Events & Venue Booking Manager

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Job Posting: JR101430 Events & Venue Booking Manager (Open) Department: University Relations & Marketing, PM Position Type: Regular Open Date: 11-10-2025 Close Date: $70,000 - $80,000 Job Description: The Events & Venue Booking Manager serves as the primary point of contact for external clients, artists, promoters, and organizations seeking to utilize Bowie State University’s venues. This individual will work closely with campus partners to ensure events align with the university’s mission and deliver a high-quality experience for audiences and guests. REPORTS TO: Director of Conference & Event Services POSITION OVERVIEW: The Events & Venue Booking Manager is responsible for developing and managing strategies to maximize the use of Bowie State University’s performance and event spaces for revenue-generating opportunities. This role will focus on booking shows, performances, and events in the university’s premier venues, including the two theaters in the Fine & Performing Arts Center and the 1,500-seat Martin Luther King, Jr. Center auditorium, while also supporting bookings in other campus facilities. The Events & Venue Booking Manager serves as the primary point of contact for external clients, artists, promoters, and organizations seeking to utilize Bowie State University’s venues. This individual will work closely with campus partners to ensure events align with the university’s mission and deliver a high-quality experience for audiences and guests. This position is a full-time, in-person role with the expectation that additional hours, including nights and weekends, may be necessary to meet deadlines and support events. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: · Develop and execute a revenue generation strategy to increase utilization and maximize income from campus venues, with a focus on theaters and large-scale event spaces. · Serve as the lead contact for booking shows, performances, conferences, and other external events. · Negotiate contracts and rental agreements with artists, promoters, organizations, and event partners. · Coordinate closely with the Conference & Event Services team, Facilities, Public Safety, and other campus partners to ensure successful event execution. · Maintain an annual booking calendar and track revenue goals. · Build and maintain relationships with talent agents, promoters, community organizations, and other stakeholders to expand event opportunities. · Research market trends and identify new opportunities for revenue-generating events. · Ensure compliance with university policies, protocols and branding standards for all booked events. · Provide excellent client service to external renters and partners, serving as an ambassador for the university. · Support the promotion of events in partnership with the Office of Marketing & Communications, as needed. QUALIFICATIONS: · Bachelor’s degree in arts management, business, hospitality, marketing, or a related field; or equivalent professional experience. · Minimum of 5 years of experience in venue booking and event management. · Proven success in generating revenue through event bookings or space rentals. · Strong negotiation and contract management skills. · Excellent organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills. · Ability to build relationships with diverse stakeholders, including artists, promoters, clients, and university partners. · Knowledge of performing arts, entertainment, or live event industries preferred. · Flexibility to work evenings and weekends as required by event schedules. APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: Interested candidates should submit a resume and cover letter. Additional Job Information: Benefits include medical, dental, prescription, long-term disability, accidental death and dismemberment insurance and life insurance; paid time for paid sick leave, annual leave, and personal leave; 12 paid holidays per year, tuition remission; employer-funded pension and supplemental retirement accounts. Bowie State University shall not discriminate against any individual on the basis of race, color, religion, age, ancestry or national origin, sex, sexual orientation, disability, marital status or veteran status. All policies, programs, and activities of Bowie State University are and shall be in conformity with all pertinent Federal and state laws of nondiscrimination including, but not limited to: Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, the Equal Pay Act of 1963, the Age Discrimination Act, Sections 503 and 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, Federal Executive Order No. 11375, and Article 49B of the Annotated Code of Maryland. This commitment applies in all areas and embraces faculty, staff, and students. Equal opportunity of access to academic and related programs shall be extended to all persons. Bowie State University shall have as its firm objective equal opportunity in recruitment and hiring, rate of pay, all other promotions, training, retention and dismissals, for all employees and applicants for employment. The University will stress equal access for employees and applicants for employment to all programs and services provided by the University both on and off campus. The University will also provide equal opportunity and an atmosphere of nondiscrimination with respect to women and members of minority groups in all its operations. In addition, the University shall promote equal opportunity and equal treatment through a positive and continuing Affirmative Action Program. The University makes, and will continue to make, reasonable accommodations to promote the employment of qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans, unless such accommodations would impose an undue hardship on the University's business. In addition, employees and applicants will not be subjected to harassment, intimidation, threats, coercion, or discrimination because they have engaged in, or may have engaged in, activities such as filing a complaint, assisting or participating in an investigation, compliance review or hearing, or opposing any act or practice made unlawful, or exercising any other right protected by Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended or the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974, as amended.