Corporate Events - Sales Manager

Compensation:
On Target Earnings $75,000–$90,000, depending on experience

Schedule:

Full-time; nights and weekends required based on event schedule

Club Sportiva is not your typical event venue.

Founded in 2003, Club Sportiva pioneered the enthusiast carshare concept and has grown into one of the Bay Area’s most unique lifestyle, automotive, and event brands. Today, we are a premier country club for car enthusiasts and a one-of-a-kind event center for corporate events, private parties, offsites, networking mixers, product launches, celebrations, and unforgettable experiences.

Our Event Center combines luxury automotive culture, elevated hospitality, and flexible event space in a way few venues can match. We don’t just rent rooms. We create experiences.

Learn more about our venue here:

Club Sportiva is looking for a Corporate Event Sales Manager to lead and grow our corporate and private events business.

This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who loves sales, hospitality, events, people, and building something exciting. The right person will be comfortable managing inbound leads, developing new business, closing events, leading client relationships, and helping build the event sales team as the business grows.

You will own the sales process from first conversation through signed agreement, while working closely with our operations and event teams to make sure each client receives a polished, professional, and memorable Club Sportiva experience.

This is a great fit for someone who is driven, organized, polished, entrepreneurial, and excited by the idea of selling fun for a living.

• Manage inbound event inquiries for corporate, group, and private events
• Develop your own outside sales pipeline through outreach, networking, partnerships, referrals, and local business development
• Sell corporate offsites, team-building events, networking mixers, holiday parties, product launches, private events, and other group experiences
• Conduct venue tours and client consultations with confidence and enthusiasm
• Prepare proposals, estimates, contracts, and event packages
• Meet and exceed individual sales goals and revenue targets
• Track all customer activity, opportunities, pipeline updates, and follow-ups in the CRM
• Forecast sales activity and report wins, concerns, and opportunities to management

• Work with clients to understand their goals, guest experience, budget, timeline, and event needs
• Help design events that feel polished, memorable, and aligned with the Club Sportiva brand
• Ensure clients feel taken care of from the first inquiry through the final event wrap-up
• Conduct pre-event planning meetings and post-event evaluations
• Proactively identify issues before they become problems
• Help lead, train, and manage the event sales and coordination team
• Support hiring of additional event sales managers, coordinators, and support staff as the department grows
• Manage team sales goals, accountability, and performance
• Create a positive, high-energy, customer-focused sales culture
• Work closely with operations, hospitality, and leadership teams to ensure events are executed at a high level

• Ensure the venue is presented beautifully for tours, client visits, and events
• Coordinate with internal operations teams and outside vendors as needed
• Ensure event-day details are handled professionally and efficiently
• Troubleshoot issues quickly and calmly during live events
• Maintain compliance with insurance, legal, health, safety, and venue requirements
• Look for ways to improve event quality, client experience, and profitability

• Proven event sales and/or…