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Event Coordinator for the High Five GR 

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We're looking to add an Event Coordinator to our team at The Hive Five GR!

Position Summary

This Event Coordinator assists the High Five leadership team with all planning, execution, and completion of Events. This individual will oversee the Event Staff, act as the main point of contact for the day of event, all while providing a five-star customer experience.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Work with the High Five leadership team to manage all event responsibilities including: event design/theme, staff and vendor scheduling, requests, implementing logistics, creating, and maintaining timelines, event production, and all other event needs.
  • Lead event staff to ensure seamless weddings, rehearsal dinners, and other affiliated events.
  • Act as the on-site contact for set up through completion of all events.
  • Take a proactive approach to resolve and troubleshoot emerging problems prior to and on the event day.
  • Provide an exceptional level of guest service and satisfaction.
  • Work closely with vendors, staff, and entertainment to ensure compliance with the terms of executed contracts/purchase orders.
  • Cultivate and maintain relationships with vendors to provide a seamless event experience from planning through completion.
  • Meet with prospective clients to showcase the event space as needed.
  • Attend and/or coordinate the rehearsal, final meeting, and event.
  • Set-up and teardown of High Five space including: moving tables, place chairs, linens, furniture adjustment, taping cords, pushing carts, audio/video, etc.
  • Prepare room environment such as lighting and temperature.
  • Maintain the overall appearance and cleanliness of the High Five venue.
  • Proper care, movement, storage of all equipment such as tables, chairs, risers, dance floor, etc.
  • Greet guests and escort them in and out of the facility.
  • Provide guests with a five \-star experience through exquisite customer service skills.
  • Comply with all safety policies, practices, and procedures.
  • All other duties as assigned by direct Supervisor and/or Venue and Sales Manager.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

  • This position provides oversight and direction to Event Staff.

Who Are We?

Founded in 1987, Design Design is the first brand within the Convivial Brands umbrella. Since then, we have grown into four brands under the umbrella of Convivial Brands - Design Design (1987), Verdant Graphics (2011), The High Five GR (2018), and Tableau (2020). At Convivial Brands, everything we do revolves around Making Life Better - which includes creating opportunities, products, and a culture that strives to do just that. The physical products we make help people celebrate and enhance life, sometimes in small, quaint ways, and other times in big statements. From celebrating a wedding to giving a small gift of appreciation, each brand produces an end product that intends to make life friendly, lively, and jovial - ergo making life Convivial.

The High Five GR is our premier event venue located in downtown Grand Rapids. "Old world meets new" with our original hardwood roller rink flooring, exposed brick, artisan tile, and exquisite chandeliers. It's the perfect space to turn any occasion into a celebration.

What Makes Us Special?

  • Convivial Brands is a family-owned company based in Grand Rapids, MI. Our founder and the family are passionate about our mission to Make Life Better through connecting people to people and turning occasions into celebrations.
  • We are a culture focused company, and our culture was built around our three Core Values - being trustworthy, pursuing excellence, and having a team first mindset. Those three values are what guide our day-to-day, and ensure that we're moving in the right direction the right way.
  • We are an EOS company - this is our company's "operating system" and essentially a set of tools and concepts that ensures we have a clear, shared vision for the company, that we're gaining traction through ensuring accountability, and that we're building healthy teams.
  • We put our team members first and strive to meet them where they are in life. That means understanding that work and personal life exist side-by-side, not separately, and working to provide our team members with the flexibility needed for balance.
  • Most importantly, our team members make us special. We strive to create a workspace where our team members feel a sense of belonging and where they feel they can bring their whole, authentic selves to work every day. We believe each of our team members' individual differences, life experiences, knowledge, inventiveness, innovation, unique capabilities and talent - and the way they invest those in their work - is key to our culture, our reputation, and our success as a company. Their dedication and contributions are what make us successful.

Convivial Brands Diversity & Inclusion Statement:

Convivial Brands is committed to fostering, cultivating, and preserving a culture of diversity and inclusion. Our people are our most valuable asset. our employees' individual differences, life experiences, knowledge, inventiveness, innovation, self-expression, unique capabilities and talent - and the way they invest their unique identities in their work - are a significant part of our culture, our reputation, and our achievements. We embrace and encourage our team members' differences in age, color, disability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status, and other characteristices that make our team members unique. Convivial Brands' diversity initiatives apply to all parts of the employment experience, including but not limited to our practices and policies on recruitment and selection; compensation and benefits; professional development and training; promotions; social and recreational programs; layoffs and separations; and the ongoing development of a work environment built on the premise of gender and diversity equity. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

 
Full-Time/Part-Time Full-Time  
Shift -not applicable-  
Position Event Coordinator for the High Five GR  
Number of Openings 1  
Exempt/Non-Exempt Non-Exempt  
Location Convivial Brands-Events  
EOE Statement It is our policy to offer equal opportunity to all, based upon individual merit and without
regard to race, creed, color, age, sex, religion, national origin, citizenship, marital status,
height, weight, genetic information (regarding employee or family), family medical history,
Vietnam Era Veterans Status or physical or mental disability (provided that the disability -
with or without a reasonable accommodation - would not interfere with your ability to
perform the essential functions of the position applied for or constitute a safety hazard), to the
extent required by law.

We do not condone harassment relating to a person's race, color, religion, sex, national origin,
citizenship, height, weight, genetic information, age, or physical or mental disability. We
prohibit the use, distribution, sale, or possession of drugs, and controlled substances while at
work. We prohibit reporting to work under the influence of alcoholic beverages, drugs, or
controlled substances.

If you execute and submit this Application electronically to CONVIVIAL BRANDS ELC, INC, you agree
to the following: (1) you voluntarily agree to submit your Application and the information you
provided in it electronically; and (2) your electronic signature is your own.  

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