Producer

We are working with an Experiential Agency who is looking to bring on a Mid level Producer. Details below:

Location: New York City or Miami

The Agency is a collective of Cultural Engineers headquartered in NYC with offices in Miami, Los Angeles, and London. They are a global, full-service integrated marketing agency, specializing in event design & production, brand marketing, marketing strategy, sponsorships, talent management & bookings, publicity, and social media & influencer relations. They constantly strive to expand our offering as an agency.

Their growing and dynamic production team is now looking for an experienced Producer who will be responsible for producing large scale projects as well as managing production teams across multiple projects on behalf of the company’s top clients.

As a Producer, you possess in-depth experience strategizing and producing a wide range of events. You can manage multiple priority projects and can envision the big picture while working hands-on to create and implement tactical solutions. You are excellent at working with Account, Creative, and Strategy and teams to ensure logistical and budget feasibility. You have a keen eye for detail, time management, team coordination, problem-solving abilities, and budgeting. Most importantly, you will actively produce and oversee project teams while managing budgets of $1MM . You will work with Account, Creative, and strategy teams to deliver and execute flawlessly across multiple regions and categories

What a day in the life will look like:

Departmental Management:

-Provide production expertise - guide internal teams to anticipate and meet client goals/objectives, and foster organic growth

-Contribute to day-to-day management of internal and freelance producers & coordinators, ensure projects are on track and reconciled in a timely manner

- Provide departmental administrative support including signing off on invoices, reviewing contracts, ensuring credit cards are reconciled, and budgets are closed

- Support overall budgeting process to ensure profitability

Production:

-Oversee and manage all facets of pre-event production, onsite management, and post-event breakdown.

- Able to oversee multiple, concurrent events from beginning to end. Able to work closely with Client Services teams on client communications and deliverables

- Create, manage, and oversee complex event budgets, from concept to reconciliation to ensure profitability.

- Oversee venue scouting, selection, permitting, and detailed logistics on projects.

- Work with Creative and Client Services teams to ensure the client's vision and guest experience is being maximized.

- Guide project team in the selection of high quality vendors, including venue, catering, furniture, décor, fabrication, print, audio, lighting, photography and staffing.

- Work with the agency's talent and influencer department to secure talent and fulfill riders if needed.

- Partnering with the Agency Client Service leads to ensure successful client communications.

- Responsible for ensuring teams create and maintain key event documents including budget, activation deck, recap deck, run of show, work back schedule, contact list.

Pre-Contract Production Support:

- Contribute to the development of creative pitches/proposals ensuring budget and executional feasibility. When necessary, work hand in hand with a creative strategist to develop alternative concepts to fit within project confines.

- Responsible for overseeing pricing out of creative concepts, and production budgets generation included in proposals.

- Provide pre-contract departmental support including vendors; and participating in client pitch meetings.

- Strong working knowledge of new, unique venues and cutting-edge vendors

- Attends weekly brainstorms and RFP meetings.

- Working with Talent and Digital departments in securing talent and fulfilling riders if needed.

- Responsible for overseeing adherence and quality control to the agency's processes and key event documents including budget, activation deck, recap deck, run of show, work back schedule, and contact list.

What you need to succeed at this agency:

You must have:

- At least 4-7 years combined experience in Events or Experiential on the agency/contractor/client side

- 3 to 6 years minimum of experience as a Producer in an agency setting and comfortable/measurable experience producing budgets of $1mm and up.

- Exceptional budgeting skills and attention to detail

- Extraordinary organizational and management skills, strong ability to multitask.

- Deep knowledge of cutting-edge venues, vendors and tastemakers.

- Ability to develop and communicate experiential creative concepts and ideas.

- Background in managing teams.

- Strong mentoring capabilities.

- Experience in staff planning against projects in the pipeline.

- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, Google, and Keynote.

- Bachelor's Degree required.

What the agency brings to the table:

They want you to be part of a dynamic and creative team. They are vanguards in creative strategy and experts in leveraging emerging trends in popular culture, the arts, fashion and technology. They connect brands with media, influencers, artists and consumers to create today's leading experiential activations in the market. And they've got the cred too: they were featured in Event Marketer's IT List of T op 100 Event Agencies for the past four years.

What they offer:

- A fast-paced, creative and collaborative environment with supportive leadership.

- A culture that values ideas and innovation from everyone at every level.

- Ongoing professional development and training; we will empower you to take charge of your career path.

- Strong benefits including health and dental and unlimited time off.