Senior Producer

Overview:

The Senior Producer maintains and expands relationships with our key customers. Assigned to high profile, complex corporate events with large revenue impact, the Senior Producer is responsible for leading overall planning, budgeting, and execution while achieving key strategic objectives. They will work in tandem with all internal departments to ensure the successful execution of their assigned event.

The Senior Producer fully understands and represents the entire array of company products and services to assigned customers, while leading the customer account planning cycle and ensuring assigned customers’ needs and expectations are met by GES. The Senior Producer reports directly to the Associate Director or the Director of Production.

Responsibilities: 

• Lead and oversee corporate event production, providing overall pre-show planning and development through on-site execution at various facilities across the country 
• Proactively lead a joint company-strategic account planning process that develops mutual performance objectives, financial targets, and critical milestones for the contractual period and beyond
• Strategic liaison with show organizer/agency partners, facility staff, production personnel, internal clients, and ancillary vendors regarding all services, building working partnerships with all
• Work cross-functionally and lead collaboratively with internal teams across LOBs (business development, operations, design/creative and beyond) to manage event and address customer needs
• Develop and manage project timelines, agendas, and workflows with clients
• Proficient financial acumen including comprehensive budget management, time and materials billing, and estimating/quoting prices for complex products and services
• Meet or exceed financial plan goals on assigned event, closely coordinating with Finance team to ensure revenue and costs are identified and accurate
• Able to collaborate with internal key players across the country as well as produce in any region based on core job knowledge and experience
• Thorough understanding of GES products and services and ability to sustain influence on customer decision-making
• Own and manage Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) beyond the department LOB
• Identify risks and opportunities and develop solid action plans to address
• Proactively assess, clarify, and validate customer needs on an ongoing basis
• Capable of creating and/or adapting processes for complex clients
• Achieve strategic customer objectives and maintain high customer satisfaction ratings – measured through Show Organizer Survey results
• Ability to effectively participate and present in RFP process (influential in resigning and/or gaining new business)
• Represent GES at industry association functions as needed (IAEE, PCMA, EDPA, etc)
• Proficient in all GES internal SOPs, processes and platforms
• Drive process improvement projects, either assigned or initiated
• This position may require management of assigned support staff on an event.
• Performs other duties as assigned and deemed necessary of the position under the direction of the Associate Director of Production.

Qualifications: 

• College degree preferred 
• 7-10 years of experience in corporate events or related agency, official services contractor, or tradeshow production experience 
• 5 years of sales or business development experience a plus
• Experience working with various graphic substrates and different exhibit systems such as Octanorm, beMatrix, and Agam preferred
• Strong budgetary management and negotiation skills
• Must be extremely detail oriented and able to use time productively and efficiently
• Excellent organizational skills
• Resourcefulness – must possess innovative problem-solving and decision-making skills
• Flexible, energetic, and able to multi-task while navigating rapid turnaround times
• Top notch communication skills, both oral and written
• Self-motivated with ability to work collaboratively as part of a team
• Proficient in multisystem management
• Ability to foster customer relationships and client retention
• Proficient in t