Responsibilities

• Oversee a portfolio of experiential projects and client relationships, ensuring strong delivery, client satisfaction and retention
• Serve as the senior strategic lead across a portfolio of clients, setting vision, KPIs, and success frameworks
• Oversee experiential strategy while collaborating with peers to develop integrated campaigns
• Build and maintain relationships with senior clients, providing ongoing strategic counsel and identifying long-term growth opportunities
• Lead new business efforts, including pitch strategy, proposal development, and scoping in partnership with senior leadership
• Develop experiential concepts and provide strategic/creative direction to elevate team output
• Own the measurement framework for programs across your portfolio
• Operate as executive producer on 5-10 programs at any given time
• Develop mastery of SGPR's financial systems, owning scoping, staffing models, and margin management
• Oversee account performance against budgets and staffing plans
• Help determine growth needs and hiring plans with the manager and hiring team
• Partner with Department Head to understand team capacity and allocate staff to projects
• Manage and develop experiential talent, providing mentorship and growth paths
• Lead performance management processes and foster a collaborative, high-performance culture

Requirements

• Minimum 10+ years of relevant experiential marketing experience (agency or in-house)
• Negotiating contracts, creating and managing successful experiential programs
• Strong network of production partners, vendors, venues, and media relationships
• Experience across strategy, creative, production, and client service
• Based in Los Angeles with hybrid schedule (LA office two days per week)
• Ability to lead a portfolio of experiential projects and client relationships
• Executive-level communication and strategic counsel to clients

Preferred

• Experience - Minimum of 10+ years of experiential marketing experience (agency or in-house) including negotiating contracts and managing programs
• Strong network of production partners, vendors, venues, and media relationships
• Ability to lead across strategy, creative, production, and client service
• Strategic thinker with proven ability to develop experiential programs that achieve client goals and KPIs
• Presentation Skills – compelling, high-impact presenter who can win business
• Organized and Detail-Oriented – ability to monitor progress, pipelines, and deadlines
• High-Impact Client Leader – confident in calls with senior clients, guiding discussions to actionable outcomes
• Content & Culture Obsessed – tuned into culture, events, brand moments, and experiences

Benefits

• Atypical Time Off - Generous PTO that scales with tenure, in addition to Summer Fridays, Days of Rest for mental health, Caregiving days, and time off for Unsick Days dedicated to preventative care
• Deep Work Focus - Our Smalls In Sync program ensures you have dedicated time for collaboration and strategic solo work
• Comprehensive Benefits - A 100% employer-covered medical plan, 401k match up to 4%, dental, vision, and more
• Innovative Leadership - Our agency was amongst the first to offer client brand campaigns on TikTok, recognized for pioneering HR policies, and our AI Leadership committee has been training employees at the intersection of PR and AI for over two years
• Vibrant Culture - Employee-led committees shape company policy and organize team celebrations from book clubs to outings