Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and scale an international team of producers across a portfolio of current and future projects
• Manage at a high level the full production lifecycle from budget development through activation and final reconciliation
• Establish and enforce production processes, workflows, and best practices across the department
• Partner with Creative, Account, Strategy and Agency leadership to align production capabilities with agency ambitions and client expectations
• Build and maintain a robust vendor and freelance network across venues, AV, fabrication, staffing, and logistics
• Oversee department P&L, including resource allocation, revenue tracking and all financial forecasts
• Serve as executive escalation point for complex, high-stakes productions and client relationships, while leading productions as needed
• Develop and manage the annual production department budget and headcount planning
• Drive innovation in production methodology, ai, technology integration, and sustainability practices
• Identify potential setbacks/risks, develop contingency plans, and manage dependencies across internal and external teams to maintain delivery momentum.

Requirements

• 15+ years of production experience within experiential, live events, conferences, keynotes, and brand activation; agency-side preferred
• 3+ years in a senior leadership role managing multi-disciplinary internal production teams
• Deep expertise across event disciplines: fabrication, AV/lighting/video, venue operations, permitting, logistics, and talent management
• Proven track record managing large-scale productions ($10M+ budgets) for Fortune 500 clients
• Ability to handle numerous projects simultaneously, with excellent communication and organizational skills.
• Serve as a collaborative partner with agency leadership, while aligning with agency ways of working.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work across production, account, and creative teams.
• Have the ability to self manage priorities and work load.
• Demonstrate the ability to manage and mentor a diverse team of account management leads
• Proven ability to drive revenue and new business sales

Benefits

• Full time with comprehensive medical benefits
• Unlimited PTO
• 401k Match program
• 12 Weeks of parental leave