Manager, Events

Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment creates bold, authentic, and unforgettable experiences that redefine sports, entertainment, and hospitality, The Brooklyn Way. As the parent company of marquee properties including the Brooklyn Nets, NY Liberty and Barclays Center, Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment operates at the intersection of live entertainment, premium hospitality, and community engagement.

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Brooklyn and BK Mag, as well as Brooklyn Wine Club, and a hospitality business developing several location-based entertainment properties.

Whether on the court, on stage, or in the workplace, Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment is driven by a pursuit of excellence—constantly evolving, innovating, and pushing boundaries to elevate its business and expand its fan base. The company is deeply committed to fostering a culture of belonging and inclusion, both internally and across its communities, ensuring that every interaction reflects its values of growth mindset, integrity, accountability and care.

• Integrity:
  Be intellectually honest at all times. Demonstrate the highest professional and ethical standards.
• Care:
  Care for everything and everyone around us. Practice empathy, respect, and inclusion to promote an environment of excellence and success.
• Growth Mindset:
  Develop ourselves and those around us. Experiment, learn, and improve from everything we do.
• Accountability:
  Deliver on our word, take responsibility for our actions, and work in the interest of our team.

The Manager, Events will be a thought partner with one of our marquee properties: NY Liberty (NYL). This role will lead the development and execution of events that support NYL core business strategies. This role will also support various non‑NYL events throughout the year. This position requires a high level of business acumen with an ability to see potential issues before they arise and find scalable solutions.

This individual will liaise internally with all departments within Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment, Legends Global, and Levy, to ensure event logistics are shared and operational processes are streamlined. This position requires extreme organizational and communication skills and the ability to anticipate needs, think critically, and offer solutions to problems with a high level of professionalism and confidentiality.

• Execute both internal and external events throughout the year and handle all event logistics to support various departments within the organization, but with a priority focus on NY Liberty.
• Responsible for attending site walkthroughs and additional meetings on‑site with vendors, being on site for event set‑up and breakdown of select events.
• Participate in meetings and share updates on upcoming events and recaps of past events.
• Prepare an Event Overview with Run of Show for all events and share with department leaders and key stakeholders.
• Ideate with department leads on new, interactive ideas for both fans and season ticket members.
• Create event proposals that meet expectations and guidelines for each event, including staying within budgets as laid out by the host department.
• Coordinate and confirm event details and logistics with all external vendors.
• Budget development and reconciliation of invoices and payments.
• Build rapport and facilitate cross‑functional collaboration with internal and external entities.
• Provide support to Hospitality team as needed.

• 3‑5 years’ experience in sports, customer service and event execution.
• Ability to work efficiently in a fast‑paced and deadline driven environment.
• Confidence and professionalism when interacting with executives, clients and vendors.
• Demonstrated ability to handle multiple projects and follow through in a timely manner.
• Uncompromised ability to protect the confidentiality and privacy of others in addition to company documents and records when privy to sensitive information.
• Possess concise verbal and written skills to communicate productively with a wide range of people, both internally and externally.
• Flexibility to work late hours, early mornings and/or weekends as needed.
• Truly outstanding customer service and interpersonal communication skills.
• Keen attention to detail.
• Flexible and reliable standout colleague, always acting in the best interest of their department and the company as a whole.
• Ability to build and maintain productive, positive relationships through strong communication.
• Proven ability to manage one’s own time and prioritize tasks when given clearly defined goals and objectives.
• Bachelor’s Degree required.

May be required to travel on rare occasions (