Expansion Manager Milano

Expansion Manager
Milano
Lombardia, Milano

Hi, we're **Fever**!

Fever is the leading global tech-enabled entertainment discovery platform with a clear mission**:to inspire through live entertainment.

Our mobile-first marketplace allows both discovery/inspiration and seamless 2-click booking.

Fever has also created a media network where our online communities can look for inspiration and local information (Secret Media Network owner of media outlets like Secret NYC, Secret London or Madrid Secreto among others).

**Fever and its Secret Media Network inspires over 60 million people every month to discover the best experiences in their cities.

The preferences expressed by these communities allow us to create new experiences, which we call **"Fever Originals"**.

These are proprietary experiences in which we follow a data-driven content creation strategy, using analytics to understand audiences, develop and optimize new formats.

Some successful examples include the "Candlelight Concert Series" attended by over 3 million guests, the Los Angeles based "Stranger Things: The Drive-Into Experience" co-produced with Netflix, or the "Mad Hatter G&T Party", all launched in multiple cities across the world.

Fever is a US company with a team of over 1000 people, currently present in more than 80 cities, with offices in many exciting cities such as New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, London, Paris, Madrid, Barcelona, or Sydney, and is backed by leading institutional investors, including Rakuten Capital, Accel, and Atresmedia among others.

In order to pursue this objective we are looking for bar-raisers, people that want to work hard, have fun, and make history with us.

**About the role

We are looking for an experienced, passionate, and critical-thinking Real Estate Expansion Manager to support Project Managers and Producers in ensuring that high-quality experiences are delivered.

**You will also be responsible for identifying challenges and opportunities with venues and providing production teams with insights they need to plan events that are within budget and operationally sound.

**You will**:

- Liaise with all Originals / Ops / Production teams and Project Managers, bridging communication between internal and external stakeholders to provide a holistic view of venue options.

- Be responsible for due diligence of base buildings

- Source venues that coincide with the Producer's concepts & designs, conduct site visits & collate necessary documentation to assess feasibility, ensuring chosen venues are suitable from experiential and financial perspectives

- Make sure design intent is correct and judge how design decisions will affect budget and schedule.

- Contact venues and negotiate fees, lease agreements, and terms with venue owners to use the location.

- Obtain all fire, police, and other governmental permits, and coordinate the logistics for the production

- Oversee venue-related issues across multiple large projects at once, while also overseeing standards for smaller events.

- Be judged on how you save CAPEX and OPEX by flagging issues early on

- Develop playbooks to be passed onto the production team and which can inform contracts

- Develop real estate trackers and deal trackers

- Working with production companies or suppliers, oversee the return of a venue to its original condition at the end of a project.

- Represent Fever at site visits, meetings, and local events

**Preferred Qualifications

You have a track record in property or real estate negotiations, facilities management, or live event production management, with an eye for details, and strong oral and written communication skills.

You thrive in a fast-paced environment and pride yourself on your network, negotiation skills, and willingness to explore different cities to build up a portfolio of unique and beautiful venues.

- At least 2 years of previous experience **closing and negotiating real estate contracts, and/or live events production management

- Basic knowledge of reading floor plans and technical drawings

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Great networking skills and the ability to make smart partnerships happen**:

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You'll have strong communication skills and a proven track record of building positive working relationships.

- Excellent face-to-face communication skills

- Highly organized and efficient.

Time management skills are key.

- A problem-solver with the ability to think strategically and efficiently when faced with issues on-site

- Collaborative approach and willing to get hands dirty and work on all required events tasks

- Strong academic background is a plus

- Domestic and international travel and work across time zones may be required

This role is located in **Milan**.

**Benefits and Perks**:

- Attractive compensation package

- Opportunity to have a real impact in a high-growth global category leader

- 40% discount on all Fever events and experiences

- Work in a location in the heart of the city, with possible travel across our markets

- Home office friendl