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Pay: $42,000.00 - $76,000.00 per year

Job description:

WickedBall Chicago is a 15,000 sq ft indoor entertainment venue at Yorktown Center — bubble soccer, laser tag, Nerf battles, dodgeball, a mechanical bull, arcade games, and private events for kids, adults, families, and corporate groups. We host birthday parties, school field trips, team-building events, and everything in between. We also bring the fun on the road with mobile events at parks, schools, and corporate venues.

It's a high-energy place. The team is small, tight-knit, and we genuinely have fun together while we work hard. If you've ever wanted a job where no two days look the same — closing a deal one hour and running an event the next — and the people you work with actually want to be there, this might be your spot.

What this role is

This is a revenue-focused management role built on three things: selling events, running them well, and dreaming up new ones. Your job is to bring revenue into the building, make sure every event you book is one clients rave about, and help us grow beyond the leads that come to us. You'll do that by:

• Selling — answering inbound leads, making outbound calls, sending quotes, running tours, and closing bookings.
• Outreach & business development — building relationships with schools, camps, park districts, churches, corporate groups, and community organizations, and proactively finding new business we aren't already getting.
• Running events — leading and overseeing events at the venue and on the road, coordinating and managing party hosts, and being the client's main point of contact from booking through breakdown.
• Creating events — bringing your own ideas to the table: new event types, packages, themes, and partnerships that get people in the door.

You should be strong on the sales side, genuinely good with people, and the kind of person who sees an opportunity and runs with it. You won't just work the leads we hand you — you'll help create demand. You'll have great teammates (Director of Sales & Marketing and Sales & Marketing Manager) who'll have your back, and you'll oversee our party hosts during events.

Heads up — what this role isn't

Before you apply, please know:

• This is not a remote job. It's onsite at our Lombard venue. Every shift, every week.
• This is not a strict 9-to-5. Our typical hours are 10am–6pm, but because our customers come in evenings and weekends, you'll work at least one weekend day each week — and full weekends when we're busy. If you need weekends off no matter what, this isn't the right fit.
• This is not a low-key office gig. It's a fast-paced event venue. You'll be on your feet, on the phone, in front of guests, and lifting/setting up equipment. The energy is the job.

If those things sound like a feature, not a bug, you'll probably love it here.

What you'll do

Sales & Business Development (most of your time)

• Make outbound calls and emails to potential clients (we'll give you the lists, scripts, and CRM)
• Go find business we aren't already getting — new markets, partnerships, and event ideas
• Send quotes, follow up, and close bookings
• Run tours and consultations for prospective clients
• Hit personal monthly revenue and activity targets
• Identify upsell opportunities during events you're running (5% commission on every upsell you close)

Event Creation, Execution & Oversight

• Design new event types, packages, and themes that bring people in the door
• Lead, run, and oversee events at the venue — tours, briefings, guest experience
• Manage and coordinate party hosts during events
• Run mobile events off-site (driving required)
• Be the client's main point of contact before and during their event
• Make sure events run smoothly start to finish, and that the small stuff that makes a party great actually happens

A note on content

We love when our team grabs a quick photo or video at events to help with social — and if you've got a feel for short-form content, that's a bonus. But this is a sales and events role first. Strong selling, creativity, and event execution are what matter most here.

Compensation

• Base salary: $42,500/year
• Average earner: $60,000–$65,000 total comp with bonuses and commissions at typical store performance
• Top performers: $70,000+

Full breakdown of weekly, monthly, and quarterly bonuses, team pool commission, cold call commission, and upsell commission is shared during the interview and laid out clearly in your offer letter. We don't surprise anyone on comp.

Annual performance reviews include salary adjustments. Strong performers move up — into senior Sales & Marketing roles, Event Operations leadership, and, as we expand, multi-location leadership.

Who tends to thrive here

• People who actually like sales and aren't scared of the phone
• People who don't wait for leads — they go create them
• People who like variety — cold-calling a school district at 11am, running a 12-year-old's birthday party at 4pm, closing a corporate booking at 7pm
• People who read carefully — pricing, contracts, their own paycheck, customer requests
• People who can juggle selling and running events without dropping either
• People who want a salary plus real upside, not just an hourly rate
• People who show up. Reliably. Every day.
• People who want to build a career, not just bridge to the next thing

Hard requirements (please don't skip these)

• Valid driver's license + willingness to drive your own vehicle and/or our company van to off-site mobile events. This is core to the role, especially in summer. If driving for work isn't something you're up for, this isn't the right fit.
• Available to work at least one weekend day each week, and full weekends when we're busy.
• Onsite at our Lombard venue — not remote, not hybrid.
• Able to lift 50–75 lbs for event setup and breakdown.
• Comfortable on the phone and in front of guests for hours at a time.
• Basic CRM and computer literacy (email, spreadsheets, calendar).

Nice to have

• Outbound sales or customer-facing experience
• Event coordination or management experience (hospitality, venues, weddings, corporate)
• Experience managing or leading a small team
• Familiarity with GoHighLevel CRM (we'll train you regardless)
• Comfort with short-form video creation (TikTok, Reels, Shorts)

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Employee discount
• Flexible schedule
• Paid time off

Application Question(s):

• Is your availability open? If not, what restrictions do you have?
• Can you lift at least 50-75lbs? We setup equipment for events
• A link to your social media or content portfolio — TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, a personal site, anything that gives us a sense of your content style. (Heads up: we're not looking for graphic designers. We're looking for trendy, watchable content — short-form video especially. If content isn't your thing, that's OK — your sales and event skills can absolutely make up for it. But if you do create content, show us.)
• Why does sales appeal to you? What draws you to a role with commissions and revenue targets?
• Do you have a valid driver's license and are you comfortable driving for work?
• Part of this job is finding business we don't already have. Tell us about a time you brought in a new client, created a new opportunity, or came up with an idea that grew revenue.

Work Location: In person