Freelance Event Producer - Birmingham and Manchester

WHO WE ARE

On Board Experiential (OBE) is an award winning, full service, experience-led agency that creates meaningful brand experiences worldwide, with office locations in London, San Francisco, Los Angeles and NYC.

We help brands to cut through the noise, capture consumer attention and leave lasting impressions that live beyond the shareable, streamable, screamable moment.

We are specialists in creating extraordinary brand events – immersive, engaging and unrivalled.

The London office is the most recent to open its doors in the OBE family, making us the new kids on the block, but backed by years of experiential experience. Boasting a heavy hitting portfolio of incredibly active brands and a range of well-established partners, we’re well set for an exciting future.

We work with brands that care. Brands that value meaningful relationships. Brands that are prepared to challenge what’s gone before. Brands that aren’t prepared to settle for OK. Brands that want the competitive advantage. Brands that act.

We are OBE and we’re a team of experiential playmakers.

THE ROLE

A Freelance Event Producer is responsible for creating heightened moments of in-person engagement with impact. This role manages all the elements that come together to create the live delivery aspect of our campaigns in relation to our client work. We are looking to add to our portfolio of Freelance Event Producers, specifically in Birmingham and Manchester.

Key responsibilities of the role could focus on:

Operational planning

Operational execution

Creative thinking

The Freelance Event Producer could work across all aspects of experiential delivery for one or more of our exciting portfolio of clients; a roster which currently includes Nike, NFL, New York Jets, JPMorganChase, OpenAI and Sky Bet. An excellent multi-tasker and someone who can manage multiple projects; from large scale campaigns to smaller bespoke activations in a wide range of settings.

A Freelance Event Producer is responsible for all live experience touch points and will ensure that OBE London provide a service for ‘in real life’ moments that are best in class and deliver to our client’s needs.

On a day-to-day basis, the Freelance Event Producer will work collaboratively and creatively with colleagues and the client in order to deliver high quality campaigns. Fresh thinking is part of our DNA, to bring disruptive and innovative ideas to all our campaigns. The Freelance Event Producer plays a fundamental role in the process of creative solutions for our client work. This individual is to have / gain quickly the highest level of understanding of their clients’ needs, their brand and the space they operate in.

RESPONSIBILITIES

The Freelance Event Producer role is varied, and you are responsible for:

Experiential Delivery

Have a fresh thinking mindset and one that pushes boundaries

Have a passion / obsession for our client’s consumers

Provide innovative and creative solutions in the design and delivery phase of campaigns

Implement the executional plan in line with client requirements

Ensure consistency of delivery across live experiences

Understand your client needs and latest industry developments within the space

Ensure the safe and successful delivery of your experiential work across all aspects including but not limited to:

Licensing permits and consultation

Venue Sourcing & Management

Branding

Customer / Event Experience

Sporting Management

Production & Logistics

Technical Production

Show Management

Stakeholder Management

Staffing

Health & Safety

Monitor and track your workload against the Critical Path via Monday.com for which you must have (or can quickly build) an excellent working knowledge

Work with stakeholders and suppliers and create and maintain great relationships

Stay up to date with OBE London’s suite of event services, pricing model and competitive advantage

Ownership, completion, and the full understanding of key event delivery documentation

Financial Management

Able to negotiate and collaborate with key suppliers

Monitoring and finance management on your areas of the live events budgets

Manage effectively and efficiently allocated budget lines

People Management

Day to day management of your event delivery team

On the ground empowerment of your delivery team, making sure they are equipped and briefed to deliver to OBE London standards

Create good working relationships with all teams

Working collaboratively with the wider team as you each pull together your areas of delivery

Being an internal knowledge source around all things related to event production

Working collaboratively with the client and being an extension of their team as required

ABOUT THE PERSON

As a Freelance Event Producer you:

Are passionate about brand and experiential delivery in the sport and entertainment space

Have high level competence in event production

Have a proven track record of managing experiences in a variety of settings

Have a DNA of fresh thinking to create disruptive campaigns

Have excellent communication skills

Are highly organised

Are competent in using agency project tracking and finance platforms

Have great interpersonal skills

Are a problem solver and solutions driven

Have the vision and the ability to see the big picture

Can demonstrate your creative approach

Have a keen eye for detail

Are calm under pressure and approachable at all times

Are an aspiring leader to junior members of the team

Have a minimum of 3 years experience in an event delivery role