Events Producer
About Smooth
Smooth Media is the talent management company for knowledge creators — the people teaching, explaining, and breaking down the world through smart, insightful content. We serve as a true strategic partner to our creators — an extension of their team that helps them run, grow, and professionalize their business.
About the Role
Reports to: COO
A huge part of that is helping creators bring their ideas and communities into the real world, and events are one of the most powerful ways to do it. Creators and events go together like peanut butter and jelly: knowledge creators bring smart, curious people together online every day, and great IRL events take that connection even deeper.
As an Events Producer at Smooth, you'll own our events from concept through breakdown, reporting to our COO. Our creators, their creator managers, and our marketing team bring the concepts, and you'll be the one who takes those ideas and elevates them, adding the creative vision and taste that turns a good concept into a great one, then running the budget, the vendors, and the room to make it real. You'll also work closely with our Events Associate, directing the day to day work on the ground for each event.
Creative & Production Ownership
Take event concepts from our creators, creator managers, and marketing team and elevate them, bringing the creative vision and taste that turns a good idea into a great one
Build and own the budget, the production schedule, and the run of show for your events, and get them done on time, on quality, and on budget
Source, negotiate, and contract vendors, from production partners to venues to caterers, and serve as the client facing point of contact throughout
Be onsite for load in, the show, and load out, leading the team in the room and solving problems in real time
Cross Functional Leadership
Partner with our Brand Partnerships team to shape sponsor activations that actually deliver on brand goals, not just check a logistics box
Work closely with creators, creator managers, and marketing throughout production, so your creative elevation still reflects their voice and their audience
Direct our Events Associate's day to day work on your events, coaching them up along the way
Operational Reporting & Wrap Up
Own budget reconciliation, invoices, and vendor payments after every event
Deliver a real recap: what worked, what the numbers say, and what to change next time, and make sure it actually shapes the next event
5 or more years in events, experiential, production, or a related field, with real ownership of budgets and vendor relationships
A demonstrated eye for turning a plain brief into something creatively distinct, not just a track record of clean execution
Experience working with corporate or brand clients specifically, translating their goals into an audience facing experience
Comfortable being the senior voice in the room, with vendors, with creators, and with brand stakeholders
You can take someone else's concept and make it better without needing to have invented it yourself, and you know the difference between elevating an idea and overriding it
You lead, not just execute: you can direct an associate, push back on a brief that needs work, and make the call when something needs to change on the fly
Must be NYC-based (in office Mon-Thurs) and available for evenings and occasional weekends around event dates
Salary: $120,000 to $140,000
Comprehensive benefits, including health, dental, and vision insurance
Unlimited PTO, with a minimum of 10 days off per year
Strong opportunity for growth at a profitable, bootstrapped startup
Smooth Media is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected status.
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