Moving Story Entertainment is currently looking for our next Groups and Events Manager at our Ritz Cinemas! This role will see you taking overall responsibility for the coordination and organisation of all Groups and Events bookings across Sydney’s most loved cinemas, Ritz Cinemas Randwick.
Moving Story Entertainment oversees management of four of Australia’s most iconic and beloved independent cinemas – Ritz Cinemas Randwick, Classic Cinemas Elsternwick, Cameo Cinemas Belgrave, and Lido Cinemas Hawthorn.
The Role
This primary focus of this role is to take ownership of the planning, operation and logistics of all group events. This will see you liaising closely with site managers and their teams to ensure our client’s needs are met and exceed from brief to delivery of the event.
Your responsibilities will include:
• Managing customer calls and emails, ensuring customers are always prioritised
• Liasing with our Programming Manager to ensure groups are accommodated in the cinema program
• Knowledge of our package types, including fundraisers, high end corporate events, small casual events, birthday party packs, school holiday bookings, distribution bookings and social groups
• Knowledge of our site; including food and beverage, cinema sizes, accessibility and specifics relating to foyer size
• Running events as required, ensuring responsibility for technical aspects. These events may fall outside of office hours
• Maintain a well rounded knowledge of film product and the ability to promote suitable content to specific groups
• Coordinating client site inspections as required
What you bring…
We celebrate the unusual, so even if you haven’t worked in Cinema or a related field, we want to hear from you. Our style is unafraid and daring; if you are willing to take the plunge and jump into a new industry, we are willing to take that leap with you.
With that in mind, we want to meet you if you have:
• Experience in organising and running events
• Sound organisation and project management skills; with the ability to multi-task many stakeholders and Events at one time
• A passion for reporting, analytics and presenting insights in an effective and relevant way
• Excellent communication skills, and an ability to work successfully with a range of stakeholders and customers
• An attention to detail and an organised, passionate and proactive drive for continuous improvement and innovation
• Well-developed Microsoft Office skills including Word, Outlook and Excel
Who are we?
While ‘Moving Story - Lido, Classic, Cameo, Ritz Cinemas’ is a mouthful of a Company name, what we stand for is simple and unwavering…
We are the tongue-in-cheek, well informed cinephile. We have the newest and most relevant information for fellow film lovers. We make it our purpose to always look for the weird and wonderful and share it with our followers. We are never snobbish, we appreciate and can see the value of all films.
We care about the communities and stories we’re contributing to, and we want to share our gifts with others. We have big ideas and a strong vision for our future.
Can you see yourself in our vision for the future? If so, please apply via this platform. Please be aware only successful candidates will be contacted.
To learn more about our Cinemas, please visit https://www.ritzcinemas.com.au; and follow “Moving Story” on LinkedIn & our Socials