Junior Producer
Hiring date: As soon as possible
Deadline: Open until filled
We are the leading global live-entertainment discovery tech platform with a clear mission: to democratize access to culture and entertainment.
How do we achieve our mission? Fever has developed a proprietary technology that inspires a global community of over 125M people through personalized and curated experiences in their local city whilst empowering entertainment and event creators to reach new audiences and enhance their experience.
Sounds amazing, right?
The preferences expressed by these communities allow us to create new experiences, which we call Fever Originals. These are proprietary experiences in which we follow a data-driven content creation strategy, using analytics to understand audiences and develop and optimize new formats. Some successful examples include the Candlelight Concert Series attended by over 4 million guests, which would be the focus of this role.
In order to pursue this objective we are looking for bar-raisers, people that want to work hard, have fun, and make history with us.
About the Role
We are looking for an experienced, passionate, and critical-thinking junior event producer who will support our project manager in all aspects of production ensuring that high-quality experiences are delivered. This person will serve as the point of contact on the production side of all projects, being responsible for the third parties involved in the execution and development of the production deliverables.
To support the development of Candlelight concerts, the producer will research and periodically implement new venues, and solutions that could enhance Fever’s experiences.
This role requires flexibility, creativity, attention to detail, and the ability to meet deadlines while staying within budget. The ideal candidate has a proven track record in live event production.
Candidates should be passionate about delivering results and producing fun and entertaining experiences for all walks of the public. Strong communication skills are critical to success in this role. The right candidate will be a self-starter and have strong interpersonal and project management skills.
You will:
- Manage all aspects of event productions, including pre-production logistics planning, vendor selection, hiring, onsite execution, as well as post-event wrap-up.
- Create production timelines and ensure that teams are keeping to schedule.
- Communicate and collaborate with internal cross-functional teams and stakeholders to drive alignment and execution of event deliverables.
- Participate in internal brainstorm meetings and contribute to creative ideation, particularly representing an on-the-ground perspective.
- Manage multiple cities in which Candlelight operates in and help scale to new cities.
- Manage budgets of different scales.
- Research new vendors.
- Venue research and booking.
- Secure proper event permits and meet insurance requirements.
- Handle administrative duties including expense reports, invoicing, and working with the legal department on contracts.
- Domestic and international travel and work across time zones may be required.
Preferred Qualifications
You have a track record of successfully producing events with strong data analysis, oral and written communication skills. You thrive in a fast-paced environment and pride yourself on your flexible, detailed, analytical mindset.
The role requires a mix of business development and operational experience. Candidates need to be passionate about the entertainment/events industry. You will have to be comfortable delivering results in an ambiguous environment, being exceptionally detail-oriented while looking around corners, and thinking bigger about how we create a compelling experience.
- 1+ years of experience in the event production industry.
- Ability to manage multiple cities and pull together multiple aspects of an event in an organized and efficient way.
- Have an innovative mindset to identify cutting-edge solutions in the production space.
- Have a strong network of vendors and venues.
- Understanding of technical production requirements.
- Familiarity with permitting processes.
- Huge appetite for learning and the ability to pick up new skills quickly.
- You’ll be solution-focused, identifying problem areas and then creating plans to find resolutions.
- Have strong communication skills and a proven track record of building positive working relationships.
- Curious and keen to push boundaries and try new concepts.
- Able to communicate with events partners, brands, agencies, and talent on efforts.
- Ability to think strategically when faced with an events partnership brief or with our proprietary data on what events work.
- Collaborative and willing to get hands dirty and work on all required events tasks.
- Knowledge of promotional tools such as Facebook and Instagram is a plus.
- Strong academic background is a plus.
You can expect to join a group of diverse, hardworking team players, where a cultural fit is someone willing to stay humble and learn, and can work nimbly. We welcome applications with unusual backgrounds with the expectation that the applicant will have acquired hard or soft skills and maturity throughout their experiences.
This role is located in Calgary.
Benefits:
- Attractive compensation package consisting of a base salary and the potential to earn a significant bonus for top performance.
- Opportunity to have a real impact in a high-growth global category leader.
- 40% discount on all Fever events and experiences.
- Possible travel across our markets.
- Responsibility from day one and professional and personal growth.
- Health, Dental & Vision Insurance.
- Great work environment with a fun, international team of talented people to work with.
Our hiring process:
- A 30 min video call with one of our talent acquisition managers, to better understand your career plan, assess cultural fit, and answer any questions you may have.
- A 60 min online test with three topics: logic, analytics, and written understanding.
- A 30 min meeting with a hiring manager.
- A 45 min video call with your future manager, including questions about your profile and a business case presentation (to be prepared in advance).
For more information and to apply for this opportunity visit Junior Event Producer.
