Performance Manager Salt Lake Temple Open House Celebration (Time-Bound)

This job is to assist the Priesthood and Family Department in its purpose to help Gods children joyfully live the gospel of Jesus Christ. The role provides leadership and planning creating and coordinating of performances for the Salt Lake City Temple Open House Celebration. The Performance Manager develops coordinates and contributes to the strategic direction for performance-related events. This role provides a vital contact for coordination and supervision of event planning development and setup. The Performance Manager works with and understands a wide range of sponsors and event types and works with a high level of professionalism with all sponsors departments and related event support groups. They will also be in attendance when managing an event often in the evening on the weekend or holidays.

This role is time-bound and will conclude with the completion of the Salt Lake Temple Open House.

• Collaborate with various stakeholders to plan coordinate and supervise events while also gathering and prioritizing customer requirements to enhance the event experience.
• Stakeholder Coordination: Collaborate with Facility management parking services caterers security PSD and event sponsors to plan schedule and set up events.
• Collaborate with product manager by actively engaging with event sponsors church leaders and church departments to gather and prioritize customer requirements.
• Continuously refine event offerings based on feedback to create successful and appealing events.
• Provide expert advice to church leaders and church departments on ticketing ushering and event staging.
• Create detailed Event Information Sheets to facilitate seamless communication between organizations and ensure that event requirements are met efficiently.
• Assist with event budgeting and forecasting to allocate resources effectively.
• Train and supervise volunteers assisting with event facilitation emphasizing the importance of meeting customer expectations.
• Communicate with partners in other departments regarding ongoing music initiatives and assist with music efforts across Church departments.

Required:

• Bachelors degree in business communications public relations music or related field.
• 8 years of experience in event management public relations or related area background in project/product management and Church music initiatives or performances (or an equivalent combination of education and experience).
• Exceptional ability to organize and coordinate all phases of event management.
• Ability to create and deliver executive-level presentations.
• Excellent communication and analytical skills.
• Ability to receive and implement direction from Church leaders.
• Demonstrated business management skills (organizing complex work projects solving complex problems establishing and executing strategic priorities supervising the work of teams and individuals).
• Demonstrated ability to think strategically and advocate change.
• Ability to use a variety of computer software and related devices used in generating documents schedules setup renderings etc.
• Knowledge of crowd management processes including a working knowledge of operational plans charting and managing ingress and egress plans for audiences.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to provide exceptional customer service.
• Ability to build productive and effective working relationships within the department and across Church departments and areas.
• To successfully perform the essential functions of the job there may be physical requirements which need to be met such as sitting for long periods of time and using computer monitors/equipment

Preferred:

• Masters degree