Cairns Jockey Club are seeking a full time Events & Marketing Manager to join their team in April 2022!
We are the fastest-growing Racing Club in Queensland. Our Club runs up to 20 race meetings annually, with our peak Racing Carnival season from May – September.
The successful applicant will ideally come with prior experience in organising events and marketing.
Hours of duty:
38 hours per week with reasonable additional hours up to 45 hours per week during peak times / when events are on.
Software knowledge:
- MS Excel, MS Word & Outlook
- Xero
- Trybooking
- WordPress
- TalkBox - eDM marketing
- Swiftpos (or a similar point of sale system)
Cairns Jockey Club will provide training for these systems.
Skills:
- Strong computer literacy
- Strong attention to detail
- Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
- Time, task and priority management
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Interpersonal skills - confidence, professionalism, integrity and strong sense of accountability
- Ability to perform steadily and maintain workload during peak times for reasonable periods of time
- Team player
Primary objectives of the position:
- Report directly to the General Manager
- Management and recruitment of Memberships
- Manage and secure Sponsorships
- Including Corporate Members, Race Sponsors and Fashion Sponsors
- Managing and creating contracts
- Ensure contract terms are met
- Coordinate race meeting event management. Tasks include but are not limited to;
- Securing sponsors
- Organising all staff including bar, TAB, security, racing, cleaning, gate and ambulance staff
- Theming and coordinating furniture set up, linen hire and table plans
- Booking entertainment and photographers
- Ticketing including updating the ticketing system and booking tickets
- Ordering floats, ATM, trophies and hampers
- Assisting with bar management including hiring eftpos terminals, updating bar lists & pricing in the point of sale solution
- Creating and printing racebooks
- Managing VIP invites and guests
- Facilitate all aspects of venue hire for commercial, private and community groups
- Apply for and acquit grants
- Manage marketing including website, social media, TVC, eDM, radio, print, contracts and creating marketing material through the CJC graphic designer
- Manage administration duties including but not limited to;
- Banking
- Signage hire
- Answering phone enquiries
- Filing and document management
- Manage bookings and the booking system (Trybooking)
- Assist with finance, primarily invoicing (Xero) and budgeting
The applicant must be available for the following race meetings:
- Corporate Race Day – Friday 22nd April 2022
- Thursday 12th May 2022
- Racing for a Cure – Sunday 29th May 2022
- Monday 13th June 2022
- Cairns Cup Ladies Day, Saturday 20th August 2022
- Cairns Cup, Saturday 27th August 2022
All applicants must be able to provide proof of vaccination status as per Racing Queensland and Queensland Government requirements to work at functions and on race days.
Applications must be emailed to: admin@cairnsjockeyclub.com.au . Applications close Monday 11th April 2022.
