WickedBall Chicago is a 15,000 sq ft indoor entertainment venue at Yorktown Center — bubble soccer, laser tag, Nerf battles, dodgeball, a mechanical bull, arcade games, and private events for kids, adults, families, and corporate groups. We host birthday parties, school field trips, team-building events, holiday parties, and everything in between. We also bring the fun on the road with mobile events at parks, schools, and corporate venues.
It's a high-energy place. The team is small, tight-knit, and we genuinely have fun together while we work hard. If you've ever wanted a job where no two days look the same — closing a deal one hour and running an event the next — and the people you work with actually want to be there, this might be your spot.
Why we're hiring right now
We're heading into our busiest corporate season — team-building events, company outings, and holiday parties book up fast, and we're growing faster than our current sales team can keep up with. This is a second full-time sales seat on a team that's already winning. You'll join a Director of Sales & Marketing and a Sales & Events Manager who'll have your back from day one — the leads, the playbook, and the momentum are already here. We need another closer.
What this role is
This is a revenue-focused management role built on three things: selling events, running them well, and driving our marketing forward. Your job is to bring revenue into the building, make sure every event you book is one clients rave about, and help our marketing engine turn attention into bookings. You'll do that by:
Selling — answering inbound leads, making outbound calls, sending quotes, running tours, and closing bookings. Corporate season means the phones are busy — you'll have plenty to work with.
Outreach & business development — building relationships with companies, HR teams, schools, camps, park districts, churches, and community organizations, and proactively finding new business we aren't already getting.
Running events — leading and overseeing events at the venue and on the road, coordinating and managing party hosts, and being the client's main point of contact from booking through breakdown.
Leading our social media team — managing our social media coordinators, setting content direction and goals, reviewing performance, and making sure what we post actually drives bookings. You don't need to be the one filming — you need to be the one making sure the content works.
You should be strong on the sales side, genuinely good with people, and comfortable leading a small team toward results. You won't just work the leads we hand you — you'll help create demand.
Heads up — what this role isn't
Before you apply, please know:
- This is not a remote job. It's onsite at our Lombard venue. Every shift, every week.
- This is not a strict 9-to-5. Our typical hours are 10am–6pm, but because our customers come in evenings and weekends, you'll work at least one weekend day each week — and full weekends when we're busy. Corporate season means busy. If you need weekends off no matter what, this isn't the right fit.
- This is not a low-key office gig. It's a fast-paced event venue. You'll be on your feet, on the phone, in front of guests, and lifting/setting up equipment. The energy is the job.
If those things sound like a feature, not a bug, you'll probably love it here.
What you'll do
Sales & Business Development (most of your time)
- Make outbound calls and emails to potential clients (we'll give you the lists, scripts, and CRM)
- Own a pipeline of corporate leads — team builds, outings, and holiday parties — from first call to signed contract
- Go find business we aren't already getting — new markets, partnerships, and event ideas
- Send quotes, follow up, and close bookings
- Run tours and consultations for prospective clients
- Hit personal monthly revenue and activity targets
- Identify upsell opportunities during events you're running (5% commission on every upsell you close)
Event Execution & Oversight
- Lead, run, and oversee events at the venue — tours, briefings, guest experience
- Manage and coordinate party hosts during events
- Run mobile events off-site (driving required)
- Be the client's main point of contact before and during their event
- Stay flexible — event schedules shift, clients change plans, and the best people here adapt without missing a beat
- Make sure events run smoothly start to finish, and that the small stuff that makes an event great actually happens
Marketing & Social Media Team Leadership
- Manage our social media team: set weekly content priorities, review what's working, and hold the team to results
- Tie content to revenue — promo codes, campaign tracking, and booking attribution
- Work with the Director of Sales & Marketing on promotions, packages, and seasonal campaigns
- Bring your own ideas: new event types, themes, and partnerships that get people in the door
A note on content
You don't need to be a content creator for this role. What we need is someone who can lead the people who are — set direction, keep them accountable, and make sure the content drives bookings, not just likes. If you happen to have a feel for short-form content yourself, great, that's a bonus. But this is a sales and events role first.
Compensation
- Base salary: $40,000/year
- Average earner: $60,000–$65,000 total comp with bonuses and commissions at typical store performance
- Top performers: $75,000+
Full breakdown of weekly, monthly, and quarterly bonuses, team pool commission, cold call commission, and upsell commission is shared during the interview and laid out clearly in your offer letter. We don't surprise anyone on comp.
Annual performance reviews include salary adjustments. Strong performers move up — into senior Sales & Marketing roles, Event Operations leadership, and, as we expand, multi-location leadership.
Who tends to thrive here
- People who actually like sales and aren't scared of the phone
- People who don't wait for leads — they go create them
- People who like variety — cold-calling an HR director at 11am, running a 12-year-old's birthday party at 4pm, closing a corporate holiday party at 7pm
- People who can lead a small team and get results without micromanaging
- People who read carefully — pricing, contracts, their own paycheck, customer requests
- People who can juggle selling and running events without dropping either
- People who stay flexible when event schedules shift — because they will
- People who want a salary plus real upside, not just an hourly rate
- People who show up. Reliably. Every day.
- People who want to build a career, not just bridge to the next thing
Hard requirements (please don't skip these)
- Valid driver's license + willingness to drive your own vehicle and/or our company van to off-site mobile events. This is core to the role. If driving for work isn't something you're up for, this isn't the right fit.
- Available to work at least one weekend day each week, and full weekends when we're busy.
- Onsite at our Lombard venue — not remote, not hybrid.
- Able to lift at least 50 lbs for event setup and breakdown.
- Flexible with event schedules — events run when clients need them, and plans change.
- Comfortable on the phone and in front of guests for hours at a time.
- Basic CRM and computer literacy (email, spreadsheets, calendar).
Nice to have
- Outbound sales or customer-facing experience
- Event coordination or management experience (hospitality, venues, weddings, corporate)
- Experience managing or leading a small team
- Experience directing social media or marketing efforts (you set the strategy, others create)
- Familiarity with CRM (we'll train you regardless)
Pay: $42,000.00 - $76,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Employee discount
- Flexible schedule
- Paid time off
Application Question(s):
- Is your availability open? If not, what restrictions do you have?
- Why does sales appeal to you? What draws you to a role with commissions and revenue targets?
- Do you have a valid driver's license and are you comfortable driving for work?
- Can you lift at least 50lbs? We setup equipment for events
- Part of this job is finding business we don't already have. Tell us about a time you brought in a new client, created a new opportunity, or came up with an idea that grew revenue. Optional, tell us what you'd focus on to bring in revenue.
Work Location: In person
