Guest Services Coordinator | Part-Time | Congressman Solomon P. Ortiz International Center

Oak View Group (OVG) is the global leader in premium live entertainment infrastructure and services, with a platform spanning venue development and end-to-end capabilities across venue management, hospitality, and sponsorship sales. Founded in 2015, the company serves a collection of seven world-class owned venues and a client roster of the most iconic arenas, stadiums, convention centers, music festivals, performing arts centers, and cultural institutions, spanning four continents.

The Guest Services Coordinator is responsible for delivering exceptional customer service while supporting the successful planning and execution of events. This role serves as a primary point of contact for guests, clients, and event organizers, providing front desk coverage and on-site event coordination. The Guest Services Coordinator works closely with internal departments to ensure events are executed efficiently, facility standards are upheld, and clients receive a seamless, high-quality experience.

This role pays an hourly rate of $13.00-$15.00

This position will remain open until November 6, 2026.

Located on the scenic Harbor Drive in Corpus Christi, Texas, The Ortiz Center is a premier waterfront event and meeting venue that blends historic character with contemporary functionality. Originally established through adaptive reuse of early-20th-century port warehouses, the center celebrates the region’s maritime heritage while delivering modern amenities for a wide range of gatherings. As one of South Texas’s most versatile event spaces, the venue offers expansive indoor and outdoor facilities, including sizable ballrooms, multiple meeting rooms, and landscaped outdoor reception areas—accommodating everything from intimate group meetings to large-scale conferences, banquets, weddings, expos, and community celebrations.

The center’s flexible spaces, professional event services, and full-service catering capabilities provide clients with comprehensive support from planning through execution.

• Provide front desk coverage approximately 70% of the time . These duties include but are not limited to answering phones and greeting/assisting walk-in guests.
• Monitoring event activity to ensure events run smoothly
• Identifying and resolving event-related challenges in a professional manner
• Deliver excellent customer service by answering guest and client questions and providing accurate information about the facility and its services.
• Coordinate assigned events under the direction of the General Manager
• Assisting clients with event logistics and recommending effective use of the facility
• Collaborating with the Director of Sales, Executive Chef, and Banquet Manager to ensure event needs are met
• Conduct pre-event and post-event walkthroughs to assess facility readiness and condition
• Prepare and distribute detailed Event Data Sheets for each assigned event, such as diagrams, layouts, timelines, and staffing needs.
• Clear, timely communication with building and event staff
• Demonstrate strong problem-solving and decision-making skills, remaining calm, professional, and customer-focused in fast-paced or high-pressure environments
• Perform all duties with a commitment to teamwork, service excellence, and Oak View Group’s mission and values
• Perform other duties as assigned

• High School Diploma or G.E.D Required
• 1+ years of experience in Event Coordination (preferably with a convention center, hotel, sports facility, performing arts facility or other multi-purpose public assembly facility)
• Flexibility to work weekends, nights and holidays
• Must possess strong organizational skills, attention to detail and the ability to function and meet strict deadlines in a fast-paced environment
• Must demonstrate a positive, professional and customer-focused attitude
• Must have computer skills in Microsoft Office applications and word processing, spreadsheets, presentations and internet software

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