Woolton Golf Club | South Liverpool
Woolton Golf Club is looking for an ambitious, creative and commercially driven Events, Weddings & Marketing person to help us realise an exciting vision for the future.
This is far more than a traditional events sales role.
We are looking for someone with the energy, ideas and determination to develop Woolton Golf Club into an exclusive and highly desirable wedding and events destination – a venue with a reputation for exceptional service, outstanding celebrations and a diary booked years in advance.
Established in 1901, Woolton Golf Club is an exclusive private members' club located in the heart of one of South Liverpool's most attractive and affluent suburbs. Set within a mature, tree-lined golf course, the Club provides a fantastic backdrop for weddings, celebrations, corporate events, private dining and special occasions.
As we look towards the next chapter of the Club's history, we want to significantly grow our wedding, function and events business while continuing to provide an exceptional experience for our members and guests.
The Opportunity
We are looking for someone who can see the potential of the venue and turn that potential into reality.
You will be given the opportunity to help shape our wedding and events offering, develop packages, create memorable experiences, build relationships with suppliers and partners, generate enquiries and ultimately establish Woolton Golf Club as one of the first venues people think of when planning a wedding or special occasion in South Liverpool.
Our ambition is simple:
We want a wedding and events diary that is consistently busy and ultimately booked years in advance.
To achieve that, we need someone who has a genuine vision for excellence and who is excited by the challenge of building something exceptional.
What You Will Be Doing
You will take ownership of developing and promoting the Club's weddings, functions and events business, including:
- Driving wedding, celebration, party, corporate and private event enquiries.
- Developing exciting and commercially attractive wedding and function packages.
- Meeting prospective couples and clients, conducting venue show-rounds and converting enquiries into confirmed bookings.
- Building strong relationships with wedding suppliers, photographers, florists, entertainers, decorators and other local businesses.
- Organising and promoting wedding showcases, open evenings and special events.
- Managing the events diary and maximising use of the Club's function facilities.
- Working closely with the General Manager, catering team, bar team and other departments to deliver outstanding events.
- Identifying new opportunities to increase wedding, function and event revenue.
- Developing relationships with local businesses, organisations and the wider community.
- Creating promotional campaigns designed to generate enquiries and bookings.
- Ensuring every client receives a professional, personal and memorable experience from their first enquiry through to their event.
Social Media & Digital Marketing
A major part of this role will be telling the Woolton Golf Club story.
You will help create an exciting and professional digital presence that showcases the Club, its beautiful surroundings and everything we can offer.
You will be responsible for helping to:
- Create engaging social media content across the Club's platforms.
- Produce photographs, videos, reels, stories and promotional content.
- Showcase weddings, events, food, celebrations and life at the Club.
- Develop campaigns to increase awareness, engagement and enquiries.
- Create content that positions Woolton Golf Club as an exclusive and aspirational venue.
- Promote upcoming events and develop new ideas to increase attendance.
- Work with external suppliers and marketing partners where required.
- Identify new ways of reaching engaged couples and potential event customers.
We are looking for someone who understands that people often buy the experience before they ever visit the venue, and who can use great content and creative marketing to make people want to discover Woolton Golf Club.
Who We Are Looking For
The successful candidate will be dynamic, enthusiastic and commercially minded with a genuine passion for hospitality, weddings, events and customer service.
Previous experience within weddings, conference and events sales, hospitality, venue management or a similar commercial environment would be highly desirable.
However, just as important to us is finding someone with the personality, ambition and vision to take ownership of this opportunity.
You will ideally have:
- Excellent sales and negotiation skills.
- The confidence to convert enquiries into confirmed bookings.
- A warm, friendly and professional personality.
- Exceptional customer service standards.
- Strong organisational and diary management skills.
- Experience of working towards sales targets and budgets.
- Excellent communication skills.
- A creative approach to marketing and events.
- Experience creating engaging social media content.
- An understanding of Instagram, Facebook and other digital platforms.
- The ability to manage several events and enquiries simultaneously.
- Strong attention to detail.
- The ability to work independently while remaining part of the wider Club team.
- The flexibility required to work around weddings, showcases and major events when necessary.
Above all, you will have drive.
We want someone who looks at an empty date in the diary and sees an opportunity.
Someone who walks into a function room and immediately starts thinking about how it could look for a wedding.
Someone who sees social media as a shop window for the venue.
And someone who takes genuine pride in seeing an enquiry become a booking, a booking become an incredible event and an incredible event become the recommendation that generates the next customer.
Why Join Woolton Golf Club?
This is an opportunity to join a historic private members' club at an exciting point in its development.
Rather than simply inheriting an established events operation, you will have the opportunity to help build and shape its future.
For the right person, this provides the chance to:
- Put your own ideas into action.
- Help develop a premium wedding and events brand.
- Build relationships across Liverpool's wedding and hospitality industry.
- Develop an exciting programme of Club and external events.
- Grow the Club's social media presence.
- Create new commercial opportunities.
- Become an important part of Woolton Golf Club's future success.
- Develop your role as the events business grows.
Our Vision
Woolton Golf Club already has a history of 125 years, location, surroundings and facilities.
We now want someone with the vision and passion to help transform those ingredients into something exceptional.
Our goal is not simply to host more weddings and events.
Our goal is to create a venue people actively want to get married in, celebrate in and recommend – a venue where demand grows, standards remain exceptionally high and the events calendar is sold out well into the future.
If you are ambitious, creative, commercially focused and excited by the idea of helping build an exclusive wedding and events venue from the ground up, we would love to hear from you.
Job Types: Permanent, Full-time
Pay: From £27,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Casual dress
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- On-site parking
Application question(s):
- Do you have a valid UK Driving Licence?
Experience:
- Event Sales: 1 year (preferred)
- Wedding Planning: 1 year (preferred)
