Experiential Producer

OpenAI • San Francisco, CA

2d • $240,000 - $266,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

OpenAI is seeking an Experiential Producer for its Events and Experiences team within Business Marketing. The role produces experiences that help people discover OpenAI products, from first-time ChatGPT demonstrations and developer tool experiences to global launches, cultural programs, large-scale events, booths, and brand installations. The producer works with Product, Marketing, creative partners, and technical teams to take concepts through design development, fabrication, and on-site delivery, bringing particular expertise in booths, custom builds, agencies, vendors, fabricators, budgets, and timelines.

The role independently manages multiple projects and their scopes, schedules, bids, negotiations, contracts, procurement, budgets, forecasts, approvals, and dependencies. It leads booth builds, technical production, and live delivery while maintaining quality, accessibility, safety, privacy, and brand standards. The producer also sets success measures, evaluates audience response and business results, and improves future experiences, production tools, and vendor standards. The position is hybrid and based in San Francisco, with three days per week in the office.

Requirements

• At least 8 years producing experiential programs, brand activations, launches, installations, exhibitions, or live events.
• Deep experience producing booths and custom builds, with a portfolio demonstrating sound design judgment, practical problem-solving, and careful execution.
• Experience working with Product, Engineering, or technical teams, and curiosity about how OpenAI products work.
• Ability to independently own projects, set milestones, make decisions, and tackle unfamiliar problems.
• A network of trusted agencies and vendors, strong negotiation skills, and judgment in selecting full-service agencies or specialists.
• Experience adapting production for different audiences, cultures, event scales, and markets while maintaining consistent global standards.
• Strong collaboration and relationship-building skills, including listening with empathy and building trust across teams and partners.
• Exceptional organization across multiple projects, substantial budgets, and tight deadlines, with flexibility to reprioritize.
• High standards for quality and willingness to be hands-on.

Nice To Haves

• Experience producing experiential programs, brand activations, launches, installations, exhibitions, or live events for technology or complex products.

Responsibilities

• Produce experiences introducing people to OpenAI’s newest products, including global launches, hands-on demonstrations, and custom installations.
• Work with Product, Marketing, and creative teams to turn concepts into production briefs and build plans for different audiences.
• Coordinate agencies, fabricators, technical specialists, and venues to develop builds from early prototypes through finished experiences.
• Independently manage several projects, including milestones, scopes, bids, negotiations, contracts, procurement, budgets, forecasts, deadlines, dependencies, and approvals.
• Lead booth builds, technical production, and live delivery, including product integrations, audiovisual production, and show calls.
• Protect quality, accessibility, safety, privacy, and brand standards.
• Keep the team informed of progress and challenges, support colleagues, and address unfamiliar problems as plans change.
• Experiment with OpenAI tools for research, planning, vendor briefs, project updates, and post-event analysis, and help improve team workflows.
• Set success measures and use audience response, product engagement, business results, and partner feedback to improve future experiences, reusable production tools, and vendor standards.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed