Community Partnership Specialist (Community Sales)

Four Bears Entertainment Clearwater • Clearwater, FL

2d • Onsite

About The Position

Launch Clearwater is hiring a relationship-driven field sales professional to build community partnerships, generate group-event revenue, and grow a dedicated local territory. This is a proactive outside-sales role for someone who enjoys meeting decision-makers, creating opportunities, and turning first conversations into repeat business. Launch Clearwater is a family entertainment destination where families celebrate, schools connect, teams come together, and businesses build relationships. Our Clearwater location combines attractions, bowling, arcade games, VR laser tag, food and beverage, birthday parties, field trips, fundraisers, corporate events, and group experiences under one roof. We are looking for someone who can become a familiar and trusted Launch contact throughout the community. This is not a sit-behind-a-desk position and it is not an inbound-only sales role.

Requirements

• Strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills
• Confidence initiating conversations and professionally approaching new organizations
• A relationship-first sales approach combined with the confidence to ask for the booking
• Excellent organization, personal accountability, and consistent follow-through
• Ability to independently manage a geographic territory and multiple active opportunities
• Comfort using email, calendars, ClickUp or another CRM, and standard business tools
• Professional judgment, appearance, and conduct while representing Launch in the community
• A valid driver’s license, reliable personal vehicle, current automobile insurance, and the ability to travel locally
• Flexibility for occasional early-morning, evening, and weekend responsibilities
• Ability to complete required pre-employment background screening satisfactorily

Nice To Haves

• At least one year of outside sales, business development, group or event sales, account management, community relations, fundraising, hospitality sales, educational partnerships, youth sports, recreation, nonprofit outreach, or comparable relationship-development experience is preferred.
• Family entertainment experience is not required. We can teach you Launch. We are looking for someone who already understands how to build trust, stay organized, follow through, and confidently represent a brand in the community.

Responsibilities

• Build a strategic territory plan and prioritize organizations with meaningful partnership and group-sales potential.
• Prospect through scheduled visits, professional walk-ins, calls, personalized email, referrals, networking, and appropriate community events.
• Identify decision-makers and learn each organization’s goals, timing, group size, budget, food and beverage needs, and operational requirements.
• Develop school field trips, reward events, Spirit Nights, fundraisers, corporate outings, employee-appreciation events, team-building experiences, youth-sports celebrations, camp outings, church events, holiday functions, and recurring group visits.
• Present current approved Launch offerings and guide qualified opportunities through proposal, follow-up, booking, and internal handoff.
• Ask for the business, address questions professionally, and maintain appropriate follow-up until the customer reaches a decision.
• Maintain complete and timely records for accounts, contacts, opportunities, proposals, next steps, bookings, and partner activity in ClickUp or the designated CRM.
• Coordinate with the Marketing and Community Engagement Manager, General Manager, operations leaders, and food and beverage leadership when an event requires additional planning or approval.
• Support a smooth transition to the operations team without independently promising unapproved pricing, discounts, custom terms, food or alcohol arrangements, or operational exceptions.
• Follow up after events, resolve relationship concerns through the appropriate manager, request referrals, and secure the organization’s next opportunity.

Benefits

• $17.00 Per Hour + 3% Uncapped Group Sales Commission + Quarterly Bonus Opportunities
• Eligible local field travel is supported in accordance with the current company field-travel policy.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed