Producer Food & Beverage

FREEMAN; Las Vegas (NV); Hybride; USD 90 000 - 130 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance

Tuition Reimbursement

Paid Parental Leave

Retirement with Company Match

Paid Time Off

Résumé du poste

The Freeman Company in Las Vegas, NV, is seeking a seasoned F&B Producer to lead the creative vision and execution of food & beverage experiences across corporate and consumer events. You will manage cross-functional teams, clients, vendors, and budgets to ensure flawless event delivery and robust reporting.

This role requires 6–9 years of event experience, strong leadership and PM skills, and a collaborative mindset to mentor junior staff and drive continuous improvement in our fast-paced

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience
• 6-9 years of event experience
• Strong project management skills including budgeting, scheduling, and client relations
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Leadership to lead a workstream and client
• Development of positive working relationships with clients
• Ability and desire to manage and mentor junior team members
• Foster a positive working environment
• Motivated, positive attitude, and results-oriented mindset
• Master of G Suite (Slides, Sheets, Docs), Microsoft Office, Airtable, Procim, Coupa, Concur and all relevant internal and client tools
• Demonstrated experience leading F&B, and people movement
• Experience managing large-scale attendee flow, capacities, and crowd management
• Comfort managing multiple concurrent projects and vendors under tight timelines

Responsabilités

• Lead the delivery of F&B for events of various sizes from kick-off through reconciliation
• Lead the F&B workstreams of large projects under direction of Project Lead/Account Lead
• Set goals and objectives for projects and teams
• Provide best practices and future event recommendations based on experience
• Collaborate with the creative team to ensure production and creative alignment
• Develop floor plans, capacities, flow, and space allocations with venues and the creative team
• Oversee health, safety, security, and contingency planning with partners
• Manage load-in, load-out, and on-site schedules across workstreams
• Coordinate permits, licensing, insurance/COIs, and venue compliance
• Oversee accessibility (ADA) and sustainability requirements
• Run daily readiness checks, issue tracking, and real-time problem resolution on site
• Budget development and management; track costs and document scope changes
• Develop, manage and communicate project timelines
• Negotiate contracts with third-party vendors
• Maintain strong vendor relationships and manage freelancers
• Support RFP development as needed
• Serve as primary owner of client communication for assigned projects
• Organize and manage team communications
• Lead all internal, vendor, and client meetings
• Escalate workstreams as needed
• Foster a positive, collaborative workplace

Connaissances

Budget management

Client relations

Leadership

Communication

Team mentoring

Formation

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience

Outils

G Suite

Microsoft Office

Airtable

Procim

Coupa

Concur

Description du poste

About Us

Sparks is a leading global brand experience agency, specializing in the design and execution of award-winning experiences that forge deep connections between brands and audiences. Recognized by Adweek as Experiential Agency of the Year, we bring a unique blend of strategic insight and execution excellence to every brand activation, corporate event, trade show exhibit, and immersive experience. Our commitment to creativity, innovation, and flawless execution drives us to craft impactful experiential marketing solutions that deepen relationships, inspire action, and build trust—all around the world.

Summary

The Food & Beverage Producer is responsible for leading the creative vision (in tandem with the creative lead) and planning, execution, and delivery of F&B on a wide range of corporate and consumer events, managing cross-functional teams, clients, vendors, budgets, and project schedules to ensure flawless event execution. Rooted in classic F&B expertise and current industry trends, this role serves as the main point of contact for F&B. The F&B Producer leads all internal, client, and vendor meetings, coordinates resources within their assigned scope, and ensures projects are on time and within budget. Additionally, the F&B Producer provides event reporting and analytics, negotiates contracts, and mentors junior staff to support successful project outcomes. This position is eligible to work a hybrid schedule based out of one of the following areas:

• Dallas, TX

• Philadelphia, PA

• Detroit, MI

• Fort Wayne, IN

• Las Vegas, NV

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

Event Planning & Delivery

• Lead the delivery of F&B for events of various scales (50pp-10,000pp) from kick-off through reconciliation

• Lead the F&B workstream(s) of large projects under the direction of the Project Lead and/or the Account Lead

• Set goals and objectives for projects and team

• Provide best practices and future event recommendations based on experience

• Collaborate closely with the creative team to ensure production and creative teams are aligned

• Work with technical teams to develop floor plans, capacities, flow, and space allocations in coordination with venues and the creative team

• Own health, safety, security, and emergency/contingency planning for assigned areas, in coordination with venue and security partners

• Manage load-in, load-out, and on-site operational schedules across assigned workstreams

• Coordinate permits, licensing, insurance/COIs, and venue and municipal compliance requirements

• Oversee accessibility (ADA) and sustainability requirements within assigned scope

• Run daily readiness checks, issue tracking, and real-time problem resolution on site

Budget & Financial Management

• Budget development and management; track costs throughout the course of a project and communicate and document scope changes that impact budget

• Develop, manage and communicate project timelines

• Negotiate contracts/agreements with third-party vendors

• Manage and develop strong relationships with vendors and freelancers on assigned projects

• Support RFP development as needed

Client & Team Communication

• Serve as primary owner of client communication, alongside Account and Project Lead, for assigned project or area

• Organize and manage team communications

• Lead all internal, vendor, and client meetings for assigned scope

• Serve as workstream escalation point for the project's internal and client teams

• Help to create a positive, collaborative workplace

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience

• 6-9 years of event experience

• Strong project management skills including budgeting, scheduling, and client relations

• Strong written and verbal communication skills

• Leadership skills to lead a workstream and client

• Development of positive working relationships with clients

• Ability and desire to manage and mentor junior team members

• Foster a positive working environment

• Motivated, positive attitude, and results-oriented mindset

• Master of G Suite (Slides, Sheets, Docs), Microsoft Office, Airtable, Procim, Coupa, Concur and all relevant internal and client tools

• Demonstrated experience leading F&B, and people movement

• Experience managing large-scale attendee flow, capacities, and crowd management

• Comfort managing multiple concurrent projects and vendors under tight timelines

Travel Requirements

Travel 25% to 50%

What We Offer

The Freeman Company provides benefits that aim to empower our people and their families to thrive mentally, physically, and financially. These are a handful of the types of programs and benefits our full-time people may be eligible for. There may be some variances in specific benefits across regions.

• Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance

• Tuition Reimbursement

• Paid Parental Leave

• Life, Accident and Disability

• Retirement with Company Match

• Paid Time Off

Diversity Commitment

At The Freeman Company, our commitment to diversity and inclusion is helping us to create not only a great place to work, but also an environment where our employees, our customers and our communities around the world can reach their goals and connect with each other. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status and other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

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