POSITION SUMMARY:
The Supervisor, Ticket Services position is responsible for supporting the Ticket Services department in developing, improving, and maintaining ticketing department policies, procedures, training, and staff development programs. This position provides key support to the Box Office as well as Subscriptions and the Contact Center.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES*:
- Assists in ensuring the effective and efficient day-to-day operations and performance of the Ticket Services Department and its staff.
- Support Box Office with show management and checking, order checking, ticket fulfillment and other event-related tasks.
- Ensure accurate and timely reporting of sales and cash reconciliations for daily operations and all ticketed events.
- Support Contact Center with staff supervision and phone queues management.
- Help to maintain customer service standards and support departmental customer service initiatives.
- Respond to and resolve customer service issues in a manner that supports patron retention.
- Help in hiring of new ticketing staff.
- Train ticketing staff and provide on-going feedback to improve performance.
- Assist with the implementation of the annual Season Ticket campaign including renewals and new acquisitions.
- Assist with supervision of Ticket Services Leads.
- Build effective relationships within the organization as well as with outside vendors.
- Write annual performance reviews and deliver coaching and course corrective feedback regularly.
*- Other duties may be assigned in support of departmental goals
ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS:
- Minimum of two years ticketing and leadership experience, or equivalent.
- Knowledge of Tessitura.
- Proven ability to lead and work well in a team-based environment.
- Superior Customer Service Skills including proper phone and written etiquette.
- Computer aptitude, extensive Microsoft Office suite experience.
- Ability to read, analyze and interpret technical procedures, business contracts, and government regulations.
- Respond effectively to sensitive inquiries and complaints.
- Write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
- Ability to effectively present information and respond to staff, customers, and general public questions.
- Calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, commissions, and percentages.
- Apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.
- Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw conclusions.
- Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form and deal with abstract and concrete variables.
- Able to be productive and calm under pressure.
- Work evenings, weekends, and holidays.
- Strong organizational and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to multi-task at a high level.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS*:
- The duties of this job, require regular use of hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk and hear.
- Frequently required to stand, walk, and sit.
- Occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
- Must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and color vision.
- Ability to perform repetitive tasks such as stuffing envelopes and typing.
* - Consistent with its obligations under the law, Segerstrom Center for the Arts will provide reasonable accommodation to any employee with a disability who requires accommodation to perform essential functions of their job
WORK CONDITIONS:
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to outside weather conditions, which occasionally may include extreme cold or extreme heat.
- Occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts.
- The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.
Segerstrom Center for the Arts is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO). All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, age, gender, religion, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, gender identity or expression, or any other status protected by local, state, or federal law.