor partners and other event stakeholders.
• Negotiate vendor contracts within budgetary parameters.
• Ensure proper documentation related to insurance certificates and legal agreements for vendors.
• Develop and implement a training system for hospitality staff, including checklists, budget templates, best practices.
• Identify expense efficiencies that benefit the overall event portfolio.
• Travel regularly to events to ensure quality control and best practices are being upheld.

• Bachelor’s degree from an…