Director, Event Production

About Us:

At BCD Meetings & Events (BCD M&E), we provide more than meeting and event planning services: we create connections that inspire, motivate and change behavior for our customers. As the world’s most trusted and innovative meetings and events agency, BCD M&E cultivates a culture of people, passion and purpose to drive business forward. 

 

Headquartered in Chicago, with locations in 50+ countries across the world, BCD M&E’s team of 1,800+ people are committed to sustainability and driving success for our customers, our business and ourselves. Our values are at the heart of everything we do, and we look for people that want to be a part of something special, can rise to our standards and love to bring their unique perspective to the table.

 

While we can’t guarantee every day will be the best (who can?), we can promise a community of people who genuinely care and lead with empathy, a flexible workplace with awesome perks and challenging work that means something. 

 

See what life is about at BCD M&E at bcdme.com/careers

 

DIRECTOR, EVENT PRODUCTION

 

Job Description
At the center of our business is the beating heart of production – bringing a creative vision for an unforgettable experience to life using ideas, technology, equipment, planning and a whole lot more. Our
Director of Event Production plays one of the most critical roles in our business, leading the team that executes every one of our clients’ most important events. This person manages the production professionals and the technology we use, and our overall event delivery to our clients. They provide agency and thought leadership in all areas of live events, and support new business opportunities and presentations. They
partner closely with our operations team to deliver both the infrastructure that keeps our agency running, and the infrastructure on which our clients’ events are built.

 

In addition to that, this person also plays an important role in the growth, scaling and profitability of our business, helping to set pricing and protocols that deliver strong financial results year after year. They will
also play a big role in senior client meetings, new business pitches, and high-level process and protocol development and refinement.

 

We are seeking a well-connected creative professional with a deep bench of industry contacts and at least 10 years of experience in live events, experiences, and media production.
 

Leadership

• As a member of our leadership team, this is a highly visible role both internally and externally, and as a result will require strong interpersonal skills and the ability to speak
• confidently about our teams, our offerings, and our business
• Effectively assess where your time is best spent between day-to-day management of customers and events and balance that with the needs of intentionally building and growing a team of tenured event producers
• Helping to build and formalize an optimal working environment for our producer team, fostering continued deep knowledge-sharing and ensuring service levels are consistently met both internally and externally

 

Sales

• Everyone on the team sells and supports new business opportunities. One of the most important pieces of this role will be marrying our customer’s needs and requirements to
• the live event experiences we design – and being able to clearly articulate our ideas and processes in new business presentations and renewals.
• Customers will need to believe in your experience, thought leadership, and ability to guide our team in partnership with our customers.

 

Production

• Oversee the E