Job Description

Oak View Group

Oak View Group is the global leader in venue development, management, and premium hospitality services for the live event industry. Offering an unmatched, 360-degree solution set for a collection of world-class owned venues and a client roster that includes the most influential, highest attended arenas, convention centers, music festivals, performing arts centers, and cultural institutions on the planet.

Position Summary

The Vice President of Marketing & Public Relations is a key member of Moody Center's senior leadership team, responsible for defining, driving, and elevating the arena's success, reputation, and market position through a comprehensive local and national marketing strategy. This executive oversees all marketing, public relations, digital and creative functions for the venue and events. This role ensures the arena continues to set and raise the industry standard for excellence.

This role pays an annual salary of $135,000-$160,000 and is bonus eligible.

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 February 27, 2026.

About the Venue

At Moody Center in Austin, Texas, we are building a championship organization that serves our fans, community, and business partners through world-class sports, entertainment, and experiences. We believe our employees are our greatest assets. We strive to create a culture that empowers and inspires our employees to go above and beyond for our clients, patrons, and community. We are looking for individuals who will embody our values of authenticity, transparency, hospitality, compassion, inclusivity, and excellence.

Moody Center is Austin's new arena that gave the "Live Music Capital of the World" the world-class arena it deserves. Moody Center is a premiere 15,000+ seat venue that hosts the biggest artists and acts on the planet. Designed specifically for concerts, the new arena is home to The University of Texas Women's and Men's basketball games, family shows, and other sporting and community events. Moody Center is the first of its kind in the industry with an unrivaled partnership between Oak View Group, Live Nation/C3 Presents, The University of Texas at Austin, and Minister of Culture, Matthew McConaughey. Moody Center has been recently named the Arena of the Year by Pollstar and by the Academy of Country Music.

Responsibilities

• Lead the overall marketing, public relations, digital, and creative strategy for venue and events while aligning with organizational priorities and standards
• With the oversight from GM & AGM, serve as the department's final decision-maker and approver for public relations, creative, paid media, and event marketing initiatives
• Serve as a marketing asset to all departments with an emphasis on Premium, Partnerships, Booking, and Guest Experience teams to uphold brand consistency and support each department meet key goals
• Build and implement venue's public relations and media strategy while strengthening relationships with local, regional, and national outlets
• Lead the development, approval, and distribution of all press releases and statements
• Oversee campaign planning, workflow management, and resource prioritization for all major arena initiatives
• Provide clear creative direction and strategy to the design and content teams
• Use real-time ticketing and analytics data to continually optimize marketing strategies
• Periodically review marketing strategy impact and make recommendations for necessary adjustments.
• Remain current on industry trends and local market insights to inform marketing strategies
• Guide and support team members through clear goals, strong accountability, and a commitment to excellence
• Accountable for department budgeting and revenue performance
• Initiate, develop and maintain relationships with national and local promoters, record labels, touring personnel, and media partners
• Manage campaigns and projects using venue's project management platform
• Serve as on-site marketing department representative for designated events
• Other duties as assigned by management

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive marketing and public relations leadership in a high event volume, 15,000+ arena or stadium, including at least 4 years at the director level or higher
• Bachelor's degree in relevant field or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Must embody our values of authenticity, transparency, hospitality, compassion, inclusivity, and excellence
• Strategic, big-picture thinker who proactively generates ideas
• Fierce communicator and cross-department collaborator
• Balances details and tasks with precision and timely execution
• Proven experience leading high-performing marketing and creative teams
• Demonstrated success in developing event and venue marketing campaigns
• Exceptional communication, storytelling, and media relations capabilities
• Partner mindset with executives, promoters, artists' teams, and stakeholders
• Adaptable, resourceful, and able to perform under pressure and tight deadlines
• Ability to creatively solve problems
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with an expert ability to present and communicate new ideas and concepts
• Experience with Adobe Creative Suite, Salesforce, Asana, TM1, is preferred

Strengthened by our Differences. United to Make a Difference

At OVG, we understand that to continue positively disrupting the sports and live entertainment industry, we need a diverse team to help us do it. We also believe that inclusivity drives innovation, strengthens our people, improves our service, and raises our excellence. Our success is rooted in creating environments that reflect and celebrate the diverse communities in which we operate and serve, and this is the reason we are committed to amplifying voices from all different backgrounds.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Oak View Group is committed to equal employment opportunity. We will not discriminate against employees or applicants for employment on any legally recognized basis ("protected class") including, but not limited to veteran status, uniform service member status, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information or any other protected class under federal, state, or local law.

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