Vice President, Event Production – FIFA World Cup 26™
Endeavor (On Location)
Salary
$150-$200k/year
WFH Policy
In Office
Location
New York, NY
Job Type
Full Time
On Location has been appointed as the Official Hospitality Provider of the FIFA World Cup 26™! The Vice President, Event Production will be responsible for ensuring that all deliverables for their group are fulfilled at a high standard and on time. The Vice President will be a capable manager with team and events know-how, sound financial practices, project planning, team building skills, and mentoring abilities.
The ideal candidate must have extensive event marketing experience, internal team management experience, client service communication, be well organized, a self-starter, able to work with a variety of people with varying work styles, can prioritize workload, and have a drive to continue working until the job is done. This position reports to Sr. Vice President, Event Production.
What You'll Do
- Lead a team of event production individuals to deliver the best product for the client and the work group
Strategic ability to conceive, develop and implement programs that build client brand and provide a foundation to drive client business growth
Develop and maintain an effective organization through selection, training, compensation, motivation, and performance management
Manage internal and external staff on execution and delivery of programs
Is highly proficient in budgeting and tracking of multi-million-dollar accounts and ensure fiscal management of each meets agency standards
Possess and can develop key vendor/partners related to our business so we are delivering the best product and pricing for our clients
Ability to lead large scale live events with multiple agencies, vendor, and client involvement
Responsible for overseeing procurement with assigned Legal team, to secure MSAs for this and future business
Able to position yourself as a leader within the team and company to help lead growth and development of organization
Will lead the collaboration of production, accounts, creative, digital, travel, and other company divisions to ensure the best production product possible.
Can apply best practices and learnings from previous projects to elevate performance level
Will create accountability practices within company
Recommended Skills
- Minimum 10 years event marketing, production, and team management experience
Production of live events, tours, and fabrication of event elements necessary
Bachelor’s degree in marketing and/or equivalent experience in related field
Motivational leadership, inspiring team to deliver top performance against assigned business
Excellent interpersonal skills – will contribute culturally to the agency
Must possess strong working relationships with multiple national and local vendors to fulfill a wide variety of fabrication and event production needs for the company.
Strong management skills; prior internal staff management of a large group and multiple direct reports.
Can manage the production group in the office and field. Able to help integrate that team across multiple offices and divisions.
Strong planning and organizational skills to effectively manage numerous programs and resources simultaneously- Microsoft Project or similar planning tool experience preferred
Sound decision-making and problem-solving skills based in agency, client, and industry knowledge
Excellent verbal and written communications skills. Must be able to communicate across all groups in the company and clients.
A thoroughly developed knowledge of our industry, products, and services, as well as those of our competitors and clients
Willing and able to work nonstandard work hours, weekends and travel as required
Must have professional appearance and persona with a strong work ethic and a positive, can-do attitude
Microsoft Office proficient (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
A willingness to travel frequently (up to 75%) and work flexible hours