Event Producer , Event Production at Amazon

JOB DESCRIPTION

• This is an exciting opportunity to work for Amazon, supporting dynamic, high impact events taking place in a large production venue in the new Cape Town campus The candidate should demonstrate strong organizational skills, be customer obsessed, and be energetically driven to support our customers and the team
• In this role, the Event Producer provides assessment, planning, and operational management of events in Cape Town
• They are the primary point of contact for the customer, responsible for the booking assessment, planning, onsite operations, show calling, live event operations, and postproduction requirements
• The successful candidate will come from an events background and have the ability to work across multiple teams and cultures

Key job responsibilities

•  Point of contact (POC) for team, event organizers, production engineers, livestream technicians and vendors
•  Daily customer communication support and management
•  Manages meetings effectively; provides supporting documentation and aligns stakeholders
•  Develop, document and maintain standards and drive process improvements
•  Seeks opportunities to help others improve skillsets and knowledge base
•  Able to identify blockers, and facilitate progress
•  Leads planning meetings with customers and team to confirm final event details
•  Provides production guidance to customers and team
•  Leads scheduling of production resources, services, and any postproduction requests
•  Communication with facility partners; Security, Housekeeping, Catering, etc
•  Event showflow preparation and distribution to internal teams
•  Manages any necessary technical testing or technical rehearsals
•  Act as dedicated onsite POC for customers and organizers, including production team and thirdparty vendors
•  Leads event day show flow, and acts as the production show caller
•  Provides direction of relevant facility operations
•  Partner with the Systems Engineer to manage technical needs
•  Manages postevent reporting
•  Manages postevent customer needs and meetings
•  Provides key metrics and data to team and management

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

•  3+ years of program or project management experience
•  3+ years of experience in live event production or event management
•  Proficiency with audio, video, lighting and staging systems
•  Experience working cross functionally with tech and nontech teams
•  2+ years experience leading teams of (212 people)
•  2+ years knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, event planning platforms and calendaring systems
•  Experience using data and metrics to determine and drive improvements
•  Raises the bar with both verbal and written documentation
•  Able to clearly communicate and collaborate with team members and customers in a corporate environment
•  Strong analytical skills, detail oriented, and demonstrated ability to improve processes
•  Able to step in to stage management and/or backstage management as needed
•  Experience opening new event venues, studios, or production related services