joey✳

A LITTLE WORK. A LITTLE PLAY. A LOT OF JOEY.

I bring people
and ideas
to life.

Marketing & revenue strategy leader. Experience maker. Singer.
Always curious. Occasionally extra.

Come on in

There’s more than meets the eye.

Joey Manley peeking into the frame, wearing a suit and tie
YOUR HOST, JOEY MANLEY
People.
Possibility.
A little mischief.

01 / A PROPER INTRODUCTION

There’s a Joey
in here somewhere.

My full name is a bit of a production.
My friends just call me Joey.

Follow the green. There’s always something there.

I AM
SEPH
ALLN
MANLE JR
A LITTLE DISCOVERY

Curiosity looks good on you.

Try a green letter. Every one has a story.

0 OF 5 LITTLE DISCOVERIES

02 / THINGS I’VE PUT MY HEART INTO

Good ideas.
Real experiences.

15+ years connecting brand strategy with local experiences, digital opportunity, and revenue growth across hospitality and entertainment.

THE PRETTY FORK / JUL 2014–OCT 2020
the
pretty
fork✳
GOOD TASTE. GREAT COMPANY.

01 — ENTREPRENEURSHIP / HOSPITALITY

The Pretty Fork

As Co-Founder & President, I built and scaled an experiential dining company—bringing marketing, revenue strategy, operations, partnerships, PR, and guest experience to the same table.

A little more of the story

Ticket revenue grew from under $30K to $250K+ in 12 months. Partnerships contributed to a 26% increase in profit, with media coverage including Robb Report, Seattle Magazine, and French Vogue. I built and led a 10+ person team, managing 150+ vendors and 500+ monthly customers.

Visit The Pretty Fork archive
BEERSTER EGG HUNT
Grown-ups
get to
play, too.
A LITTLE FRIENDLY MISCHIEF.

02 — COMMUNITY / PLAY

Beerster egg hunt

One of my favorite events to host. A familiar childhood ritual, a grown-up twist, and a very good excuse to get people together.

Follow the rabbit

Play has a way of turning a gathering into a shared story. Beerster brings that spirit out into the world—just as the little discoveries on this site invite you to look closer.

Explore Beerster
MARKETING / EVENTS / COMMUNICATIONS
Make it
happen

03 — SALES & MARKETING MANAGER / DEC 2023–PRESENT

Hard Rock.
A bigger stage for growth.

At Hard Rock Cafe Los Angeles, I lead sales and marketing strategy across events, digital channels, partnerships, programming, reservations, and community engagement. Big brand energy, connected to the local market.

Behind the scenes

Miscellaneous sales revenue grew from approximately $9K in 2023 to $186K in 2024, $362K in 2025, and $500K+ year to date in 2026. My work includes digital and revenue strategy across OpenTable, paid search, SEO, local search, Maps, CRM, and digital partnerships, alongside dashboards, forecasting, AI, automation, and scalable reporting systems.

See my professional background
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THE NEXT CHAPTER / DIGITAL PLAY

Curiosity, now clickable.

Lately, that love of discovery has found another home: building a scavenger app. More on this chapter soon.

03 / OFF THE CLOCK, STILL CURIOUS

Life is better
with a little range.

♫

A song
for that.

Classically trained in singing, acting, and dance. Touring began at fourteen. Music theory still sends me down rabbit holes.

Listen in
↟

More outside.
Less ordinary.

Camping, paddleboarding, gardening, and the satisfaction of a pretty big harvest.

☺

Good company
is the point.

A handsome husband. A Skye Terrier with character. Friends, gatherings, and reasons to celebrate.

A peek into my world

04 / THE THREAD THROUGH IT ALL

A winding road.
A very human
through line.

The stage taught me to connect.
Hospitality taught me to welcome.
Events taught me to make it happen.

Now based in Los Angeles, I bring 15+ years of marketing, digital strategy, sales, and hospitality experience to the work. My path connects performance, disaster-response logistics, entrepreneurship, and more than a decade with Hard Rock across multiple tenures and markets. A shared instinct: understand what people need, bring the right pieces together, and care about the experience.

The professional version Read my 2026 résumé

THE PROFESSIONAL CHAPTERS

Experience, in order.

Overlapping roles reflect concurrent chapters of my career.

December 2023–Present

Hard Rock International · Los Angeles

Sales & Marketing Manager

Lead revenue-generating sales and marketing across events, digital channels, partnerships, programming, reservations, and local activation. Miscellaneous sales revenue: approximately $9K (2023), $186K (2024), $362K (2025), and $500K+ (2026 YTD).

October 2021–January 2024

Hard Rock International · Seattle

Sales & Marketing Manager

Rebuilt group sales, events, partnerships, and local marketing. Developed experiential programming and off-peak revenue opportunities, supported by structured pricing, forecasting, and cross-functional processes.

December 2020–May 2021

Pepper’s Personal Assistants

Marketing Manager · Contract

Built brand positioning, customer personas, messaging, and multi-channel digital strategy. Implemented Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, and Data Studio; managed a distributed content team.

July 2014–October 2020

The Pretty Fork

Co-Founder & President

Scaled an experiential dining company. Grew ticket revenue from under $30K to $250K+ in 12 months and negotiated partnerships contributing to a 26% profit increase.

May 2018–September 2019

Sky View Observatory · Legends Hospitality

Event Specialist

Built the events business with responsibility for approximately $500K in annual event revenue. Secured a 15-event annual client agreement satisfying the annual revenue target and developed pricing that reduced time-to-close by 17%.

February 2010–December 2014

Hard Rock International · Seattle / Los Angeles

Sales Assistant · Event Manager · Supervisor

Worked across sales, marketing, events, retail, operations, and live entertainment. Developed initiatives that increased cafe lunch sales by 27% and average retail spend by 50%.

2013–2014

Dishcrawl

Event Marketing Manager

Earlier experience in event marketing.

2005–2009

Deployed Resources · FEMA

First Responder & Logistics Lead

Earlier experience in disaster-response logistics.

2003–2008

Head Country Food Products

Catering Assistant

Earlier experience in catering.

HAVE AN IDEA? A QUESTION? A REALLY GOOD STORY?

Let’s make
something happen.

Or just say hi. That works, too.