Director, Event Production

Location: Remote - GMR. Travel and flexible hours are required as client needs and production schedules require.

Salary: $115,000–$135,000 annually, depending on experience.

Company

hirify.global is an experience agency creating physical, digital, and social brand experiences, live events, hospitality programs, and experiential campaigns.

What you will do

• Lead production teams across multiple client accounts, programs, live events, hospitality experiences, and experiential activations.
• Provide senior oversight for complex and high-profile projects while mentoring producers and strengthening team performance.
• Translate creative concepts into production plans, workback schedules, staffing plans, budgets, and run-of-show documents.
• Oversee fabrication, scenic production, audio, video, lighting, staging, venue management, décor, furnishings, logistics, installation, rehearsals, live execution, and strike.
• Manage clients, vendors, venues, fabrication partners, technical teams, freelance resources, procurement, contracts, and purchase orders.
• Improve production standards, workflows, resource management, operational efficiency, and post-event learning.

Requirements

• Proven ability to lead, mentor, and develop producers across multiple accounts and programs.
• Strong business and financial acumen, including scopes of work, estimates, budgets, forecasting, cost control, procurement, change management, reconciliation, risk management, and margin protection.
• Extensive experience planning and executing complex productions from site checks and initial planning through installation, rehearsals, live delivery, and strike.
• Deep knowledge of fabrication materials, construction methods, scenic production, shop capabilities, audio, video, lighting, staging, technical integration, and value engineering.
• Experience producing high-end hospitality environments, VIP lounges, reception spaces, premium guest areas, rentals, custom builds, décor, furnishings, installation, styling, and removal.
• Experience sourcing, evaluating, negotiating with, and managing vendors, venues, fabrication partners, technical teams, and freelance production resources.
• Strong client consulting, communication, collaboration, escalation management, and production-strategy skills.
• Experience with live event operations, freight, asset tracking, crew movement, venue logistics, labor, permitting, safety, load-in/load-out, backstage operations, show callers, stage managers, speakers, performers, and technical teams.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and working knowledge of production drawings and tools such as CAD or Vectorworks.
• Adaptability, proactive problem-solving, and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced agency environment; willingness to travel and work flexible hours.

Culture & Benefits

• Inclusive workplace that values diverse backgrounds and perspectives and focuses on belonging, personal strengths, and meaningful impact.
• Health, vision, and dental insurance.
• 401(k), employee stock purchase plan, FSA/HSA, disability insurance, and life insurance plans, subject to plan terms.
• Vacation, personal days, and paid holidays.