Events Producer

Smooth Media

$120K — $140K *
Hospitality & Recreation
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years in events or related field with budget and vendor management experience
  • Proven ability to creatively enhance existing concepts
  • Experience with corporate and brand client interactions
  • Ability to lead discussions with stakeholders confidently
  • Skill in enhancing ideas while respecting original vision
  • Leadership skills to manage and mentor junior team members
  • NYC-based and available for flexible schedule around events

Responsibilities

  • Elevate event concepts into creative realities
  • Manage budget, production schedule, and event execution
  • Negotiate and contract with vendors and venues
  • Lead onsite event operations and problem-solving
  • Collaborate with Brand Partnerships for effective sponsor activations
  • Work closely with creators for cohesive event experiences
  • Oversee budget reconciliation and post-event reports

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance
  • Unlimited PTO with a minimum of 10 days off annually
  • Growth opportunities in a profitable startup environment
Full Job Description


About the Role

Reports to: COO

As an Events Producer at Smooth, you'll own our events from concept through breakdown, reporting to our COO. Our creators, their creator managers, and our marketing team bring the concepts, and you'll be the one who takes those ideas and elevates them, adding the creative vision and taste that turns a good concept into a great one, then running the budget, the vendors, and the room to make it real. You'll also work closely with our Events Associate, directing the day to day work on the ground for each event.

What you'll do

  • Creative & Production Ownership
    • Take event concepts from our creators, creator managers, and marketing team and elevate them, bringing the creative vision and taste that turns a good idea into a great one
    • Build and own the budget, the production schedule, and the run of show for your events, and get them done on time, on quality, and on budget
    • Source, negotiate, and contract vendors, from production partners to venues to caterers, and serve as the client facing point of contact throughout
    • Be onsite for load in, the show, and load out, leading the team in the room and solving problems in real time
  • Cross Functional Leadership
    • Partner with our Brand Partnerships team to shape sponsor activations that actually deliver on brand goals, not just check a logistics box
    • Work closely with creators, creator managers, and marketing throughout production, so your creative elevation still reflects their voice and their audience
    • Direct our Events Associate's day to day work on your events, coaching them up along the way
  • Operational Reporting & Wrap Up
    • Own budget reconciliation, invoices, and vendor payments after every event
    • Deliver a real recap: what worked, what the numbers say, and what to change next time, and make sure it actually shapes the next event

What we're looking for

  • 5 or more years in events, experiential, production, or a related field, with real ownership of budgets and vendor relationships
  • A demonstrated eye for turning a plain brief into something creatively distinct, not just a track record of clean execution
  • Experience working with corporate or brand clients specifically, translating their goals into an audience facing experience
  • Comfortable being the senior voice in the room, with vendors, with creators, and with brand stakeholders
  • You can take someone else's concept and make it better without needing to have invented it yourself, and you know the difference between elevating an idea and overriding it
  • You lead, not just execute: you can direct an associate, push back on a brief that needs work, and make the call when something needs to change on the fly
  • Must be NYC-based (in office Mon-Thurs) and available for evenings and occasional weekends around event dates

What we can offer

  • Salary: $120,000 to $140,000
  • Comprehensive benefits, including health, dental, and vision insurance
  • Unlimited PTO, with a minimum of 10 days off per year
  • Strong opportunity for growth at a profitable, bootstrapped startup


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