Live Events Operations Coordinator

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Headquarters, AZ, USA
In-Office
Entry level
News + Entertainment
The Role
Coordinates live event operations and creative promotional projects from intake through execution. Manages timelines, deliverables, approvals, action items, stakeholder communication, promotional campaigns, toolkits, and revision cycles. Supports KPI dashboard development and helps improve profitability, operational efficiency, brand consistency, and fan experience across multiple simultaneous events.
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Who We Are:

WWE® is the global leader in sports entertainment. The company creates and delivers original content 52 weeks a year to a global audience. WWE is committed to family-friendly entertainment on its television programming, Premium Live Events, digital media, and publishing platforms. WWE's TV-PG programming can be seen in more than 1 billion households worldwide in more than 20 languages through world-class distribution partners including Netflix, ESPN, NBCUniversal, USA Network and The CW. WWE is part of TKO Group Holdings (NYSE: TKO). Additional information on WWE can be found at wwe.com and corporate.wwe.com. TKO Group Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: TKO) is a premium sports and entertainment company. TKO owns iconic properties including UFC, the world’s premier mixed martial arts organization; WWE, the global leader in sports entertainment; and PBR, the world’s premier bull riding organization. Together, these properties reach 1 billion households across 210 countries and territories and organize more than 500 live events year-round, attracting more than three million fans. TKO also services and partners with major sports rights holders through IMG, an industry-leading global sports marketing agency; and On Location, a global leader in premium experiential hospitality.

The Live Event Operations Coordinator is a dynamic, strategic, and detail-oriented leader responsible for overseeing and optimizing all aspects of departmental business operations within the Live Events division. This role blends operational priorities, creative project management, and revenue strategy, requiring a proactive problem-solver who can manage day-to-day functions, lead cross-functional creative initiatives, and drive high-impact projects that enhance profitability, operational efficiency, brand execution, and fan experience. The coordinator serves as a key liaison between stakeholders, ensuring creative concepts are effectively planned, executed, and aligned with organizational goals while maintaining seamless event operations.

Responsibilities:

  • Own the project lifecycle for creative and promotional initiatives tied to live events — building timelines, managing deliverables, and keeping cross-functional teams aligned through the event life cycle

  • Track open action items, decisions, and approvals across multiple simultaneous projects

  • Serve as the primary intake and traffic manager for promotional asset requests originating from the Live Events team — briefing projects clearly, setting realistic timelines, and managing the feedback and revision process

  • Facilitate reviews and approval workflows, keeping stakeholders engaged and decisions moving without bottlenecks

  • Support the planning and execution of live event promotional campaigns across local markets, working to ensure consistent messaging and timely asset delivery

  • Assist in the development of promotional toolkits and market-facing materials that local promoters and venue partners can execute against

  • Support the development and maintenance of dashboards tracking KPIs across the Live Events portfolio

  • Experience in business operations, project management, sports/entertainment administration, or a related field

  • Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities across simultaneous events

  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills; able to interface confidently with internal stakeholders and external partners

  • Genuine passion for live entertainment, sports, or media

  • Strong creative sensibility — understand brand, fan experience, and storytelling, and you can contribute meaningfully to those conversations, not just manage around them

  • Experience in a creative traffic or project management capacity, with comfort briefing creative teams and managing revision cycles

  • Proficiency in project management tools (Smartsheet, Asana, Monday.com, or similar); PMP or equivalent a plus

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in Communications, Marketing, Entertainment, Business, or related field

  • Experience working within or alongside a creative department in a fast-paced entertainment environment

  • Familiarity with WWE programming, live event structure, or professional sports operations

WWE EEO Statement:

WWE is an Equal Opportunity Employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws regarding non-discrimination in employment. WWE makes employment decisions based on merit and qualifications, without considering an employee’s or applicant’s race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, or any other basis prohibited under federal, state or local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the Company has facilities. WWE also provides reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and applicable state or local laws. For information about Privacy and Information Security for WWE employment candidates, please review our Candidate Privacy Policy. For information regarding Terms and Conditions for this and other WWE websites, please review our Terms and Conditions.

Skills Required

  • Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Marketing, Entertainment, Business, or a related field
  • Experience in business operations, project management, sports or entertainment administration, or a related field
  • Strong organizational skills managing multiple priorities across simultaneous events
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills for working with internal stakeholders and external partners
  • Experience in a creative traffic or project management capacity, including briefing creative teams and managing revision cycles
  • Proficiency with project management tools such as Smartsheet, Asana, Monday.com, or similar
  • Experience working within or alongside a creative department in a fast-paced entertainment environment
  • Familiarity with WWE programming, live event structure, or professional sports operations
  • PMP or equivalent certification
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HQ: Stamford, CT
1,055 Employees

What We Do

WWE, a publicly traded company (NYSE: WWE), is a multi-faceted media organization and recognized leader in global entertainment. The Company consists of a portfolio of businesses that create and deliver original content 52 weeks a year to a global audience. WWE is committed to family-friendly entertainment on its television programming, pay-per-view, digital media and publishing platforms. WWE’s TV-PG programming can be seen in more than 900 million homes worldwide in 28 languages through world-class distribution partners including NBCUniversal, FOX Sports, BT Sport, Sony India and Rogers. The award-winning WWE Network includes all live pay-per-views, scheduled programming and a massive video-on-demand library and is currently available in more than 180 countries. In the United States, NBCUniversal’s streaming service, Peacock, is the exclusive home to WWE Network. With more than one billion social media followers, the #1 sports channel on YouTube and content trending weekly on Twitter, WWE is one of the most-followed and influential brands in the world. The Company is headquartered in Stamford, Conn., with offices in New York, Los Angeles, Orlando, Dubai, London, Mexico City, Mumbai, Munich, Riyadh, Shanghai, Singapore and Tokyo.

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