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Special Events Sales and Delivery Coordinator
Apply locations St Mary's Stadium time type Full time posted on Posted 2 Days Ago time left to apply End Date: July 23, 2025 (12 days left to apply) job requisition id RQ-032896
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Location: St Mary’s Stadium, Southampton
Hours: Full Time
Contract Type: Permanent
Criminal Record Check: DBS Basic
What is the role?
The role is to support the Football Club’s non-matchday events team in growing revenue and maximising venue use by selling, coordinating, and delivering high-quality events throughout the year. You will help position St Mary’s Stadium as a versatile event destination beyond football, working as part of the Special Events team to ensure an exceptional customer experience. A strong understanding of the club’s event spaces, products, and offerings is essential for engaging prospective clients and ensuring efficient event delivery.
What will you be doing?
In this role, you will proactively reach out to potential clients, build strong relationships, and identify opportunities to sell and upsell to maximise revenue. You’ll respond promptly to all inbound enquiries and convert leads into successful bookings. A key part of your role will be building a targeted sales funnel through research and outbound activity, aiming to meet and exceed event revenue targets.
You will represent Special Events at the stadium, attending event days, engaging with clients, and ensuring they feel valued and well looked after. You’ll assist in planning and delivering events and concerts, while maintaining accurate records in our CRM system. Strong collaboration with internal stakeholders is essential to ensure everyone is aligned and well-briefed on event details. You’ll review and evaluate events to identify key learnings and improvements, staying up to date with best practices in event delivery.
Is this you?
You have at least one year of sales experience and a proven track record of exceeding sales targets. You may hold a degree in event management or sales, or have at least one year of hands-on experience in event coordination. You’ve previously worked in a unique venue, event site, or festival setting, giving you a strong understanding of dynamic event environments. Your communication skills are exceptional, both in person and over the phone, and you're known for being efficient, well-organised, and able to manage your time effectively—especially when working to tight deadlines.
How this benefits you…
If you are successful, you can look forward to a healthy benefits package;
* Access to x2 free match tickets for every home league game
* Access to our staff Health & Wellbeing initiatives (Mental & Physical Health).
* Discounted Southampton Football Club merchandise.
* 25 days’ holiday per year excluding bank holidays plus your birthday off each year.
* Contributory Pension Scheme.
* Worldwide Travel Insurance for you and your family.
* Learning & Development opportunities - supporting you to develop your potential and achieve in your career.
* Free onsite parking.
* Cycle to Work Scheme.
* Collaborative & inclusive working culture.
How can I apply?
Just click on the apply button below, enter your details and answer a quick pre-screening questionnaire, then attach your CV.
The closing date for applications is 22 July 2025
*We reserve the right to close this vacancy early, if a high volume of applicants are received.*
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POTENTIAL INTO EXCELLENCE
Southampton Football Club is part of St. Mary’s Football Group, which also includes the affiliated registered charity – the Saints Foundation.
We as a Group compete as a Premier League club at the highest level of professional football with a culture which promotes respect, unity, aspiration, innovation and discipline – this is The Southampton Way.
We look for people with integrity, compassion and support for those around them; people who take pride in what they do with an honest approach, who embrace a challenge while also being accountable for their decisions; people who have the energy and passion to bring an innovative approach to their role and strive to be different from the rest; people with the aspiration to lead the way and become an example to others.
Within the walls of St. Mary’s Stadium, Staplewood Campus, the Bath Academy and our other sites and development centers across the South of England, you’ll be given the platform to work in a vibrant, intelligent and challenging environment with the potential to develop and become the best at what you do.
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