Project Designer LED

Freeman Company; Dallas (TX); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance

Tuition Reimbursement

Paid Parental Leave

Life, Accident and Disability

Retirement with Company Match

Paid Time Off

Job summary

The Freeman Company is seeking a Project Designer - LED to plan, coordinate, and technically design LED requirements for produced events. This role educates technical staff, sales staff, show-site staff, and divisional leaders while interfacing with cross-divisional teams in support of the AV Production group.

Based in a hybrid work environment with 2–3 in-office or show-site days weekly, the ideal candidate will be located in Dallas, TX, Las Vegas, NV, or Orlando, FL and travel up to 25% as

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree preferred; equivalent professional work experience accepted.
• Minimum 10 years in live event production with at least 5 years in production management.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with clients, sales, operations, and PMs to design events within budget.
• Create diagrams for shows and ensure onsite staff understand them.
• Schedule personnel to optimize resources.
• Communicate load-in/load-out and installation details to the show site team.
• Coordinate technical and labor crews and oversee LED planning.
• Evaluate gear, electrical, rigging, and safety and propose improvements.

Skills

LED design

Live events

Cross-functional coordination

Education

Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent

Job description

About Us

As part of The Freeman Company, Event & Exhibit Services designs and delivers unforgettable moments that create a bond between audiences and our clients. It’s just one reason why we’re the leader in live events.

Summary

The Project Designer - LED is responsible for the planning, coordination, and technical design of LED requirements for produced events. This position is responsible for educating technical staff, sales staff, show-site staff, and divisional leaders on implementation related issues. This position will interface broadly with cross divisional teams. This position will support our AV Production team. It is eligible to work a hybrid schedule, generally requiring work in-office and/or show-site 2-3 days per week. The ideal candidate will be based out of any of the following locations:

• Dallas, TX
• Las Vegas, NV
• Orlando, FL

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Works closely with clients, sales staff, operations, and project managers to develop event designs and to coordinate pre-production, onsite, and post-production activities in line with event budget
• Creates diagrams and for shows based on budgeted designs; ensure on-site personnel have and understand this information
• Assists in the scheduling and/or recommending of personnel to optimize resources
• Communicates load-in, load-out, install, and dismantle planning information to show site team
• Coordinates and/or assists both technical and labor crews
• Responsible for ensuring the correct specification setup and optimization of event requirements
• Directs workflow of event planning process
• Oversees planning of LED requirements involving multiple elements, mediums, and materials
• Coordinates logistics for all technical LED events need
• Coordinates and supervises planning process and reviews any budget impacts with Client Solutions Manager
• Analyze current programs and make recommendation for improvement on gear, electrical, rigging, and safety

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree preferred. Equivalent or professional work experience is required
• Minimum 10 years experience working in live event production with a minimum of 5 years focused on overall production management

Travel Requirements

Travel up to 25%

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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