Events Sales Executive — Corporate, Retreats & Social

Responsibilities

• Manage corporate retreat, creative retreat, and social celebration sales for a SMA boutique property: the SMA market has developed significant corporate and creative retreat business — Mexico City companies, advertising agencies, technology startups, and creative companies book SMA properties for off-site strategic planning, team creative sessions, and executive programs
• Position SMA's creative and cultural environment as the differentiating argument for corporate retreats: the Mexico City executive team that spends 3 days in SMA for a strategic planning retreat — Baroque architecture, artisanal cuisine, mezcal tasting, and an art gallery visit embedded in the program — has an experience that a Valle de Bravo lake house cannot replicate
• Develop the creative industry retreat market: art schools, film production companies, and design studios that use SMA as a creative retreat destination represent a niche that is under-served by the primary wedding focus of most SMA properties
• Manage social event sales for significant domestic and international celebrations: anniversary galas, milestone birthday events, and family reunion weekends in SMA are a growing social event segment from domestic Mexico City luxury clients
• Produce retreat program proposals that integrate SMA cultural experiences: a corporate retreat proposal that includes a private artisan studio visit, a mezcal tasting with a local producer, and a traditional Oaxacan cuisine dinner within the program budget differentiates from a generic conference hotel proposal immediately
• Achieve quarterly social and corporate revenue targets

Requirements

• Corporate retreat or social events sales experience
• Knowledge of SMA's creative and cultural experience ecosystem
• English and Spanish bilingual at professional communication standard
• Creative retreat and off-site program design capability
• Domestic Mexico City corporate market familiarity

Benefits

• IMSS, aguinaldo, paid vacation + premium
• Base + per-contract commission + seasonal performance bonus
• SMA boutique property facilities access and cultural programming inclusion
• Career development in a creative and culturally distinctive events market

Work environment

Corporate retreat and social events sales at a San Miguel de Allende boutique property. Creative program development and corporate relationship sales in Mexico's most artistically distinct interior city.

About the role

The events salesperson who hands a Mexico City advertising agency creative director a retreat proposal that includes a morning strategy session, an afternoon visit to a Huichol yarn artist's studio, and a closing mezcal tasting with a local producer as the evening's entertainment — has just proposed an off-site that the creative director will actually want to attend. That's the commercial difference between a SMA retreat program and a generic Valle de Bravo conference package.