Overview

The Marketing Coordinator will be an opportunity to immerse yourself in one of the most significant new arenas of our time. The ideal candidate is hard-working, driven, and thinks creatively about projects. Teamwork and collaboration between the UBS Arena and New York Islander’s Marketing teams are critical for this role. This role enables the candidate to contribute to the creation of a foundation for an arena making history in the marketplace.

This role pays an hourly rate of $24.00-$26.00

Benefits for Full-Time roles: Health, Dental and Vision Insurance, 401(k) Savings Plan, 401(k) matching, and Paid Time Off (vacation days, sick days, and 11 holidays)

This position will remain open until December 5, 2025.

Responsibilities

While you are here, you will:

• Assist the department with live event marketing campaigns, including but not limited to:
  • Support with new event announcements and on-sale event launches
  • Help to traffic paid & trade media plans (Creative assets, agreements, budgets, invoices)
  • Provide assistance week of the show and the day of the show with closing marketing needs
• Maintain ownership of the department’s project management system and organizational tools such as dropbox, Asana, etc.
• Coordinate and execute day-to-day reoccurring marketing tasks in relation to the New York Islanders' marketing
  • Islanders support of arena shows
  • Cross-marketing opportunities
  • Communications to general fans & arena Premium Members
• Ownership of coordination and development of programs to expand the reach of the arena’s marketing footprint, including but not limited to:
  • Hotel Concierge relations
  • Influencer relations
• Assist to cover the Director of Digital when needed
• Help coordinate DOS efforts for priority shows including but not limited to content coverage, activations, PR, Influencer hosting
• Ideate new content to promote upcoming events and help support execution
• Coordination of the day-to-day support of digital voice
  • Email
  • Social
  • Website
  • SMS
  • App
• Assist with PR lead with pre, and event day needs for events at the arena
• Aid with needs of the department as directed from Sr. Manager of Digital & Social, and Vice President of Marketing

Qualifications

What you need to be qualified

• Has bachelor’s degree in marketing, digital marketing, communications, analytics, business administration, or similar. 
• Prior experience with a concert venue, sports facility, or other multi-purpose assembly facilities is a plus.
• Extremely well-organized with the ability to multi-task effectively and work under extremely tight deadlines.
• Strong attention to detail
• Ability to think critically
• Basic understanding knowledge of brand identity, advertising, & general marketing strategy.
• Excellent written, verbal, and listening communication skills.
• Demonstrated passion for Marketing in the Entertainment and Sports Industry
• Ability to prioritize several tasks at once
• Basic proficiency with MS office suite and project management tools
• Basic photo and video editing skills are a plus
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to create and foster relationships.
• Independent, confident, pro-active, and solution-oriented

Joining the team means

• Experience with a brand-new fan-first, a top-of-the-line arena in the New York metropolitan market.
• Joining a culture of startup mentality in its growth stage