Background:  

Lancelot Entertainment Investment Co., LLC (“Lancelot”) has been formed to execute a roll-up of family-owned Renaissance Faires across the United States. Across the board, Renaissance Faires are seeing higher attendance rates as consumers are driving the demand for more tangible, immersive experiences. With the increase in demand and popularity of these faires, there are significant opportunities to create value through operational modernization and implementation of best practices. Lancelot is dedicated to acquiring more faires and implementing these best practices with the goal of increasing customer satisfaction, profitability, and the overall success of these unique festivals. 

Currently, Lancelot owns and operates four renaissance festivals including the Scarborough Renaissance Festival in Waxahachie, Texas and King Richard’s Faire in Carver, Massachusetts. Since 1981, the Scarborough Renaissance Festival has been a North Texas tradition providing interactive fun for everyone. Set in a recreated 16th Century English village, the faire attracts approximately 150,000 visitors annually. Starting in 1982, King Richard’s Faire is the largest New England Renaissance Festival, running annually from Labor Day through mid-October. Located on an 80-acre site, King Richard’s Faire features performers, rides, games, and food & drinks, attracting over 90,000 visitors during its month-long run.  

While early in the genesis of Lancelot, the identification of the untapped opportunity to scale a live experiential company, with the potential to consider multiple types of content that could benefit from operational optimization and modernization, strategic investment and development and commercialization is fully recognized. 

Any interested candidates should contact TurnkeyZRG directly. 

Contacting Lancelot Entertainment Investment Co, LLC will only delay consideration of your qualifications. 

Position Summary: 

The Regional General Manager, Southwest (the “RGM”) will lead, manage, plan, direct, and control all aspects of the Lancelot Southwest parks and its staff. The first of its kind role for the company, the RGM will assess current operations, identifying and areas of opportunity to streamline and amplify the current operation while continuously identifying opportunities for growth.  The RGM will serve as a business leader for the region, helping the parks operational staff maximize current revenue streams while also identifying, analyzing and implementing additional revenue levers for the properties.   

The RGM will be hyper-collaborative and serve as the “connective tissue” between Lancelot executive management, fellow RGM’s, and park operational leaders and staff to build operating standards and ancillary revenue opportunities both regionally and nationally.  The RGM should have strong financial and operational acumen to analyze the current P&Ls with the particular focus on driving value and growth. 

Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Define and communicate vision, objectives, priorities and requirements, and lead / direct staff to develop and implement efficient organizational and process flows between staff, vendors and guests.  

• Develop and refine park policies and procedures by assigning standard operating procedures (SOP’s) and supervising their implementation. 

• Accomplish company objectives by establishing plans, budgets, and result measurements; allocating resources; reviewing progress; making mid-course corrections for each event. 

• Provide value to the park operational leaders and Lancelot through the implementation of data-driven analysis of the operation, including establishing a sound understanding of our consumers and associated engagement tactics and revenue levers. 

• Identify areas for stronger revenue optimization of current operation as well as opportunities to drive ancillary revenue and growth. 

• Effectively and continually analyze all personnel and operational aspects of the company to identify problems and find appropriate & necessary resolutions. 

• Ensure that all events are conducted to the highest level of efficiency, presentation, industry standards and applicable health and safety regulations. 

• Communicate, develop and maintain a close, effective relationship with staff, managers, vendors, consultants, colleagues, partners and the public. 

• Collaborate with local and State Elected Officials, outside organizations and regulatory entities. 

• Facilitate strong inter-departmental communication and motivate staff and vendors to produce a positive and efficient work environment. 

• Ensure a high level of guest satisfaction and maintain such high standards on an ongoing basis. 

Required Qualifications:  

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Event Management, Hospitality, or a related field (preferred). 

• 10+ years of experience in live experiential/live event operations or related industries. 

• Strong leadership and project management skills with a track record of successful event execution. 

• Excellent financial acumen with experience managing budgets and revenue streams. 

• Strong communication and negotiation skills. 

• Ability to work flexible hours, including evenings, weekends, and holidays as needed.