Senior Experiential Producer (On-Site, NYC)

About the role

The Senior Producer will lead high-end experiential production for a variety of clients. This role requires strong creative and technical production capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Managing creative and technical experiential production that includes but is not limited to: building production plans and schedules, shepherding creative direction, overseeing junior production team members, and sourcing/managing all production vendors and partners.
• Collaborating with technical vendors, fabrication partners, and AV teams to ensure technical feasibility across all experiential components.
• Reviewing and providing directional feedback on technical documents such as renderings, gear lists, and shop drawings (with support from technical partners as needed).
• Overseeing on-site installation, testing, and load-in with a general understanding of technical workflows and the ability to troubleshoot with vendors on the ground.
• Developing and executing project scopes, timelines, budgets, and staffing plans.
• Ensuring compliance with all relevant regulations, permits, and licenses for events and activations.
• Providing and representing MATTE's experiential production expertise internally and externally, ensuring the highest quality creative and technical execution while keeping feasibility and timelines grounded in reality.
• Monitoring out-of-scope requests and initiating additional estimates and approvals.
• Sourcing vendors and contractors as needed for all programs, including fabrication, scenic, AV, lighting, and specialty tech partners.
• Building, managing, and wrapping project budgets ranging in scale and complexity, maximizing profitability in partnership with the Director of Experiential.
• Supervising staff throughout the project lifecycle, reviewing and troubleshooting potential issues that may impact deadlines or deliverables.
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams including Client Services, Creative, Strategy, and Operations to ensure seamless project integration.
• Working within specific brand guidelines and bringing projects from concept to production while maintaining consistency, high standards, and technical accuracy.

Qualifications and Requirements

• Minimum of 7 years of experience in experiential marketing production, including event management and production.
• Track record of managing a team, with experience managing employees with different working styles.
• An ability to think fast, problem solve, present solutions and react positively to unexpected issues.
• Abrasive, collaborative, results-oriented, problem-solving attitude and an ability to both provide and take direction well.
• Strong project management skills with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Strong negotiation skills and experience managing vendor relationships.
• Excellent organizational skills, with attention to detail and the ability to manage budgets and timelines.
• Familiarity with relevant regulations and permits for events and activations.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• A great network of vendors and industry connections.
• An adeptness in managing client relationships.
• A strong work ethic and sense of project ownership.
• Experience managing project budgets that range and scale up to $3M.