Senior Ticket Manager

We are thrilled to be looking for a Senior Ticket Manager to work on the hospitality program for one of our key clients and a Worldwide Partner of Paris 2024. This could be the perfect role for you if you thrive while working on major events, love detail and spreadsheets, are a real team player and have a strong desire to work as part of an international team.   

The ticketing team is responsible for the planning, management, assignment, distribution and reconciliation of the client event tickets for Paris 2024, and the Senior Ticket Manager will be key to the success of the ticketing workstream.  

YOU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR:

• Working closely with the Group Director and client lead in planning, assigning, checking and distributing all tickets
• Liaising with the Paris 2024 ticketing team and other relevant organizations as required
• Managing ticket inventory via the Paris 2024 online ticket portal
• Checking all ticket assignments for accuracy
• Setting up and managing the ticket distribution process in collaboration with client lead and Group Director
• Overseeing Games time ticketing support team
• Handling Games time ticket issue resolution
• Providing ticket usage reports
• Leading post-event reconciliation and reporting

THIS COULD BE YOUR NEXT RIGHT MOVE IF:

• You are very detailed and organized
• You are passionate about spreadsheets and data
• You are comfortable using the Excel Power Query function or Microsoft Power BI
• You enjoy solving problems and finding creative, incremental solutions to challenges
• You can collaborate across marketing disciplines, departments, and time zones
• You are patient, flexible to adjust to short-term changes, level-headed and cool under pressure
• You thrive as part of a big team
• You are a real team player

YOU WILL ALSO NEED TO HAVE:

• Experience in a similar role a large scale at a major sporting event such as the Olympics, Paralympics or FIFA World Cup
• Experience managing digital ticketing operations
• High level Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook skills
• Business level English, with bi-lingual proficiency preferred (French and English)

About us:

We’re the global sports, entertainment and lifestyle-marketing arm of IPG. A collection of 800 fans bound by a single mission: To create work that earns attention.

How we see the world:

We live in a world where time is our most precious commodity, and our audiences’ patience has never been shorter. As an industry, we’ve never had to work harder to gain the attention of the people we’re trying to reach. The way we see it, there’s two ways to go about it.

Attention is either bought or it’s earned.

Paid attention ensures your brand will be heard – and that's a good start. But attention that’s earned ensures your audience actually listens to what you're saying.

At Octagon, our purpose is to create work that earns attention. Through smart partnerships and generous ideas, we compete for, capture, and ultimately earn the attention of those who matter most.

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Octagon is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, disability, or any other basis prohibited by law.