Private Events Coordinator

Zinnia is in search of a dedicated, passionate, and hospitality obsessed private events coordinator. Over the past five years, Zinnia has a become one of the most unique and saught after event spaces in the DMV

Some Things to Know About Us:

Our mission is “To create spaces with a passion for hospitality, quality food and beverages, and meaningful community connections.” This mission guides our decisions as a team day in and day out, and helps us create consistently excellent private event experiences.

We believe that by being guest focussed, exhibiting professionalism, being detail oriented, encouraging teamwork, and constantly striving to improve, we can create a culture of hospitality that is self-sustaining and rewarding for all team members.

We have awesome benefits for full-time employees

• Company contributions to medical or wellness expenses
• Paid Time-off
• Sick Leave
• Bonuses
• Shift Meals
• Significant Discounts at other group restaurants
• Professional development opportunities

Qualifications and skills: 

Our ideal candidate is compelled to create the best private events by creatively utilizing all that Zinnia has to offer.  Through cooperation with the management team and our executive leadership team, the private events coordinator will create systems that allow the restaurant to operate dynamically to adapt to the constantly changing environment found at our high volume restaurant.

Applicants should have at least one year experience in a comparable private events role, a background in service, and experience working with specialty coffee beverages, craft beer, high end wine lists, and craft cocktails.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

Private Event Communication

• Respond to all event inquiries for all locations within 24 hours
• Respond to all event correspondence within 24 hours
• Communicate events with management minimum 2 weeks prior to the event. Provide BEO document for management

• Present for all events and act as the liaison with the host of the event
• If multiple events are planned for the same time a designated coordinator should be determined and present to act as the liaison with the host
• Produce or source all materials for the event
• Coordinate all details with other vendors such as flowers, tents, chairs etc. 

Staff Training

• Provide staff with all of the necessary tools for success when it comes to training materials and information sheets for events
• Develop restaurant staff to thrive in private event settings

Required Skills

• Ability to lift 40+ lbs
• Ability to be on your feet, ascend/descend stairs dozens of times per shift
• Interact with children in a friendly but firm manner
• Server/bartender/sommelier/specialty coffee experience or desire to learn more about these topics
• Experience working with Toast POS
• Experience working with Tripleseat or a similar program