What are the responsibilities and job description for the Integrated Production position at George P. Johnson Experience Marketing?
Integrated Production
Our Opportunity
GPJ is looking for Integrated Production applicants at all levels to join our growing team!
This role is hybrid, requiring you to report on-site to one of the following office locations a minimum of 2 days/week: Austin, Boston, Detroit, Los Angeles, Nashville, New York City, or San Francisco.
Your Role
You will assist in the planning and flawless execution of events for our clients. Solid knowledge of live events, conferences and tradeshows is a must.
You will work with the Account Management and Event Production teams to provide support in all areas of event operations and overall logistics. You will collaborate across multiple internal departments such as creative/account management/fabrication in order to successfully produce client events.
You will be responsible for venue management and for understanding and communicating all venue contracts, show rules and regulations, services, scheduling, and deadlines to on-site support vendors and staff. Responsible for maintaining the accuracy of estimates related to these services throughout the program process. This includes monitoring and analyzing job costs, tracking and communicating change orders, providing adequate follow-up, providing project projections to Senior Management and reconciling the final budget.
Your Experience and Skills
A minimum of 5+ years direct experience with event management in the areas of Event Production, Live Events and Digital Marketing.
Consultative customer service approach to questions, concerns and issues
Strong leadership skills with the ability to effectively manage project teams in difficult and high-pressure situations while maintaining composure
Strong project management skills to manage both internal and external
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Detail oriented, strong organizational skills, and ability to prioritize, multitask
Proactive and creative thinker with effective ability to “think on your feet”
Excellent math skills and the knowledge to provide/guide estimate process
Ability to read and interpret space plans
Ability to understand on-site methodology and industry best practices
Ability to travel 30%-40% of the year (peaks times in Spring and Fall months)
Ability to work irregular hours in addition to normal business hours, to include nights, weekends and holidays as needed
Proficient in Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Outlook, G-Suite tools, Smartsheets is a plus and comfortable working with cloud based tools and adapting new technology
Collaborate with other teams such as Account Operations, Creative, Fabrication and partners/vendors
Who We Are
GPJ is the world leader in experiential marketing. Our 29 global offices are filled with fearless people dreaming up ideas that are transforming industries and bringing the most respected brands to life in powerfully, exciting ways. We are a part of the Project Worldwide family. An independent, employee-owned global network of complementary, wholly owned agencies.
You read that “employee-owned” part, right? You heard us correctly. You work hard, she works hard, we all work hard… we all succeed and reap the rewards. We have an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) – providing our employees with an ownership interest. We thought you would want to know that. In fact, there is a lot more you would want to know about us, like our FTO policy (no more “accruing” time off), our employer matching 401(k) plan (no vesting period), our “no employee contribution” healthcare option. But we are getting ahead of ourselves here, let’s talk about this exciting opportunity first and we can fill you in on our perks & benefits later.
GPJ is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation and gender identity), national origin, citizenship, disability, protected veteran status, or any other protected class. In addition to federal law requirements, GPJ complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. GPJ expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on any protected class.