DEPARTMENT: Sales & Marketing
JOB TITLE: Sales & Events Development Manager
REPORTS TO: Director of Sales & Marketing
FLSA: Full-Time | Salaried | Exempt
COMPENSATION: $40,000-$50,000 Annually
The Sanford Center is a premier regional event facility offering spaces for conferences, meetings, expos, trade shows, concerts, athletic events, community gatherings, and custom-built “home grown” events. We take pride in creating exceptional experiences for our partners, attendees, and community members.
The Sales & Event Development Manager is responsible for driving revenue through event sales, vendor participation, sponsorship acquisition, and the development of new in-house events at The Sanford Center. This role blends sales, event planning, outreach, and relationship management. The ideal candidate is highly motivated, entrepreneurial, and passionate about building strong partnerships within the region.
This position manages and grows all home-grown events—including vendor relations, registration, sponsor sales, planning logistics, and post-event evaluation. Additionally, the role focuses on outbound sales to attract meetings, trainings, conferences, expos, trade shows, and other revenue-generating bookings.
Home Grown Event Management
Manage vendor sales, booth assignments, registration processes, and assist with on-site coordination.
Sales & Business Development
Create customized proposals for meetings, training, conferences, expos, and trade shows.
Collaboration & Internal Coordination
Qualifications & Experience
The essential responsibilities of this position are described under the headings above. They may be subject to change at any time due to reasonable accommodation or other reasons. Also, this document in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position.
Legends Global is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer, and encourages Women, Minorities, Individuals with Disabilities, and protected Veterans to apply. VEVRAA Federal Contractor.
