Assistant Marketing Manager| Rupp Arena

Oak View Group (OVG) is the world’s leading arena development, management, and hospitality company founded in 2015 by Tim Leiweke and Irving Azoff to disrupt business as usual. As the largest developer of sports and entertainment facilities in the world, OVG prioritizes the way we do business focusing on making long-term investments in our people and our planet. We focus on building a diverse workforce and cultivating an inclusive workplace. Each day our team members around the world and throughout our local communities work together to provide the greatest experience to our fans and partners.

We celebrate and support a strong, transparent, authentic and inclusive culture focused around four core values

• We have an entrepreneurial spirit.
• We treat each other fairly and with respect.
• We give back to our global community.
• We act with integrity.

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Assistant Marketing Manager Description/Summary

This position serves as assistant manager to the Marketing Department at Lexington Center Corporation. A successful Assistant Marketing Manager should be able to handle a wide range of projects, have excellent organization and communication skills, and the ability to work a flexible schedule. With mutual agreement, the Assistant Marketing Manager may work during normal business hours at the offices at Central Bank Center, as well as certain event hours at a venue of the complex in the evenings or on weekends.

This role will pay a salary of $21.15 to $22.60.

For FT roles Benefits Health, Dental and Vision insurance, 401(k) savings plan, 401(k) matching, and paid time off (vacation days, sick days, and 11 holidays).

About The Venue

Lexington is an active and thriving market that is craving an active and welcoming venue for events. The heart of any thriving community is its downtown—and Lexington Center and the historic Rupp Arena are truly the heart of downtown Lexington and one of the most widely-recognized entertainment venues in North America. Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky is fast becoming THE must play venue. The 20,000-seat arena, affectionately referred to by some as “the Cathedral of College Basketball” is home to the National Champion University of Kentucky men’s basketball program and has played host to some of the most talented and award-winning musicians/artists in the world including U2, Paul McCartney, Elton John, Justin Timberlake, Kenny Chesney, Taylor Swift, and many others.

Central Bank Center is our convention side, with over 99k sf of exhibition space, 24k sf each of meeting and ball room space, 50k of hospitality space, 10k sf of flexible space, and over 2500 covered and uncovered parking spaces. Both venues are additionally joined in entertaining this area by the Lexington Opera House, showcasing Broadway talent through collaborative bookings of Broadway shows, small venue concerts, and local arts.

Our Purpose

We are building an organization that serves our fans, community, and partners through world class entertainment, sports, and events. We believe in being authentically Kentucky. This means staying true to what makes Kentucky, Kentucky by rolling up our sleeves to get things done, valuing hospitality and gathering together, being a pillar in our community, teamwork over the individual, celebrating our wins, taking risks, and stretching our potential. As part of Oak View Group 360, we embrace a positive disRUPPtion. OVG360 was built on the idea that we are all fans first, and our decisions and guest interactions are made through that lens.

Responsibilities

• Create and assemble event materials, record keeping and analysis
• Oversee and manage community partnerships with grassroots level marketing initiatives
• Event marketing experience preferred
• Excellent organization and time-management skills
• Assist with all event documents, programs, projects, and duties as assigned
• Willing to work a variety of shifts, including evenings and weekends
• Manage event recaps after each major event so we can assess what went well and what needs work
• Proofread content and marketing materials using strong creative and administrative skills
• Manage e-mail database sends, design, and data research
• Work with marketing team to create/design event-related artist gifts, fan activations and marketing materials
• Excellent computer skills are a must, basic graphic design skills are helpful, social media skills are desirable
• Create marketing plans with the marketing department based on researched data trends and trackable measures that ensures the best ROI
• Manage digital data I.e. auditing audience research in Ticketmaster, geo-targeting options in Placer.ai, and other digital marketing systems.
• Assist marketing department with any required tasks, including restocking supplies, updating or creating social media posts, sending press releases, developing or enhancing event images, and furthering community partnerships
• Manage marquee updates and schedule in coordination with events
• Act as Marketing Manager on Duty for all assigned events
• Detail oriented and focused, needs to be able to work independently, with supervision
• Research artists before events to tailor marketing efforts and activations
• Act as Central Bank Center (convention center) expert and represents the marketing team with community partners such as VisitLex
• Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism, Communications, Marketing, or similar background; or 2-3 years’ experience in event or marketing fields
• Interact with event planners and collect essential information, including previous event activities and marketing recaps
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

At OVG, we understand that to continue positively disrupting the sports and live entertainment industry, we need a diverse team to help us do it. We also believe that inclusivity drives innovation, strengthens our people, improves our service, and raises our excellence. Our success is rooted in creating environments that reflect and celebrate the diverse communities in which we operate and serve, and this is the reason we are committed to amplifying voices from all different backgrounds.

Oak View Group is committed to equal employment opportunity. We will not discriminate against employees or applicants for employment on any legally recognized basis (“protected class”) including, but not limited to veteran status, uniform service member status, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information or any other protected class under federal, state, or local law.