# Market evidence report — venue-director

Source: **22 real job ads** (JSearch API, countries: us 22), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-20.
This report contains extracted, aggregated facts only — no ad text is
reproduced (copyright / platform terms).

## Seniority distribution

| Seniority | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|
| mid | 17 | 77 % |
| senior | 3 | 14 % |
| lead | 1 | 5 % |
| n/a | 1 | 5 % |

## Tools — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Microsoft Office | 4 | 18 % |
| 2 | Microsoft Excel | 3 | 14 % |
| 3 | Microsoft Word | 3 | 14 % |

## Hard skills — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | budget management | 6 | 27 % |
| 2 | event planning | 6 | 27 % |
| 3 | inventory control | 4 | 18 % |
| 4 | venue management | 4 | 18 % |
| 5 | contract negotiation | 3 | 14 % |
| 6 | event execution | 3 | 14 % |
| 7 | venue operations | 3 | 14 % |

## Methods — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|

## Responsibilities — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | event management | 3 | 14 % |
| 2 | staff training | 3 | 14 % |
| 3 | vendor coordination | 3 | 14 % |

## Regional breakdown

> **Corpus note:** 22 relevant ads in total — below the 100-ad target for a fully reliable ranking. Percentages above should be read as indicative.

### US (us)

**Insufficient evidence** — 22 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.

### UK (gb)

**Insufficient evidence** — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.

### EU/DACH (de, at, ch, nl)

**Insufficient evidence** — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.


## Job title variants in the market

| Title | Ads |
|---|---|
| Catering Manager | 2 |
| Senior Venue Operations Manager | 2 |
| Arts Venue Operations Manager | 1 |
| Catering Manager (Alexandria, VA) - Quick Hire! | 1 |
| Director of Operations | Full-Time | Durham Convention Center | 1 |
| Director of Venue Operations | 1 |
| Director, Venue Operations | 1 |
| Event Catering Manager: Lead Teams & Memorable Menus | 1 |
| Event Manager - HARGROVE | 1 |
| Event Operations Manager | 1 |
| Event Servicing & Operations Manager | 1 |
| Events & Venue Booking Manager | 1 |
| Events Administrator and Venue Manager | 1 |
| Executive Meeting Manager/Catering Manager | 1 |
| Experienced Restaurant Catering Manager | 1 |
| OPERATIONS DIRECTOR | 1 |
| Senior Catering and Events Manager - Hilton Arlington | 1 |
| SENIOR CATERING MANAGER - GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY | 1 |
| Venue Manager | 1 |
| Venue Operations Manager | 1 |

Methodology: entities extracted per ad ({hard_skills, tools, methods, responsibilities, seniority}), normalized, counted as DISTINCT ads per entity; report threshold ≥ 3 ads. Headline sections in skills.md/tools.md use the stricter ≥ 20 % threshold.