About the role
Full Job Description: House of Spells is seeking an outgoing, highly connected Territory Specialist to join our massive Times Square flagship store! We are a premium retail destination celebrating the worlds of Lord of the Rings, Anime, Harry Potter and more. If you are a natural networker who loves building partnerships, organizing events, and capturing engaging digital content, this hybrid role is perfect for you. You will act as the face of our brand in the NYC community, driving in-store revenue and supplying our marketing teams with the media they need to showcase our magic to the world. What You Will Do Day-to-Day: - Outreach & Networking: Actively prospect and reach out to local fandom groups, educational institutions, corporate companies, and event agencies to build B2B relationships. - Coordinate Executive Meetings: Pitch the House of Spells experience to secure high-value meetings for our management team to discuss long-term partnerships and collaborations. - Book & Run Events: Generate leads for and organize in-store events (such as private birthday celebrations, fandom meetups, and corporate team-building) to create additional revenue streams. - Content Capture: Act as the on-the-ground media creator, shooting high-quality photos and videos of store activities, vibrant customer experiences, and special events. - Support Global Marketing: Supply your captured media assets directly to our central team to fuel our broader digital marketing execution roadmaps and global content production.
Qualifications
What We Need From You: - Experience: 2+ years of experience in business development, event planning, field marketing, or community management. - Content Skills: A strong eye for visual storytelling. You must be comfortable capturing high-quality photos and videos for social media using a modern smartphone or mirrorless camera. - Communication: Exceptional pitching and cold-outreach skills. You are confident picking up the phone, sending engaging emails, and networking face-to-face. - Fandom Passion: A genuine love for pop culture, fantasy, and anime to authentically connect with our core audience. - Organization: Highly organized with the ability to balance event planning logistics, lead-generation pipelines, and daily content capture.
Benefits
Benefits & Perks: - Competitive base salary with performance incentives tied to event bookings. - Be the community face of a highly anticipated retail flagship in the center of Times Square. - Direct collaboration with international marketing leadership to shape the brand's visual identity. - A dynamic, fast-paced environment where you could be pitching a corporate agency in the morning and photographing an anime meetup in the afternoon.
House of Spells is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.
If you require a reasonable accommodation during the application or interview process, please indicate your needs in the application form or contact our HR team.
This employer uses an Automated Employment Decision Tool (AEDT) for portions of the screening process. You will be asked to provide consent before any AEDT scoring occurs, and may opt for manual review instead.