Agency Event Director

Cloth & Flame•Phoenix, AZ

3d•Remote

About The Position

The Director of Events is the operational leader of Cloth & Flame’s events department, responsible for delivering exceptional events while building the systems, team, and processes that allow the agency to grow. This is a hands-on, player-coach role. At our current size, this person will personally produce many of our events while overseeing the department, with the role evolving toward greater team leadership and operational management as we grow. The Director works closely with sales, creative, design, production, culinary, and accounting to ensure what we sell is achievable, appropriately priced, and delivered to the highest standard.

Requirements

5+ years of experience in event production, experiential marketing, hospitality, live events, or a related field
Strong organizational and communication skills across robust, concurrent programs
Proven experience producing events of varying complexity from planning through execution
Experience managing, mentoring, or leading event professionals
Experience managing event budgets with an understanding of margin and profitability
Ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on execution
Calm, resourceful, and solutions-oriented under pressure
Willingness to travel and work evenings and weekends as event schedules require

Nice To Haves

Ideally based in Arizona, however for the right candidate we would be open to exploring nearby states.

Responsibilities

Lead and participate in client calls, planning meetings, site visits, and final details calls
Oversee concurrent events as volume fluctuates, assigning event producers, internal support and freelance resources based on program needs
Serve as event producer on assigned programs, managing projects from sales handoff through final reconciliation
Manage and develop a small team including our project manager and contract event producers
Forecast event staffing needs and determine when contract support is needed based on event volume, complexity, and internal capacity
Review creative decks and budgets to ensure proposed elements are accurately priced and operationally achievable
Own budget updates, change orders, contract building and expense grid reviews
Approve event producer and freelance hours for submission to accounting
Partner with the Director of Culinary to establish clear processes and standards for collaboration between F&B and event operations teams
Develop and maintain chef collaboration agreements and related processes
Oversee final production deliverables, working with production and warehouse to ensure fabrication and design elements are executed to standard