Wasserman operates at the epicenter of sports, music and entertainment, serving talent, brands and properties on a global scale. Wasserman Live specializes in delivering branding and signage, custom fabrication, live event production and experiential operations across sports, music and entertainment. Working with the world’s most iconic properties and brands, we elevate live events to make them unforgettable.
Headquartered in Los Angeles, Wasserman's presence spans 28 countries and more than 70 cities, including New York, London, Abu Dhabi, Amsterdam, Hong Kong, Madrid, Mexico City, Toronto, Paris and Sydney. For more information, please visit
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Job Overview:
- Office Policy: Hybrid environment – 3 days in office
- Role Type: Full-time employment
The Manager, Events is an integral position on Wasserman Live’s Event Team with responsibility for the successful delivery of projects, from brief to execution. With a primary focus on technical production this role is responsible for planning, managing, and executing large live events with new and existing clients ensuring that projects are delivered on time, on budget and of a quality as expected by Wasserman and its clients.Due to the nature of event delivery, this role requires domestic US travel to and from event sites.
What You’ll Do:
- Responsible for day-to-day planning, oversight and delivery of numerous events in a lead or support capacity
- Work collaboratively with all Wasserman teams to ensure flawless project delivery against the client’s objectives and agreed budget
- Create and manage project budgets from start to finish, ensuring all aspects of the projects are correctly budgeted for and meet expected financial targets
- Anticipate challenges and proactively handle any arising issues across various entities to ensure flawless planning and execution
- Manage internal and external vendor relationships with audio, lighting, staging, fabrication, graphics, digital technology, venues, labor, and other project executional vendor partnerships as necessary
- Partner with appropriate departments to determine technical, operational and logistic needs for events, including but not limited to technical production, union or non-union labor, heavy equipment, power, internet, run of show, staging and rigging.
- Develop and adhere to the program timeline and workback schedule, including key dates and deliverables to ensure milestones are met and that the project remains ahead of client expectations
- Provide regular communication to internal and client teams regarding roles and responsibilities, budget, schedules, and project status
- Build and maintain effective client relationships, ensuring that all client needs are addressed in a timely fashion throughout the duration of projects
- Showcase forward-thinking initiative to identify the best strategic opportunities and provide new ideas in the ever-changing events landscape
- Conduct post–event evaluations and recaps to showcase event success and ROI
- Follow all project processes and procedures and quality standards
- Supervise and direct a cross functional team of 3 to 50 event staff on-site
- Other duties as assigned
What We’re Looking For:
- Minimum of a bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
- 2 - 4 years relevant / increasing management in the corporate or live production industry coupled with strong technical aptitude
- Strong technical background including audio / video / lighting production. Ability to understand and communicate basic technical production with internal team and clients
- Ability to remain calm under pressure, work on multiple projects simultaneously and achieve deadlines
- Possess exceptional communication skills, both verbal and written
- Must be comfortable working as an integral part of a team environment
- Open-minded mentality, allowing thorough exploration of all ideas and thought starters
- Must thrive on a fast-paced environment and possess a ‘can-do’ attitude continuously
- Continuously demonstrates solution-oriented mentality
- Strong organizational skills, attention to detail and deep understanding of project management concepts for planning, monitoring, and executing
- Knowledge and experience with Microsoft Suite, Google Workspace, Vectorworks and / or CAD, ShoFlo, Canva, Prismm, Workday and/or Sketchup preferred
Wasserman does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color, religion, age, national origin, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other reason prohibited by law in provision of employment opportunities and benefits.
