Wedding & Events Sales Executive InterContinental Sydney

About Us

From the moment you step through InterContinental Sydney’s iconic sandstone arches, you will be immersed in timeless magnificence and grandeur.

Weaving glamour with distinct style, InterContinental Sydney holds a collection of unique spaces that redefine luxury, combining contemporary design with rich heritage, charm and romance. Each of our historic event spaces and social function rooms has been thoughtfully re-imagined with a contemporary refurbishment.

Whether you are seeking an intimate harbourside destination to say ‘I do’, a grand ballroom reception for 200 people; a luxury 40th birthday party venue, or a range of conference and meeting venues across our dedicated 21 versatile event spaces, you will discover Sydney’s most unique, hidden gem venues at InterContinental Sydney.

We invite you to join us at this incredibly exciting time for our hotel as Wedding & Events Sales Executive

Your day to day

Reporting directly to the Director of Conference & Events, this role is responsible for selling, converting, event planning, servicing, and overseeing operational delivery to ensure exceptional customer satisfaction. The role supports MICE conversion of repeat non-residential business, social events, weddings, and short lead events from initial conversion through to detailed planning and execution. Additionally, this position manages and supports the Meetings & Events Services Team and drives initiatives aligned with Winning Metrics, Brilliant Basics, and InterContinental Meetings standards.

What we need from you

• If you have previous experience as Wedding & Events Sales Executive ready for the next step OR an existing C&E Coordinator or Executive looking to expand your experience in a premium property, this could be the role for you
• Proven success in securing sales, conversion and maximising revenue with the C&E industry
• Ability to work across multiple diversified business units or multiple projects
• Understands the C&E industry dynamics, trends, and disciplines
• In-depth knowledge of Sales principles and selling techniques
• Strong organisational, written & communication skills, with strong attention to detail
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, prioritise workload & manage projects
• Available to work weekends and have flexible working hours if that is when your clients events are available/ on

You must meet the legal requirements to live & work in Australia, no sponsorship for this role.

What we offer

• Great Team benefits
• Paid Birthday Leave
• Enhanced parental leave program
• Proactive paid wellness and mental health days
• Some of the best colleague discounts across our IHG Hotels for accommodation, food and beverage
• An immense colleague discounts platform for all your favourite brands and retailers

What we offer

IHG Australia’s myBenefits program including paid birthday leave, wellbeing hub, employee room rates, service recognition celebrations & PerksBox platform with an extensive list of lifestyle and retail discounts from over 400 of Australia and New Zealand’s most popular retailers

Your career journey will be supported through our lifelong development programs, IHG career milestone celebrations, and transfer of entitlements as you move and grow with IHG.

We are proud to be InterContinental Sydney and proud to be IHG and we know you will be too.

Visit https://careers.ihg.com/en/ to find out more about us.