Event Manager: Trexler Mansion and B&B
The Trexler Mansion is finishing its restoration this year. It's a historic mansion with a bowling alley in the basement, a fully restored dining hall on the first floor, a ballroom upstairs, and a conservatory and patio surrounded in stained glass. Next door, we're opening a bed and breakfast. We're hiring an Event Manager to fill these rooms: weddings, quinceañeras, and the events we share with family and friends once in a lifetime.
The building will draw some inquiries on its own, but we're not hiring someone to manage intake only. We're looking for someone who understands how to bring business in. If your instinct is to build relationships, work a room at a bridal show, and lock down a booking before the couple has a chance to call anyone else, you’ve landed at the right place.
Your first few months
The Mansion isn't open yet, so you'll start by learning the business. You'll spend time alongside other event staff, property managers, and more to see how we run events day-to-day and help support the contracts already in place. You'll get a look at every vendor relationship we've built, and early on, we'll want your honest read: who's worth keeping, who isn't, and which new relationships we should be forming. You make those calls, but you’ll also have the advantage of seeing what already works before you recommend changes to the existing events team. You'll report directly to the President and CEO.
What you'll actually do
- Go find the business. Proactively book weddings, quinceañeras, and special events.
- Get out into the community by attending bridal shows, local events, and other local spots where people start planning their big day. Build the relationships that build business.
- Run each event from start to finish, from the first conversation to the last guest out the door, working alongside our other managers so nothing slips.
- Work with the team to manage Trexler Mansion and B&B vendors, caterers, entertainment, and rentals. Keep the relationships strong and vendors accountable for what they committed to.
- Handle the money with discretion: budgets, contracts, and confidential financial information, treated with discretion.
- Keep the venue visible. Work with our Social Media Manager, share what’s happening, and give people a reason to picture their own events in your space.
- Be the person clients trust on one of the biggest days of their life, the one who catches the problem and solves it independently.
Who does well here
- You've run events and are familiar with sales related to weddings, banquets, fundraisers, hospitality, and something with multiple moving parts. Or, you've done closely related work and can show how it carries over.
- You're a go-getter and build pipelines.
- People like working with you, and vendors come through for you, because you hold them accountable while maintaining a solid relationship.
- You stay organized with several events in the air at once.
- You can talk to anyone: the nervous bride, the dad paying for the quinceañera, the caterer running behind. They all walk away feeling taken care of.
- You can be trusted with private financial details.
What this job isn't
This isn't a desk job where you only take inbound leads waiting for you. You'll spend time out in the community at shows, at events, and building relationships. The trade-off is a beautiful space to sell and ownership over how it gets filled.
Compensation
Base runs $50,000-$80,000, depending on year of direct experience. On top of your base, commission typically ranges from $50,000 to $150,000 per year, depending on what you book. Events like these take place, regardless of the market.
How Hiring Works
It’s a short process. Step 1: Phone call. A conversation with a team member that happens the week of June 29th. Step 2: One-on-One interview with the President. This is where you’ll learn about the opportunity, about the fit, and see everything firsthand. You’ll also have a chance to meet the existing team. This happens the week of July 6th.
If you've read this far and you're already picturing the first wedding you'd book in that ballroom, we want to talk with you.
Pay: $50,000.00 - $80,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Flexible schedule
- Paid time off
Work Location: In person
