9 days ago
Tradeshow Producer
Agency EA
Chicago, IL (Hybrid)Full time$75K/yr – $85K/yr
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Tradeshow Producer
Chicago, IL (Hybrid)
$75K/yr – $85K/yrMid Level5+ years expFull time
Posted 9 days ago
Job Summary
Own end-to-end tradeshow production from ideation to onsite execution, leading multi-team collaboration and vendor management across live, virtual, and hybrid events.
- Oversee budgets and ensure transparent, high-quality delivery.
- Lead and mentor production teams, including Associate Producers and Coordinators.
- Build trusted vendor relationships and resolve on-the-spot issues in fast-paced environments.
Job Description
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with agency departments from ideation through actualization of projects.
- Partner with Client Services and Creative to set goals and ensure that event strategies and processes are aligned.
- Manage all live, hybrid and virtual event logistics + show services from conception to completion.
- Work on multiple tradeshow focused projects and assignments with a variety of staff.
- Ensure all projects are produced to the highest quality of EA standards and that objectives and deliverables are met.
- Manage budgets with integrity and transparency at all times.
- Manage all aspects of event execution, including the onsite team.
- Provide leadership and mentoring to Associate Producers and Production Coordinators.
- Build trusted, “Go to” partnerships with vendors, event staff and internal departments.
- Be able to think fast on your feet to resolve issues that arise in an ever-changing fast paced environment.
Requirements
- 5+ years of executing and leading largescale multiday conferences and meetings with an emphasis on labor, fabrication, tradeshow, expo, and show services at events for 2,000- 5,000 people.
- Proven budget management of $3 million and up for projects.
- Experience managing multiple tradeshow programs including booking show services, overseeing rental vs custom booth builds, overseeing booth design/fabrication/logistics, and managing onsite teams.
- Management of ancillary programming including client offsite dinners, meeting venues, pop-ups and other client activations.
- Experience at leading project teams of 5+ line producers.
- Ability to travel onsite to multiple locations including client tradeshows, roadshow activations, pop-ups and other EA programs, as needed.
- Requires management of EA logistics and fabrication partners to quote and execute new booth builds and logistics, as well as other custom client activations.
- Experience in a collaborative office and project management structure with multi disciplinary departments (Client Service, Creative, Production).
- Strong attention to detail.
- Displays confidence based on experience.
Agency EA
Agency EA is a full-service brand experience agency. We create exceptional live, hybrid and virtual user events, global event programs, product launches, summits, conferences and B2B experiential campaigns. These experiences unite brands with their target audiences in inspired, intentional ways, creating authentic and effective connections.Founded in 1999, EA has worked with a broad spectrum of esteemed clients across industries, including Google, Hilton, Intuit, Samsung, Molson Coors, Facebook, McDonald’s and the Obama Administration. For over 25 years, we have built our reputation and won awards based on the high caliber of our team, culture, relationships and end results. Even as we evolve, we stay true to what has set us apart — relentless consistency, unbridled creativity and a deeply collaborative approach. We are 100% employee-owned and a majority women-owned business.
Salaries
Posted range
$75K/yr – $85K/yr
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Marketing Team
Marketing Team Size
29 (18% of company)
Median Tenure
3.1 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1
Traffic Signals
Monthly Visitors
2.6K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$1.8K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
30.5%
Direct
45.5%
Referral
7.1%
Social
15.2%
Paid
1.6%
Headcount Trend
Current headcount: ~161