Director of Event Production – High-end Event Production Company

Location
Los Angeles
Job Information

Our client is a premier event production company that specializes in producing high-end, large-scale events for a range of leading fashion brands. Their services include producing high-profile events that include fashion shows, store openings, presentations, dinner parties, PR events/stunts, red carpet events and consumer product launches. The company is actively seeking a Director of Event Production to head up event production efforts for their Los Angeles branch. This is a newly created role and requires a highly organized individual with experience in both big picture ideation and attention to the obsessive detail involved in the production of a special event. The ideal candidate for this position is well versed in all things production and is creative, resourceful, energetic, confident and diligent. He or she will have experience planning, building and executing high budget experiences as well as more intimate, innovative occasions like editor presentations and cocktail parties. He or she will be spearheading the client relations and logistical arm of all event production for the LA office and will collaborate on creative strategy for the company brand as a whole. The successful candidate will be passionate about their role in growing the agency, its mission and delivering for the company’s clients.

Responsibilities:

  • Manage internal and freelance event coordinators and external partners
  • Ideate and develop concepts for clients, branding and marketing events
  • Maintain tight control over every minute detail of an event and its execution
  • Source, analyze and manage relationships with new and existing clients, vendors, suppliers and venues
  • Build and manage event budgets, time lines, logistics and contractual obligations
  • Provide regular reporting surrounding event status, performance to budget, and client communication for all events
  • Manage the full life cycle of events, from ideation to execution to wrap up

Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s Degree and an extensive background within events and production, including experience executing large and small scale events in white spaces, raw venues, public property, private homes, hotels and bars
  • Experience in luxury, retail or large scale corporate events
  • An acute passion for details
  • A appetite for bringing surprise and delight elements to every event
  • An ability to run meetings and generate visionary event ideas
  • An incredible network of vendors, suppliers and venues nationally
  • Excellent analytical and negotiation skills combined with a sound understanding of business objectives and financial measurements
  • Familiarity working in a fast-paced, demanding and deadline-driven environment
  • A true self-starter, who can work independently
  • Incredible communication skills, both written and verbal
  • Knowledge of the standard MS Office products suite, Photoshop, Illustrator, Auto CAD, Vector-works

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