Event and Commercial Manager
Visa sponsorship
Sales & Marketing · Perth, WA, Australia · Full-Time · Discussed at interview · Visa: Employer sponsored
Plan and deliver major sporting events in Western Australia, listed in Perth. The Event and Commercial Manager takes responsibility from early planning to event-day decisions, combining logistics, stakeholder relationships and commercial development. The role supports partnerships, participation and organisational growth, including occasional weekends and extended event days.
An English CV should show events you have owned from start to finish and the practical outcomes achieved. build a sporting events and commercial management CV with examples of logistics, live decisions and partner relationships. Explain your contribution to revenue, participation and stakeholder experience, including how you coordinate teams under pressure.
Key Responsibilities
- Deliver major sporting events from initial planning to completion and maintain relationships with sponsors, partners, suppliers, contractors, volunteers and stakeholders.
- Develop commercial and community partnerships, support sponsorship activation and identify new opportunities.
- Improve participation, revenue, event quality and stakeholder experience.
- Coordinate staff, volunteers, contractors, logistics and event-day operations and work with marketing on promotion and communications.
- Assist Race Directors with State Series and Championship events and provide confident on-ground leadership and live decisions.
- Manage resources, deadlines and competing priorities, resolve operational problems and contribute strategic growth projects and continuous delivery improvements.
Requirements & Eligibility
- Demonstrable professional event management or related experience, with ownership of delivered events and practical outcomes.
- Strong relationship building and clear communication and hands-on external sponsor, partner, supplier or stakeholder dealings.
- Commercial awareness of revenue and business growth, excellent planning, organisation and attention to detail.
- Sound decisions and problem-solving under pressure, confident hands-on leadership and strong customer, member and community experience focus.
- Able to manage multiple simultaneous projects and priorities and flexible for occasional weekends and extended event hours.
- Relevant event management experience is essential; willing to work in Western Australia.
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