Producer

The Planet Group; Culver City (CA); Hybrid; USD 131,000 - 136,000; Full time

Job summary

The Planet Group is seeking a Producer for a 3-month contract in Culver City, CA. This hybrid on-site role runs Tue/Wed/Thu with 40-hour weeks, starting immediately. The ideal candidate brings 5+ years of live-events production experience and a demonstrated ability to manage budgets, timelines, and cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities include producing screen content for events, coordinating with agencies and vendors, and ensuring quality across all assets and delivery milestones.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience producing live events, broadcast, or experiential content.
• Proven experience creating or producing content for large-format screens (LED walls, multi-screen or non-standard canvases).
• Strong working knowledge of technical specs, such as resolution and pixel mapping, aspect ratios, frame rates, codecs, color spaces, and media server workflows.
• Deep understanding of production timelines, including pre-production, content lock, tech rehearsal, load-in, and show.
• Hands-on experience working with external agencies and vendors, including creative studios, production companies, and AV partners.
• Ability to work independently and ramp up quickly.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills, with the ability to manage many workstreams at once.
• Calm, solution-oriented approach under live-event pressure.
• Availability for the full contract term, with willingness to travel and work extended hours around event dates

Responsibilities

• Produce screen content for live events, including stage visuals, video walls, projection, and experiential installations.
• Translate creative direction into clear production plans, specs, and deliverables.
• Build and manage production schedules, working backward from event dates and keeping every team to the milestones.
• Manage relationships with creative, production, and AV agencies, from briefing and scoping through review and delivery.
• Review agency work and give clear, actionable feedback to keep quality and the brand consistent
• Work with technical directors, AV vendors, and venue teams to confirm screen resolutions, aspect ratios, frame rates, color workflows, and playback systems.
• Run content reviews, tech rehearsals, and on-site show calls.
• Track budgets, vendor quotes, and change requests, and flag risks early.
• Keep file naming, version control, and final asset delivery organized.
• Document processes, specs, and handoff notes so the team can pick up smoothly when the contract ends.

Job description

Producer
Location:Hybrid on-site T-W-Th in Culver City, CA
Schedule: 40 hours
Duration:3months
Pay:$95-$98.75DOE

The Planet Groupis looking foraProducerto join our well-known Fortune 500 client on a 3-months contract, working a hybrid-onsite schedule inCulver City, CA.

Producer|Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience producing live events, broadcast, or experiential content.
• Proven experience creating or producing content for large-format screens (LED walls, multi-screen or non-standard canvases).
• Strong working knowledge of technical specs, such as resolution and pixel mapping, aspect ratios, frame rates, codecs, color spaces, and media server workflows.
• Deep understanding of production timelines, including pre-production, content lock, tech rehearsal, load-in, and show.
• Hands-on experience working with external agencies and vendors, including creative studios, production companies, and AV partners.
• Ability to work independently and ramp up quickly.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills, with the ability to manage many workstreams at once.
• Calm, solution-oriented approach under live-event pressure.
• Availability for the full contract term, with willingness to travel and work extended hours around event dates

Preferred Qualifications:

• Familiarity with playback and media server platforms (e.g., Pixotope, Disguise, Watchout, Resolume).
• Familiarity with motion graphics or video production workflows (e.g., After Effects, Premiere, Cinema 4D) sufficient to review and QC work.
• Background in both in-person and hybrid or streamed events.
• Prior contract or freelance experience in a fast-moving team.

Producer |Description:

• Produce screen content for live events, including stage visuals, video walls, projection, and experiential installations.
• Translate creative direction into clear production plans, specs, and deliverables.
• Build and manage production schedules, working backward from event dates and keeping every team to the milestones.
• Manage relationships with creative, production, and AV agencies, from briefing and scoping through review and delivery.
• Review agency work and give clear, actionable feedback to keep quality and the brand consistent
• Work with technical directors, AV vendors, and venue teams to confirm screen resolutions, aspect ratios, frame rates, color workflows, and playback systems.
• Run content reviews, tech rehearsals, and on-site show calls.
• Track budgets, vendor quotes, and change requests, and flag risks early.
• Keep file naming, version control, and final asset delivery organized.
• Document processes, specs, and handoff notes so the team can pick up smoothly when the contract ends.