Job Description

Job Title: Event Production Manager

Wage: $60,000 per year

Location: Orlando, FL

Contract: Full-time W2 employee 

XL Event Lab is seeking an experienced event professional to join our growing Orlando team. The successful candidate will provide back-end support for our touring event experiences, help to train and develop our core team of staff, travel to events to assess and maintain performance goals and work alongside senior management to improve and streamline company procedures and processes. Experience within the wider events and experiences industry is essential.

This is a senior role within a fast-growing company producing over 400 individual events per year across the US, Canada, the UK and Australia. The role would suit an ambitious and enthusiastic individual keen to make their mark in the industry with a similarly ambitious company.

While the role will be primarily office based the Event Production Manager will also be required to travel to events as and when required by senior management. With this in mind a degree of flexibility in terms of working hours, days and locations is essential for anybody who takes on this role.

Primary Responsibilities

• Communicating with all touring staff on a daily basis to assess and prioritize their needs.
• Managing a core office support team to ensure that all of touring event needs are met.
• Liaising with city authorities, local vendors, event partners and all other stakeholders in each market where we operate.
• Providing regular reports on all progress to senior management.
• Problem solving and troubleshooting any issues which may arise
• Assisting with the recruitment of new team members across all departments.
• Providing guidance and training to other department staff.
• Assessing and refining processes and procedures and improving efficiencies across the company
• Visiting events to ensure that all performance goals and customer satisfaction goals are being met.

Required Qualifications

• At least 2 years experience in a management role, ideally within the events industry.
• Bachelor's Degree.
• Exceptional organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to take decisions, work independently and rely on personal initiative.