Production Manager

POLITICO Europe; Brussel; Sur place; EUR 60 000 - 90 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Pension

Healthcare

Training opportunities

Flexible work options

Résumé du poste

POLITICO Europe is seeking a Production Manager for POLITICO Live to lead high-profile event productions across Europe, from Brussels to Paris and beyond. You will build out a world-class production team and support editorial franchises while delivering engaging brand moments for clients.

You’ll manage end-to-end logistics, coordinate with editorial, sales, design, and external partners, and drive project management standards to ensure on-time, on-budget delivery of live and occasional virtual

Qualifications

• Experience planning and executing live events, preferably in media/politics.
• Strong written and verbal communication with cross-functional coordination.
• Proven ability to manage budgets, timelines and vendors.

Responsabilités

• Create high-caliber event productions for POLITICO Live events and client storytelling.
• Lead logistics and planning across multiple events to meet goals.
• Manage venue selection, A/V deliverables, design, budgeting, and on-site needs.
• Collaborate with editorial, sales, marketing, design and external stakeholders.
• Build timelines, agendas, budgets, and lead planning calls with stakeholders.
• Drive project management standards and share best practices.
• Monitor industry trends and propose enhancements to events.

Connaissances

Event logistics

Project management

Communication

Stakeholder management

Budgeting

Outils

Microsoft Office

Run of Show

Description du poste

Production Manager

POLITICO’s events team in Europe is seeking to expand its team dedicated to creating impactful live journalism in dynamic and engaging settings. We are seeking a creative and collaborative colleague to help build out our world class production team. The Production Manager will support the production of high-profile, newsworthy events, programs, and experiences advancing POLITICO’s newsroom and editorial franchises as well as creating impactful brand moments for the company and its clients. The Production Manager reports to the Executive Director for production and operations.

This position will play an important role in establishing an elevated brand presence, producing best-in-class experiences and providing operational support across a wide portfolio of events spanning from Brussels to Paris, London, Spain as well as Global initiatives and key moments.

The ideal candidate has experience managing events from ideation to execution, is a self-starter, highly responsive and communicative, who thrives in fast-paced environments and can bring new ideas to life in a big way. We are looking for a highly resourceful individual with a passion for news media, who is self-motivated, agile, and logistically-minded, with a proven track record of producing high-caliber events, big and small in a fast-paced environment.

What You’ll Do

• Create high-caliber event productions for POLITICO Live events designed to amplify POLITICO’s brand and editorial content, engage POLITICO’s event community of target influencer audiences, VIPs, and strategic stakeholders and tell client stories
• Lead smart and repeatable event logistics and planning across events that can be tailored and/or optimized to meet organizational and division goals
• Manage logistics for POLITICO Live events, including, but not limited to, venue selection, audio‑visual deliverables, creative design, budgeting, marketing and promotional activities, event load in and out, attendee flow and other onsite operational needs
• Support POLITICO Live by working across internal departments, including editorial, sales, marketing, design, and also external stakeholders such as clients, speakers, and vendors to plan and produce live and occasionally virtual events for the organization
• Collaborate with key stakeholders to understand strategies and execute ideas that come to life at POLITICO Live’s events; build timelines, manage agendas, communicate updates, maintain budgets, and lead planning calls to ensure key stakeholders are aligned on event timelines and goals
• Drive exceptional project management standards for events, including the ownership of timelines and templates, creating and advancing best practices and communicating effectively across internal and external stakeholders
• Maintain a strong understanding of industry trends and developments; recommend enhancements to improve the totality of the experience and production; support Live team leadership to drive forward new initiatives and mandates with the team

What You’ll Need

• 4+ years of experience in event planning, logistics, project management, ideally for a news or political organization
• 1+ years of experience show‑calling, stage managing, building technical Run of Shows and working directly onsite with A/V vendors
• English a must and French, Dutch, German, Spanish a strong plus
• Interest in political and policy developments, particularly within the EU context, is desirable.
• Excellent organizational skills, project management, and consistent attention to detail
• Outstanding interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills; ability to work in a dynamic and collaborative environment while adapting to shifting priorities and marketing multiple events
• Demonstrated problem‑solving skills and the ability to work well under pressure
• Experience using Microsoft Office products, including Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Ability to travel if required

Submission deadline: 2nd of August

Benefits

• Our teams benefit from country‑specific, competitive compensation and benefits packages—including pension, healthcare, training opportunities and more.
• With a multinational team, strong ties to EU institutions, and flexible work options including working from abroad, we offer our employees an environment that supports both professional and personal development.