Tour Director Job Description
Tour Director Duties & Responsibilities
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Education for Tour Director
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Tour Director Examples
Tour Director Job Description
- Sells complex sponsorship assets that include media, experiential space, and VIP hospitality packages to assigned event properties
- Create and develops presentations for clients and potential clients
- Addresses clients’ concerns, questions and objections to close sponsorship deals
- Negotiate sponsorship assets/deal points
- Serve as the direct contact at PGA TOUR for PGA TOUR LatinoAmerica tournaments (PGATLA)
- Interface with leaders from the PGATLA tournaments to develop a mutually beneficial relationship with the PGA TOUR
- Prospect for PGA TOUR sponsorship/partners throughout the region, focusing on TOUR properties outside of Latin America
- Find and close Region-wide sponsors and local title (event) sponsors to help support TOUR and tournaments
- Develop a strategic business plan for each tournament outlining the goals and objectives, purse strategies, television, title sponsor renewal plans, impact in market, financial stability, and long-term schedule
- Prospect throughout the region with companies to expand sponsorship to the events
- Counsel tournaments on local marketing and promotion to help them generate exposure and improve their bottom line
- Establish relationships with Title Sponsors to ensure open communications and improve their probability of continuing and increasing their commitment to the tournament and TOUR
- Develop key relationships with title sponsor marketing staff and integrate overall marketing plans into the event
- Oversee Tournament Agreement contract process and communication with host sites, title sponsors and television partner
- Oversee the tracking of sales efforts at each event and provide quarterly updates to PGA TOUR management
- Oversee appropriate player/sponsor introduction and interaction on site
Tour Director Job Description
- Provide interface and serve as key contact to TOUR Umbrella Sponsor regarding their activation around the events
- Provide leadership & guidance to the Traffic, Attrition, and Invoicing team members
- Manages the DreamTrips pipeline by working closely with the Traffic Supervisor & Market Managers for supply demand
- Works global cross-functionally within the Travel Products team to drive trip development
- Campaigns for continuous improvement of trip build process
- Deliver accurate forecasting and reporting to support operational functions
- Provide feedback on key city inventory and attrition historical data and future projections
- Contribute to the development and execution of strategic regional planning
- Someone that can easily identify and utilize emerging trends
- Minimize attrition risk and costs
- Demonstrates strong people and project management skills, the ability to effectively delegate
- 5+ years in technology management in digital consumer space, including consumer web, mobile app
- Minimum 5 years’ experience at Manager Level required
- Industry and/or HAL/Princess/Seabourn experience preferred
- Develop relationships with Tour Directors to determine tour assignments and compatibility with Group Leaders
- Manage Tour Director allocations and utilize internal database Atlas to confirm all Tour Director assignments
Tour Director Job Description
- Review and document current accounting policies and practices
- Responsible for network wide accounting for refundable membership initiation fees and related membership debt
- Review TPC based contracts for appropriate accounting and coordinate with corporate financial reporting area
- Manage interactions with other departments
- Lead a team of product managers in the definition and creation of multiple product lines
- Evolving product strategy based on research, data, and industry trends
- Develop new products, enhance existing products
- Launch products on a regular basis
- Understand fan expectations, usage habits, and feedback
- Generate creative concepts for all campaign and brand elements
- Proven track record in analyzing the marketplace, establishing revenue targets, and meeting and exceeding targets
- The ability to attend in person industry and brand events
- Must be proficient with windows based software package such as Microsoft Office
- Oversee New York City Guide allocations
- Accommodate Group Leader requests while maintaining adherence to overarching strategic and financial direction
- Coordinate ride-along experiences for all new Tour Directors to promote success
Tour Director Job Description
- Oversee on-site transportation, logistics, inventory and storage operations
- Ensures building operations comply with all local zoning laws and regulations
- Refine and repurpose existing creative assets to reflect audience segment interests/platforms
- Lead a team of graphic designers to ensure business objectives are met
- Taking responsibility for quality control in the execution of creative deliverables
- Present creative layouts, talking through creative strategy and design
- Staying abreast of current design trends and technologies to inform your work and inspire the team
- Collaborate on visual direction for new campaigns
- This position will manage a team of graphic designers and will serve as a coach and mentor for other positions in the department
- Develop a strategic sales business plan for each tournament outlining goals and objectives, sales staff evaluation, products, renewal plans, prospecting, reporting, implementation of a CRM, to ensure financial stability
- Ability to assist Vice President in effectively managing a sales team by motivating and supporting them to reach their sales goals
- Serve as Tour Director Team Inbox lead and delegate inquiries accordingly
- Disseminate all travel information 60 days prior to each tour
- Participate in development and execution of Annual Meeting
- Travel during peak season to provide on-the-ground support to Tour Directors (March, June)
- Proficiency in the Microsoft Office suite and systems-minded
Tour Director Job Description
- Supports and oversees the day to day operations
- Coordinates with the Hotel Directors and Tour Operations to oversee the shipboard cruise directors to ensure that all programing is being executed properly onboard
- Assist the Tournament Business Affairs team on any matters of broad interest such as participation in Tournament Advisory Council business and exceeding budgetary expectations
- Utilize existing reporting tools and reports to create a scalable tour wide reporting system allowing for proactive management of the revenue component of the business
- Anticipate the needs of the TOUR and tournaments and find effective solutions
- Prospect, identify and close national sales opportunities
- Achieve or exceed annual event revenue budget through closing integrated packages comprising of local sponsorship, corporate hospitality, and unique experiences
- As part of the event sales cycle, meet or exceed individual revenue goal while leading sales staff to meet or exceed their respective revenue goals
- Focus on new business activity in local, regional, national and international geographies
- Work closely with Executive Director & Host club leadership on developing and coordinating a host membership sales organization focused on building high level local and regional relationships – from pitch/proposal through execution phases
- Minimum 4 years experience in the live music business and working with live events
- BA or equivalent formal management experience required
- 5-8 years prior attractions or leisure related Management Experience, preferred
- Prior experience in management and performance management of large numbers of staff
- Must be able to organize department systems and procedures
- Must be able to deal effectively and tactfully with executives, guests, talent, vendors and staff