Capability brief · Sports & Entertainment
A recruiting practice for arena, stadium, and live-venue operators.
Project Manager and VP-level operations placements across capital projects, gameday, and premium hospitality. Named placement: Head Project Manager for an NBA arena renovation.
Track record
Measured results across 25 years of placements
Not a network claim — operating metrics from active and past client engagements. Every number ties back to a specific engagement.
Because we screen before we submit — Jack in the Box / Del Taco, 2018–present
Corporate placements across 5+ years at Jack in the Box / Del Taco
ATS optimization + weekly executive reporting at Jack in the Box / Del Taco
Measured across retention-analytics engagements with retail, technology, and industrial clients
Sports & Entertainment
NBA arena renovation
Head Project Manager — capital renovation
Capital-project leadership placement for an NBA franchise renovation — architect, GC, ownership, and league stakeholder environment. Placed and on-site before competing searches had a first slate out.
Role types we place
When to engage us
Call us when…
A capital renovation program — arena, stadium, training facility — that needs a Head PM who has already worked inside a league / ownership / architect / GC stakeholder environment
A new venue opening or a portfolio expansion where GMs and Directors of Event Ops must be in seat before ticket-on-sale
A confidential VP Operations or Premium Hospitality search across a live-venue portfolio
A specialized capital or gameday role where the network is small enough that back-channel referencing decides the outcome
How we work
How the week runs
Six operating rhythms every engagement inherits — the cadence a prospect can plan around from week one.
Weekly candidate submissions + market pulse — named submissions on a weekly clock, not radio silence between placements.
Concept fit and multi-unit P&L, verified at intake — every submission has already run the model at the unit count you are hiring for.
Back-channel referencing — references pulled from operators who reported to or alongside each candidate, not from LinkedIn connection lists.
ATS + HRIS optimization — pipeline stages, requisition templates, integrations audited. 25% recruiting-fee reduction on the JITB / Del Taco engagement through this work alone.
Executive weekly reporting — board-grade metrics on time to fill, source of hire, funnel conversion, and cost per hire, reported the way your CEO or CHRO wants to see them.
Standard 90-day replacement guarantee on every placement.
Three engagement models
How we engage
Three ways to work together. Pick the one that fits the seat — priced the way operators budget for the work.
Executive search
Senior, confidential, exclusive placements
For VP Operations, Regional VPs, VP HR, CHRO, CIO, and other senior operator or executive seats — including confidential replacements. I run the search personally, back-channel-reference every finalist, and stand behind a 90-day replacement guarantee.
- VP / C-suite operator or corporate roles
- Confidential or exclusive engagements
- Back-channel referencing on every finalist
RaaS
Recruiting as a Service — embedded on a monthly fee
For growth-stage operators hiring across the org without a full-time TA lead. I run recruiting inside your company on a predictable monthly retainer — weekly submissions, ATS and process optimization, executive-level reporting, no per-placement invoices. Averaging 67% annual savings vs per-hire fees across current RaaS engagements.
- Ongoing hiring across a role family
- Predictable monthly cost, unlimited scope
- Shift from agency-only spend to in-house ownership
*Pilot option available — monthly rate scales with the number of open seats we're running for you at any given time.
Consulting
Advisory + org-design help by the hour
For orgs that need my brain but not a full search — comp benchmarking, JD calibration, ATS + interview-loop redesign, TA-function audits, and hiring-strategy sessions. Booked in blocks, invoiced hourly, no long-term commitment.
- Comp + JD calibration for a specific seat
- ATS + interview-loop audits
- One-off advisory or strategy sessions
Next steps · Sports & Entertainment
Tell us about the venue seat you’re trying to fill
The first conversation is a call. We’ll walk through the role, venue scope, project timeline, and the engagement model that fits.
Peter Platt · Founder
Nashville office