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Technical Producer

BlackOak Technical Productions
Chicago, IL Full Time
POSTED ON 4/14/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 10/11/2026

We’re looking for a Technical Producer to join the BlackOak Technical Productions team. This role blends sales, design, and production. You will work directly with clients to deliver high-impact live events across corporate, social, and gala sectors.


What you'll do:

  • Lead the full cycle of event production: sell, design, contract, and execute.
  • Develop technical design solutions (lighting, audio, video, staging) in collaboration with our production team, clients, venues, and other partners.
  • Design events, write proposals, secure contracts, and maintain strong client relationships.
  • Act as the primary client contact and project manager across internal teams.
  • Nurture new clients from Strangers to Family.


What we are looking for:

  • A love for producing live events from first meeting through the last cue.
  • Ability to imagine creative ideas from the clients vision.
  • Understand how to turn those creative ideas into reality with strong technical knowledge of lighting, audio, video, and staging.
  • Excellent client-facing communication and project management skills; someone our client's will enjoy working with on their highest stakes projects.
  • Comfort with both sales (designing amazing ideas, writing captivating proposals, closing exciting business) and production (running events end-to-end in tandem with our production team).
  • A Kind Approach, a Bold Design Sense, and Relentless Work Ethic.


About Us:

At BlackOak, we provide full-service design and production for meetings, conferences, galas, weddings and parties. A Design Focused and Human Friendly Production Company going beyond our client's expectations.

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