Event and Commercial Manager
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Sales & Marketing · Perth, WA, Australia · Full-Time · Discussed at interview · Visa: Employer sponsored
This Perth Event and Commercial Manager position brings together sporting event delivery and the relationships that support it. You will own planning and operations while developing commercial and community partnerships for a sporting organisation in Western Australia.
The role extends from early preparation to decisions made during live events. It requires an experienced event professional who can coordinate people and logistics, manage competing priorities and recognise opportunities to improve participation and revenue. Occasional weekends and extended event hours are part of the required availability.
Your English CV should connect events you have delivered with practical outcomes, stakeholder responsibilities and commercial contributions. Shape your event management CV with Build AI CV to make your individual role in those results clear.
Key Responsibilities
- Take responsibility for major sporting events from initial planning through final delivery.
- Maintain relationships with sponsors, partners, suppliers, contractors, volunteers and other stakeholders, developing productive commercial and community partnerships.
- Support sponsorship activation, identify new partnerships and seek improvements in participation, revenue, event quality and stakeholder experience.
- Coordinate staff, volunteers, contractors, logistics and event-day operations.
- Collaborate with marketing colleagues on event promotion and communications.
- Support Race Directors in delivering State Series and Championship events.
- Provide operational leadership and make confident decisions during live events.
- Manage deadlines, resources, logistics and competing priorities, resolving operational problems with practical solutions.
- Contribute to strategic growth projects and apply proven event management knowledge to improve delivery continually.
Requirements & Eligibility
- Demonstrate professional event management or related experience; relevant event management experience is essential.
- Show a record of coordinating and delivering events, taking ownership and achieving practical outcomes.
- Build strong relationships and communicate clearly, with hands-on experience dealing with sponsors, partners, suppliers or other external stakeholders.
- Bring a commercial outlook and understanding of revenue and business growth.
- Demonstrate excellent planning, organisation and attention to detail.
- Make sound decisions and solve problems effectively in fast-paced, high-pressure situations.
- Lead confidently and be willing to take a hands-on approach.
- Keep customer, member and community experience central to your work.
- Manage multiple projects and competing priorities simultaneously.
- Be flexible for occasional weekend work and extended event hours.
- Be willing to work in Western Australia.
- Sponsorship is available for eligible candidates.
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