Production Manager

Aquent is partnering with a leading global enterprise, renowned for its dynamic environment and high-profile communications. This organization stands at the forefront of connecting with its vast employee and stakeholder base through impactful virtual, hybrid, and live events, fostering a vibrant culture of engagement and collaboration. Your expertise will directly shape how this global enterprise communicates and connects, driving engagement and collaboration across a vast employee and stakeholder base.

Responsibilities

Lead content and production execution across virtual, hybrid, and live enterprise events, from early planning through live show and post-event wrap; Partner with program stakeholders to design the full event experience, including technical agenda, show flow, audience engagement strategy, and production quality standards aligned to each event’s goals; Serve as the primary keynote and general session production liaison between the core events team, internal technical teams, external technology partners, third-party agencies, and internal stakeholders; Direct live broadcasts in real time, making confident production calls in partnership with the events team and technical crew; Manage simultaneous workstreams across multiple events at varying stages of production without losing precision on any of them; Own end-to-end speaker management, including communications, scheduling, tech checks, rehearsals, recordings, and live appearances for internal and external presenters; Provide on-camera coaching and presentation guidance to executives and senior leaders, ensuring every speaker is confident, prepared, and on-message before going live; Coordinate all presenter resources and support systems, ensuring nothing is left to chance on show day; Lead pre-event table reads, stakeholder reviews, and full rehearsals, facilitating alignment between content leads and the production team; Work closely with content leads to integrate all presentation elements—slides, video, live demos, remote speakers—into a cohesive, polished show; Build and maintain repeatable production processes for enterprise event delivery, scalable enough to serve a complex, matrixed organization and precise enough to hold up under pressure; Own all production documentation: timelines, session logistics, rehearsal and tech check schedules, cue sheets, and run-of-show documents; Develop and manage content collection and delivery processes: track presentation versions, follow up on missing assets, and ensure all final materials are consolidated and accounted for in advance of each show; Lead structured post-event production debriefs covering technical performance, content quality, and process gaps, translating findings into actionable improvements; Maintain and continuously optimize production templates and tools for the broader events team; Collaborate closely with the Events team and cross-functional partners in internal technical teams, Communications, Workplace Experience, and other business units to ensure cohesive, on-brand execution; Facilitate alignment between content strategy and event production for high-profile meetings, conferences, and leadership events; Participate in regular core team and production meetings, and represent the production function confidently in ad hoc stakeholder discussions; Partner with external technical production vendors and third-party agencies, managing scope, timelines, and accountability on deliverables

Requirements

5–8 years of experience in event production, content management, or live broadcast production in a corporate or agency environment; Deep, hands-on expertise producing large-scale events on virtual platforms—webinars, town halls, all-hands broadcasts, and multi-session conferences—including advanced host and production controls; Demonstrated experience producing keynotes and general sessions for large audiences, with full ownership of show flow and on-site or remote direction; Experience working in large, matrixed organizations with multiple concurrent stakeholder groups and competing priorities; Familiarity with enterprise collaboration tools, digital asset management systems, and broadcast production or live streaming environments; Bachelor’s degree in communications, media production, marketing, or a related field; equivalent experience considered; Technically fluent across virtual event platforms, broadcast production tools, and enterprise AV environments—you know the stack and can troubleshoot it under pressure; Exceptionally organized with strong process design instincts; you build systems that others can rely on; Calm and decisive in high-pressure live environments—the person the room looks to when something unexpected happens; Executive presence and communication skills strong enough to coach senior leaders and hold a room of stakeholders; A strategic thinker who sees audience engagement not as a feature but as the point—and designs for it from the start

Benefits

subsidized health, vision, and dental plans; paid sick leave; retirement plans with a match; free online training through Aquent Gymnasium