Sales & Events Executive - Sherwood

Sales and Events Executive | Sherwood Queenstown

Reports to: General Manager and Operations Manager

Sherwood Queenstown is a sustainably focused hotel and home to a MICHELIN starred restaurant. It's now emerging from a full refurbishment of all 78 rooms, and we're introducing our new product to the market. As part of the Independent Collection, a curated selection of hotels that each live up to an exacting standard, Sherwood shares a passion for one-of-a-kind experiences, service and quality. We're growing our inbound and events market, and you'll be at the centre of it, working closely with our F&B team to deliver events to the highest possible standard.

About EVT: Sherwood Queenstown is part of EVT, one of Australasia's market-leading experience creators offering careers that can take you wherever you want to go across entertainment, ventures, and travel. In a world of cookie cutter experiences, here at EVT we believe in changing the game. It's why we all call ourselves Daymakers - because each day is a chance to add the wow factor for our customers and continually grow in our own careers.

EVT has an endless range of roles and career paths to explore across over 140 entertainment experiences like Event Cinemas and Moonlight Cinemas, 150 award winning restaurants and bars, and 80+ hotels, including QT, Rydges, Atura, LyLo, Independent Collection and Australia's most loved year round alpine resort, Thredbo. Our ventures include a ~$2.3B property portfolio and hotel management, just to name a few. Once you're in, there's no limits on where your career could take you.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver the hotel's strategic sales plan across all market segments, driving sales targets and developing new business
• Manage the full event sales cycle from enquiry to confirmed booking, covering meetings, functions, corporate and social events, and weddings
• Execute proactive and reactive sales activity, including site inspections, upselling and prompt follow up on every lead
• Build and maintain strong client relationships, responding to all enquiries within 24 hours and troubleshooting customer and internal stakeholder issues
• Partner with the F&B, Kitchen, Front Office and Reservations teams to ensure every event is executed and delivered to the highest standard
• Maintain iVvy and client databases, analyse sales data and support accurate events forecasting and reporting

What You'll Bring

• Previous hotel sales or reservations experience (advantageous)
• Event sales and coordination experience (preferred)
• Solid knowledge of hotel products, event spaces and the unique characteristics and market of the property
• The ability to turn sales data into practical, commercially sound actions
• Knowledge of hotel and event management systems such as Opera and iVvy
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with a professional, courteous manner
• A relevant tertiary qualification in Business, Hospitality, Sales or Marketing (desirable)

How You Work

• Daymaker ethos — no one's too big for the small things.
• Owner's mindset — acts on data/feedback; ships improvements.
• Hands-on and non-hierarchical — leads from the front.
• Resilient and solutions-focused — stays calm, moves fast.

Perks from Day One

As part of EVT, you unlock Elevate Perks from your first day. Parity for all levels - no ivory towers.

• Staff meals provided
• Wellness perks to support your wellbeing
• 50% off dining and stays across EVT hotels – QT, Rydges, Atura, LyLo and more.
• $2 movie tickets + discounts on Gold Class, Moonlight Cinema and Candy Bar.
• Seasonal perks at Thredbo.
• Rapid career growth across our hotel & entertainment network.
• Paid parental leave; community & volunteering opportunities.

Apply Now

Join Sherwood Queenstown and become an EVT experience creator, opportunity taker, the ultimate Daymaker.

Join and make a positive impact on our people, communities, and environment every day.

Send your CV and a short cover letter. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and review applications as they come in - don't wait! We can't wait to see the places your career will go with EVT.

When you click apply, you'll be taken to our secure EVT careers portal (powered by Dayforce). This is our official system for managing applications across the EVT Group. You'll simply enter your details and answer a few quick screening questions so we can get to know you better.