Freelance Fabrication Producer

Salt Productions; California (MO); Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A creative production agency seeks a Temporary, Freelance Fabrication Producer to manage fabrication projects from start to finish. The ideal candidate will have over 4 years of experience in event production with a strong emphasis on fabrication, proven project management skills, and excellent communication abilities. This role involves collaboration with design and production teams, vendor management, budget monitoring, and ensuring high-quality outcomes. A hybrid work model is in place, dependent on project requirements.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in event production focused on fabrication.
• Proven production management experience with big brands or agencies.
• Confidence in leading teams from strategy to execution.

Responsibilities

• Manage all aspects of fabrication, installation, and project lifecycle.
• Collaborate with design and production teams for effective communication.
• Ensure project specifications are accurate and manage vendor relationships.
• Monitor budgets and provide regular updates on project status.
• Participate in permitting processes and maintain accurate project files.

Skills

Attention to detail

Project management

Communication skills

Problem-solving

Tools

Google Suite

Adobe Suites

SketchUp

CAD

Job description

ROLE: Temporary, Freelance Fabrication Producer

REPORTS INTO: Sr. Producer, Production Director or Sr. Production Director

LOCATION: Hybrid, dependent on project

About Salt Productions, LLC

Salt Productions is a full-service production agency rooted in an environment where production thrives, allowing creative work to be executed with precision, and delivering quality work committed to the client’s goals. Salt is built on a foundation where Production and Creative go hand in hand with a process that is exciting, collaborative and transparent. With a people-first approach, Salt believes quality can only be achieved with the right team.

As a production agency, we collaborate with creative from the start—whether in-house, brand-side, or a powerhouse partner—to bring clients’ design dreams to life, exactly as envisioned. We are logistical magicians and operational experts—a killer combo for flawless execution. And we live for creating challenging builds within budget, but never at the expense of our team’s ability to thrive. As a radically compassionate company, we value people over profits and our work is all the better for it. Big ideas are our specialty, start-to-finish integration is our superpower, and we actualize experiences that thrill, engage, and inspire.

Who We Are:

Salt is a full service production agency with a unique set of talents focused on your big ideas and creative challenges across all platforms. We thrive on collaboration and communication. Be it partnering with other agencies, in-house teams or creating a team just for you - each production is customized to the need at hand. We find an open-door policy to questions, suggestions, and feedback yields the best results.

What is a Fabrication Producer:

They have a meticulous eye for details and are always bringing new innovative fabrication methods to the design team. The Fabrication Producer is responsible for overseeing vendors building any custom scenic, not only for the quality of the build and final product but also managing their schedules, approval processes and onsite labor. The Fabrication producer will have detailed tracking documents, providing key information to the project leads to ensure clients expectations are managed throughout the process.

• Manage all aspects of the fabrication, installation, load out, and asset after-life (storage, disposal, etc.) for projects. This will be achieved with the assistance of team members working with you and/or under your direction.
• Collaborate with the Design Team to realize the client’s vision by offering the best construction methods, engineering, and mechanical design solutions for unique scenic elements and/or special effects.
• Collaborate with both the Design Team and Production team to foster information flow and clarity of communications throughout all phases of projects.
• Review internal and external project drawing packages to ensure all specifications are accurate to meet the needs of our carpentry shop.
• Coordinate with vendors to facilitate the production of goods and assembly drawings for external items.
• Oversee routing and approval process for vendor POs and invoices, tracking spending against budget allocations.
• Monitor progression and budgets, regularly updating internal teams with project status and install dates.
• Participate and assist in the event permitting process, including supplying the team with necessary build drawings from vendors.
• Maintain accurate and complete event, project and client files, organizing all event orders, budget tracking, vendor quotes, approvals and design render
• Participate in weekly team meetings, reporting on current projects, and collaborating with colleagues on other projects and events as needed
• Confidence proposing next steps and participating in team conversations
• Comfort and confidence managing day to day project related vendor relationships
• Onsite production execution and proactive problem solver
• Approach projects as an opportunity to create premium work and develop vendor relationships and strong teams - it’s not just about the end result but also the process and the people
• Proficient understanding of google docs
• Travel both domestically and internationally will be required

Requirements

• 4+ Years of experience in event production with emphasis on managing fabrication scope
• Proven experience as a production manager, preferably with prior big brand, agency or fabrication shop experience
• Skilled in project management, and fabrication/production execution
• Must be detail-oriented, on-time, and accurate
• Confidence proposing next steps and leading a team from a strategic thought through execution
• Knowledge of KPIs, specific to production execution, fabrication, and design
• Computer savvy; proficient in Google Suite and other event-related design software as required
• Preferred, but not required knowledge of Adobe Suites, Rhino, SketchUp, CAD, graphic design
• Eagerness to learn, explore and develop new skills and broaden understanding of event and client needs to strengthen company performance
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills; maintain excellent email correspondence
• Excellent organizational skills
• Understanding of the creative process for large scale events