Head of Event Production & Creative Operations

Wynford; Toronto; On-site; CAD 110,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Wynford is seeking a Senior Manager, Event Production & Creative Operations to lead day-to-day planning, coordination, and delivery of creative and production work. You will ensure resources are aligned, budgets tracked, and projects delivered to a high standard while balancing creative work with practical execution.

The role requires hands-on leadership, strong planning, and effective communication across teams, freelancers, and partners.

Qualifications

• Experience leading or managing creative, production, event, agency, or other deadline-driven project teams.
• Strong project planning and coordination skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities at once.
• Experience with resource planning, including internal team members, freelancers, contractors, or vendors.
• Strong people leadership skills, including setting expectations, giving feedback, and helping teams stay accountable.
• Comfortable working with budgets, cost tracking, invoices, and financial follow-through.

Responsibilities

• Leading and supporting the Creative & Production team in day-to-day execution, including setting priorities, clarifying expectations, and helping remove roadblocks.
• Managing resource planning across internal team members and freelancers, ensuring the right people are assigned to the right work at the right time.
• Overseeing project plans, timelines, milestones, and deliverables so the work stays organized and on track.
• Monitoring and owning budgets, costs, invoices, and reconciliation details in partnership with production, finance, and other internal partners.
• Supporting freelancer and vendor coordination, including planning, onboarding, expectations, communication, and continuity of work.

Skills

Creative project leadership

Resource planning

Budget management

Cross-functional collaboration

People leadership

Deadline-driven coordination

Effective communication

Education

Post-secondary education

Job description

Wynford is seeking a Senior Manager, Event Production & Creative Operations to lead day-to-day planning, coordination, and delivery of creative and production work. You will ensure resources are aligned, budgets tracked, and projects delivered to a high standard while balancing creative work with practical execution.

The role requires hands-on leadership, strong planning, and effective communication across teams, freelancers, and partners.