Freelance Producers, AP-EP - Experiential

Left Field Labs•,

7d•$50 - $125•Remote

About The Position

Left Field Labs is seeking freelance producers and independent contractors to work remotely across its experiential practice. The agency builds spatial and digital environments, including enterprise briefing centers, interactive trade show activations, custom physical fabrication, and real-time software systems. The role may align with Associate Producer, Producer, Senior Producer, or Executive Producer responsibilities, depending on experience and level. Associate Producers support project operations by maintaining schedules and trackers, coordinating digital and physical deliverables, assisting with financial administration, supporting onsite event operations, and organizing meeting notes and action items. Producers lead day-to-day execution of integrated interactive installations and trade show environments, coordinating creative, technical, and fabrication teams, vendors, clients, budgets, and onsite operations. Senior Producers lead complex enterprise programs, direct multidisciplinary teams, oversee financial health and vendors, and manage senior client relationships. Executive Producers guide operational strategy, portfolio profitability, resourcing, commercial agreements, production standards, and client partnerships across multiple enterprise accounts. The work involves collaboration across physical and digital disciplines, such as scenic fabrication, AV integration, software development, and interactive technology. The posting invites applicants with diverse backgrounds and career paths and emphasizes potential, problem-solving, and adaptability. The stated hourly compensation range is $50.00 to $125.00 for work performed in Culver City, California; pay may vary based on factors including qualifications, experience, skills, location, and business needs.

Requirements

Demonstrable project coordination or production experience in an interactive agency, live events firm, film/commercial production company, or creative technology team.
Strong organizational skills and a proactive approach to daily problem-solving.
Understanding of basic production lifecycles in digital content pipelines, AV hardware, or physical fabrication.
Clear written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to turn complex details into organized action items.
Experience leading experiential, interactive, or multidisciplinary creative projects from concept through installation.
Ability to work across technical and physical disciplines, including scenic build schedules, software development sprints, and AV integration.
Experience managing project budgets up to $1.5 million for Producer-level work.
Experience leading large-scale experiential builds, permanent installations, or interactive environments exceeding $2 million in scope.
Practical knowledge of scenic fabrication, architectural dependencies, enterprise AV systems, and interactive engines such as Unity, Unreal, or WebGL.
Success managing enterprise client relationships through ambiguous or evolving requirements.
Leadership experience guiding, mentoring, and empowering team members.
Executive-level production leadership experience at an experiential agency, digital innovation shop, or creative consultancy.
Experience managing multi-million-dollar account portfolios with direct P&L and gross-margin accountability.
Knowledge of commercial contracting, master service agreements, vendor procurement, and resource planning.
Experience overseeing physical architectural builds and digital or interactive installations.
People leadership experience building, coaching, and retaining diverse, high-performing production teams.
Collaborative, adaptable, solution-oriented approach and strong client-facing communication skills.

Responsibilities

Maintain project schedules, issue trackers, and status boards using tools such as Jira, Asana, and Google Workspace.
Track digital and physical deliverables across motion graphics, interactive software builds, and scenic fabrication.
Assist with financial tracking, contractor-hour reconciliation, purchase orders, and monitoring vendor estimates against budget caps.
Support onsite load-in, live activation days, and strike, coordinating local crew, vendor deliveries, and run-of-show logistics.
Capture meeting notes, organize action items, and flag emerging blockers to project leads.
Manage mid-scale experiential projects from kickoff through post-event wrap, with responsibility for scope, timelines, deliverables, and margins.
Coordinate multidisciplinary teams, including creative technologists, Unity/Unreal developers, 3D animators, and scenic builders.
Source and manage vendors, fabricators, and technical partners; establish scopes of work and track milestones.
Act as a primary client contact, lead status meetings, manage feedback, and document scope adjustments.
Lead onsite load-ins, technical rehearsals, live show operations, and strikes.
Lead delivery of complex, multi-workstream spatial and digital projects, balancing architectural construction schedules with software development.
Direct client pods and mentor Associate Producers and Producers while tracking active deliverables.
Manage project financial health by preparing estimates, monitoring burn rates, leading value engineering, and protecting gross margins.
Oversee fabrication partners and technical vendors, including quality standards, review gates, and shop-visit schedules.
Advise senior client stakeholders and translate technical and logistical considerations into business decisions.
Evaluate and onboard freelance talent and support production practices across the studio.
Oversee delivery performance and profitability across enterprise account portfolios.
Plan account pods and forecast resourcing across core staff and freelance specialists.
Manage commercial agreements and enterprise incentive models, including rate cards and multi-year master service agreements.
Serve as an executive advisor and escalation point for senior client leaders.
Standardize production methods, templates, vendor rate benchmarks, and trial evaluation frameworks.
Foster an inclusive and psychologically safe production culture that values curiosity, mutual support, and sustainable pacing.