Executive Producer (Experiential Marketing Events)

Salt Productions•Los Angeles, CA

8d•Hybrid

About The Position

An Executive Producer leads Salt's largest and most complex projects. Where a Senior Producer leads a project, an Executive Producer leads the production — owning financial performance, serving as the senior client partner, and guiding cross-functional teams through the highest-stakes work the agency takes on. You are agile, decisive, and comfortable with ambiguity. You know when to zoom out and when to get close.

Requirements

10+ Years of experience.
Hands on experience managing budgets ranging from $5,000,000 to $15,000,000
Confident proposing next steps and leading a team from a strategic thought through execution.
Well-rounded experience in various facets of event production [Logistics, Fabrication, Graphics, A/V, Furniture & Decor, Food & Beverage, etc].
Understanding of both B2B and B2C business and is able to forecast potential fires on a project in advance.
Embody integrity and character, transparency and accountability, leading by example.
Understanding of the creative process for large scale events.
Comfortable having difficult conversations and adept at conflict resolution with teammates, vendors and clients.
Able to kindly hold all parties accountable to deliver a great finished product
Proactive problem solver
Approach projects as an opportunity to create premium work and develop client relationships and strong teams - it’s not just about the end result but also the process and the people

Nice To Haves

A wiz at google docs and Slack
Passionate about the experiential marketing world keeping up with the day to day news about successful projects going on around the world.

Responsibilities

Lead strategic planning for large-scale, multi-faceted productions from concept through final reconciliation
Owns the financial outcome of the production, including profitability, margin strategy, and reconciliation accountability.
Simultaneously lead a large production and provide oversight across other projects, acting as a senior production resource leadership relies on across the portfolio, not just on one show.
Is comfortable working within tight timelines, managing challenging work back schedules and leading complex decision making.
Serve as the senior client partner on major productions — present for executive-level conversations, navigating political sensitivity and high-pressure environments with calm and clarity
Working with directors and creative teams to provide strategic input and ensure the project vision aligns with client and brand expectations.
Clearly define and maintain Roles & Responsibilities for the project team and partner agencies.
Oversees risk management on projects, creating risk mitigation strategies for complex challenges.
Manages large-scale productions, and prioritizes multiple projects at the various stages of a project life cycle.
Work with project finance and operations teams to monitor and successfully reconcile budgets to ensure internal financial goals are met.
Participate in Salt company wide meetings including ongoing process training and improvement, company culture, and monthly updates.
Bring collaborating agencies together to deliver premium work.
Lead effective production audits and production schedule reviews.
Maintain regular meetings with your individual team members (i.e. workstream leads and direct reports) and promote individual growth and development.
Bring a positive, can-do attitude to our salt team!
Foster unity and belonging within the team. Leverage project talent collaboratively to achieve outstanding results.
As a full time employee, you will be responsible for managing full time (non project) staff at Salt. This would include ongoing company management, employee development, employee growth, and company culture.
Travel both domestically and internationally will be required.
This job will require on-site and in person work.