Technical Event Producer

• Thrive under pressure, enjoy travel, and have a passion for event production and logistics. • Responsible for following department protocols for event planning • Establish a project plan for each portion of implementation and holding internal and external partners accountable • Work with the AVT Productions internal team, warehouse and external vendors in ensuring that all logistical needs for the event are understood and met. • Train and develop future Production Managers • Identify necessary vendor / partner support, and then source and manage accordingly • Liaise with audio-visual partners with sourcing all needs and ensuring that they are appropriately incorporated into the overall event • Track budget costs throughout the course of project and communicate scope changes that affect budget to the account team in a clear manner to Account Manager • Understands profit margins and effectively meets or exceeds Pre and Post Show Margin Metrics • Onsite main point of contact for all aspects of production • Utilize strong internal partnership skills while working cross-functionally with the Sales, Business Development, Finance, Creative and other internal teams in order to ensure that the project is implemented with internal stakeholders as required, and that client vision and satisfaction is met • Exhibit exceptional written and verbal communication skills with superb attention to detail • Work very closely with Account Manager in managing of the project budget, keeping track of expenses and updating the team on costs so that they are able to be communicated to the client as needed • Ongoing reconciliation of all project expenses, including ensuring vendor invoices are accurate and client invoices reflect all approved event expenses • Provide solutions for presentation needs occasionally under high-pressure circumstances. • 5+ years’ experience managing and directing corporate special events • Leadership, Management and Accountability skills • Working with budgets with multiple levels • Effectively managing and executing against $500k on budgets • Demonstrate an extreme high level of knowledge in large-scale corporate special events and productions • Auto CAD & Vectorworks design skill and experience • Educated on the latest event technologies, with the ability to weave these in to event experience seamlessly • Experience in managing labor crews of 20 or more people • Well-developed project management skills • Eye for detail and maniacal attention to delivering high quality, error-free deliverables • Builds solid and reciprocal relationships with designated client contacts and vendors • Fosters trust and open/honest communication with the internal team and partners • Gathers and analyzes program data to identify opportunities and make recommendations on strategy • Ability to read audio visual design documents. • Strong organizational skills, time management skills and attention to detail required.