Executive Producer
$140–$170,000 year
HybridAustin, Texas, United States
Job Summary
Oversee efficient execution of timelines and budgets across all workstreams for major, large-scale conferences and complex experiential events, managing multi-day live, hybrid, and digital elements. Take ownership of entire mega-conferences or portfolios, collaborating with matrixed teams to develop flawless concepts and expo floor strategies while monitoring project profitability and ensuring client satisfaction. Manage client relationships as a strategic partner at senior levels, providing regular updates and proactively addressing issues. Provide input on event staffing, oversee Tier-1 vendor relationships, and manage the Request for Proposal process for major builds. Ensure meticulous closing and reconciliation processes, identifying risks and improvement opportunities. Guide and mentor large event teams and workstream leads, contributing to team education and development. Build comprehensive budgets, manage multi-million dollar estimates, and proactively address scope changes and financial metrics.
Required Qualifications
- 12-15+ years of relevant experience in event production, live production, integrated production, account management, project management or similar
- 4 Year College Degree
- Advanced awareness of GPJ and Project agency offerings
- Extensive experience leading highly complex, high-profile flagship conferences and city-wide events (including multiple concurrent workstreams, multi-track agendas, large general sessions, and complex client structures)
- Event experience: Proven track record managing large-scale event budgets, specifically leading conferences with $5M+ budgets (with variance based on tech sector benchmarks)
- Event attendance: Direct experience leading major conferences, summits, or user groups with 5,000+ attendees
- Ability to travel as required, around 25%
- Ability to work irregular hours in addition to normal business hours, to include nights, weekends and holidays as needed
- 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, San Francisco or Denver
Desired Qualifications
- Global conference or international pavilion experience is highly desired
- Experience working with Fortune 500 tech brands is desired
- Previous experience with ERP, Project Management software, or large-scale event management tools is preferred
- 4 Year College Degree; preferred in Marketing/Advertising/Event Management/Business Administration, Hospitality, Communications, or related field
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