Space Center is looking for a creative, ambitious and highly motivated Event & Experience Manager to join our growing team.

This is not a traditional event coordinator position. We are looking for someone who can create experiences from the ground up. Help us develop new event concepts, understand what customers will be excited to attend and pay for, help promote those experiences, train the team, supervise execution, collect feedback and improve the product based on real results.

The role combines event development, customer experience, creative marketing, social media collaboration, project management and team training.

We are open to both full-time and part-time candidates.

Who We Prefer

Preference will be given to candidates who are:

- Currently in the final years of college or university, or
- Recent graduates looking for an opportunity to build real projects and grow into a management role.

Preferred areas of study include:

- Event Management
- Hospitality Management
- Marketing
- Advertising
- Communications
- Public Relations
- Creative Industries
- Media / Digital Media
- Entertainment Management
- Recreation & Leisure Studies
- Tourism Management
- Business Administration
- Entrepreneurship
- Project Management
- Customer Experience / Service Management
- Theatre / Production / Performance Management
- Arts & Cultural Management

Applicants from related programs with strong creative and organizational skills are also encouraged to apply.

What You’ll Do

You will participate in developing and managing new experiences at Space Center from idea to final execution and performance review.

Responsibilities may include

- Creating concepts for new events, attractions, seasonal programs and customer experiences
- Developing corporate events, private events, family programs and special activations
- Turning creative ideas into structured, sellable event products
- Developing event themes, schedules, guest journeys and activity plans
- Writing event programs, scripts and staff instructions
- Creating interactive elements and memorable “wow moments”
- Helping determine target audiences and positioning for new events
- Working with social media and marketing teams to promote events
- Contributing ideas for Reels, TikTok, Instagram and other promotional content
- Identifying moments within events that can generate strong photos, videos and organic social sharing
- Coordinating preparation and execution of events




- Training employees on new programs, scripts and guest interactions
- Organizing staff rehearsals and making sure programs are delivered correctly
- Monitoring guest experience during events
- Collecting and analyzing customer feedback
- Conducting surveys and identifying areas for improvement
- Tracking attendance, bookings, customer engagement and event performance
- Preparing post-event reports
- Making recommendations for future events and improvements
- Working directly with management on new concepts and future Space Center projects

What We Are Looking For The right person should be able to combine creativity with execution.

You should be someone who naturally asks:

Who is this experience for? Why would they come? Why would they pay for it? What will they remember? What will they photograph or share? And what would make them come back?

Required Skills

We are looking for candidates with strong potential in the following areas:

- Creativity and idea generation
- Event planning and organization
- Customer experience thinking
- Strong written and verbal communication
- Social media awareness
- Understanding of current social media trends
- Presentation skills
- Project coordination
- Time management
- Problem-solving
- Attention to detail
- Ability to work with a team
- Ability to train and communicate instructions to staff
- Ability to work independently and take ownership of projects
- Flexibility and adaptability
- Ability to work in a fast-moving environment
- Ability to receive feedback and quickly improve a concept
- Basic understanding of marketing and customer behaviour
- Ability to think commercially, not only creatively
- Comfortable reviewing results, numbers and customer feedback after an event

Experience with Canva, social media content creation, video concepts, event production, hospitality, entertainment or experiential marketing would be an asset but is not mandatory.

Experience

Previous management experience is not required.

We are prepared to teach many operational aspects of the position internally.

For us,



the most important qualities are:

creativity, intelligence, initiative, ambition, communication skills, responsibility and the ability to turn an idea into a finished product.

Practical Hiring Competition

Please note that this position includes a practical selection process.

Candidates who successfully complete the initial interview may be invited to complete several short assignments designed to evaluate real skills rather than only previous work experience.

Assignments may include, for example:

- Developing an original event or customer-experience concept
- Identifying the target audience and explaining why they would purchase it
- Creating a basic event structure or guest journey
- Suggesting marketing and social media ideas for the concept
- Developing a Reel/TikTok or promotional content concept
- Presenting the idea to management
- Responding to feedback and improving the original concept The assignments are intended to evaluate creativity, commercial thinking, communication, organization and problem-solving ability.

Candidates should be comfortable participating in this type of competitive selection process before applying.

Why Join Space Center?

We are a young and open-minded team that enjoys experimenting, testing new concepts and creating experiences that have not been done before.

This position provides significantly more creative freedom than a traditional entry-level management role.

You will have the chance to:

- Develop projects that actually launch
- See customers interact with experiences you helped create
- Work directly with company management
- Build a portfolio of real commercial projects
- Learn different areas of operations, marketing and event management
- Take responsibility for projects rather than only assisting someone else
- Grow into a larger management position as the company expands

Our goal is to continue growing beyond a single location, and we are looking for ambitious people who want the opportunity to grow with the company from one centre into a larger network.

If you are looking for a position where you simply follow existing instructions, this may not be the right role.

If you want to create, experiment, build, test and see your own ideas become real customer experiences, we would like to hear from you.

Pay: $19.00-$21.00 per hour

Benefits

- On-site parking

Work Location: In person

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