Marketing Coordinator

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The Opportunity

Join the dynamic team at Grand Casinos as a Marketing Coordinator, where you'll be at the heart of creating unforgettable moments! From managing and coordinating thrilling events to executing exciting promotions and entertainment, you'll help craft experiences that leave our guests wanting more. Your creativity and energy will be essential in elevating the fun, ensuring every visit is memorable, and positioning Grand Casinos as the ultimate entertainment destination.

What You Get to Do

• Assist with planning, developing, and implementing of all property-wide events, promotions, and entertainment.
• Design creative and innovative event attractions, utilizing internal resources or outsourcing to qualified vendors as necessary.
• Foster strong relationships with vendors and internal teams to ensure seamless event execution, efficient operations, and effective strategic planning.
• Develop marketing programs that enhance player base, foster long-term loyalty, encourage tier growth, and support player engagement.
• Contribute to enhancing event planning processes and elevating guest experiences.
• Manage box office operations including ticketing and resolving ticket issues, while ensuring appropriate holds and training staff on ticketing software.
• Oversee promotional details, including product procurement, display setup, and managing giveaway logistics from preparation to completion.
• Create and distribute timely communications for all promotions, events, and entertainment.
• Ensure the GC intranet is regularly updated with current and upcoming promotional, event, and concert details for easy access by key departments.
• Manage administrative duties, including processing contracts, creating purchase orders, and maintaining organized records.
• Assist with financial tasks including monthly budgeting, management, and event billing.
• Actively engage in all scheduled events, ensuring flawless execution and promptly addressing any logistical requirements.
• Manage the logistics of event decorations, props, and rentals including their delivery and return.
• Support special projects to assist company management and perform errands as needed for event materials and props.
• Ensure strict adherence to all company policies and regulatory compliance.
• Assess the success of each event by preparing and analyzing financial and performance reports, including proformas and post-formas.
• Operate and manage virtual system(s) for all promotions.
• Retrieve and document required operational reports from systems like Patron/Everi as needed.
• Perform regular inventories/audits of promotional materials to ensure compliance and all items are ready for use.
• Prepare and issue requests for proposals (RFPs) to obtain decorations or services required for events.
• Schedule, organize, and coordinate meetings related to promotions and events.
• Build and maintain collaborative relationships with vendors while developing rules, procedures, and internal communications for promotions.
• Perform additional duties assigned to meet business needs.

What We Look for in a Person

• Serves and develops others by building relationships.
• Fosters an inclusive workplace where inclusion and individual differences are valued.
• Collaborates across boundaries to achieve common goals.
• Aligns organizational objectives and practices with Mille Lacs Band traditions or interests as appropriate.
• Sets direction and influences others to translate vision into action.
• Demonstrates drive for continued personal and professional growth.

What We Offer You

• We have a fun, energetic personality and are adventurous, creative, and open minded.
• We strive to lead through our seven (7) values in all that we do. (Wisdom, Love, Respect, Truth, Humility, Bravery, and Honesty)
• Our foundation of Servant Leadership is a philosophy that embodies and fosters empowerment, decision-making and engagement across all levels of the organization.
• We are a career accelerant, which means developing our Associates is one of our main priorities.
• We provide a space for Associates and others to bring who they are to work and impart a sense of purpose.
• A variety of competitively priced health benefits and supplemental insurances, parental leave, 401k, tuition reimbursement, birthday, and anniversary gifts.

What Qualifies You

• High School Diploma or GED required.

• Minimum of two (2) years’ experience in event planning, entertainment or promotions execution experience required.

• One (1) year supervisory experience preferred.

• Must be able to secure a license from Gaming Regulatory Authority (GRA).
• Responsible for following all relevant Detailed Gaming Regulations (DGR’s).
• Mille Lacs Band Member and American Indian preference will be exercised in the hiring process.

Must Have Skills

• Must be able to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, percentages, common fractions, and decimals.
• Must be able to apply common sense understanding to a variety of situations, in order to collect data, analyze facts, and determine appropriate response.

Physical Needs

• Regularly required to talk and hear, see, move around the facility and ability to communicate effectively.
• Must be able to stand, walk, sit, (up to 8 hours). Handle objects, tools, and controls; reach with arms and hands.
• Must be able to lift and carry objects up to 50 lbs.

Work Environment

While performing the duties of this job, the associate is regularly exposed to:

Exposure to moderate to loud noise levels and second-hand smoke.

Mille Lacs Band Member and American Indian preference will be exercised in the hiring process.

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