Associate Manager, Production (Experiential)

Wasserman is a global sports, entertainment, and lifestyle marketing agency with expertise in creating connections between brands, properties, talent, and consumers. Today, Wasserman offers global expertise in Athlete Management, Marketing, and Media. Headquartered in Los Angeles, Wasserman also has offices in New York, Miami, Carlsbad, Raleigh, Portland, London, Toronto, Dubai, and Mexico City.

The Associate Manager, Production is an integral position on Wasserman’s Experiential Team with responsibility for the successful delivery of various aspects of agency projects for Wasserman’s Experiential division. The Associate Manager, Production will ensure that the projects’ relevant operations and logistics are allocated and delivered on-time, on-budget and of a quality as expected by Wasserman and its clients.

Additionally, the Associate Manager, Production will contribute to the departments operations as well as general processes, agency quality control and third-party supplier management.

Duties:

• Responsible for executing various elements of the projects in onsite experiential execution
• Work in a collaborative manner with all Wasserman account teams to ensure flawless project delivery
• Manage vendor relationships with audio, lighting, staging, fabrication, registration, graphics, food and beverage, transportation, staffing, venue and labor
• Develop production schedules, run of shows, and enforce deliverable dates key to program’s success
• Manage relationships with Wasserman trusted suppliers and third-parties, though out the duration of projects
• Create a positive, collaborative, teamwork environment based on the company culture and values
• Follows all project processes and procedures and quality standards
• Ensures consistent positive working relationships between department and client service team members

Supplier Management:

• Works with colleagues to ensure that all agency suppliers meet Wasserman standards of sustainability, ethical purchasing, quality control and pricing structure
• Working with the senior production team to select the necessary and most appropriate suppliers for each project and as agreed with each of the account teams
• Oversee successful supplier delivery throughout the duration of each project

Requirements

• Minimum of a Bachelor's Degree
• 1 - 3 years relevant operations/production experience
• Agency experience preferred
• Ability to remain calm under pressure and achieve deadlines
• Possesses exceptional communication skills, both orally and in writing
• Must be comfortable working as a continual partner to all Wasserman team members
• Open-minded mentality, allowing thorough exploration of all ideas and thought-starters
• Needs to be a focused, strong-minded individual with ambition to help grow the company
• Must thrive on a fast paced environment and possess a ‘can-do’ attitude continuously
• Strong attention to detail and highly organized

Benefits

Competitive salary, unlimited PTO, 401(k) and much more!