Meeting and Events Producer

Job Description

Planet Interactive is seeking a Meeting and Events Producer to join one of our well-known global pharmaceutical clients.

The Meeting and Events Producer will be responsible for helping maintain a successful video, meetings and event production business to achieve break-even sales and expenses.

Pay: $35-$37/hr depending on experience

Location: 100% Onsite Lake County

Meeting And Events Producer Responsibilities

• Acts as resident SME for all aspects of meeting, event and video production.
• Consults daily with Account Managers, Project Managers, the Resource Center, and suppliers to facilitate proper scoping for accurate RFP estimates and determines scheduling requirements to ensure events are executed on time and within budget.
• Effectively manage crisis situations (i.e., production problems on sets and locations, during work and off hours, and outside emergencies) and can quickly prioritize logistics to accommodate client needs.
• Needs strong communication skills (written and verbal) and very professional interpersonal skills to work with internal clients (including Corporate Officers and Executives), provide accurate and detailed information to all project stakeholders and effectively interact with staff resources and suppliers alike.
• Assures all department audio, video and streaming equipment is maintained, facilitates required repairs and coordinates ordering of all department equipment purchases.
• Assists in new facilities build-out and upgrade efforts from a technical perspective.
• Fulfills AV Technical Manager role as needed and when appropriate.
• Understands and enforces the safety codes for meeting rooms and venues both in and outside the organization.
• Responsible for compliance with applicable corporate policies and procedures.
• Must track time on a daily/weekly basis and meet established utilization numbers for this function.
  
  

Meeting and Events Producer Qualifications:

• 5 years of work experience.
• Bachelor's Degree in Telecommunications (Audio/Video Production), Communications, Theater Production, Marketing or an equivalent combination of experience and coursework in video production, audio/visual production for live events or other relevant area(s) of study is strongly preferred.
• Minimum 10-15 Years’ Experience / Training Required: significant knowledge and experience in each of the following: current digital video production technology, web streaming systems/platforms and production of, and audio/video systems for, live corporate meetings and events.
• Hands-on experience with pre-production and onsite execution of live web-based video streaming events.
• Successfully builds strong productive, mutually beneficial relationships while enhancing collaboration with peers, internal stakeholders and external partners.
• Excellent communication skills: written, presentation and oral that persuades and gains understanding and alignment with others in a professional tone.
• Able to influence and communicate with various levels of the organization.
• Ability to collaborate and work effectively with a variety of internal teams such as marketing, supply chain, purchasing, and distribution.
• Ability to solve complex problems with innovative thinking resulting in improvements to business solutions and efficiency.
• Highly skilled at adjusting and adapting service delivery to diverse customer needs and sensitivities.
• Continues to look for ways to improve service, e.g.,TypeCoach methodologies when interacting with peers and stakeholders.
• Is SME on related technical, systems and business process skills and consistently seeks opportunity to improve skills to advance business objectives, e.g. training others in department.
• Able to research and learn technical areas.
• Ability to work independently with strong attention to detail. Must be able to determine objectives to assignments while prioritizing competing priorities and schedules.