Senior Estimator, Experiential Events (Office-Based)

Solomon Group; Los Angeles (CA); Hybrid; USD 120.000 - 180.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

Flexible PTO

401K with employer match

Supplemental Benefits

Zusammenfassung

Solomon Group is seeking an experienced experiential project estimator to lead estimating, budgeting, and pricing for live events, brand activations, and custom installations. The role transitions a hands-on producer toward an office-based position, collaborating with creative, business development, production, and finance to define scopes and commercial pricing.

You will develop detailed budgets covering all production elements, document assumptions, and lead handoffs to production teams while

Qualifikationen

• Approximately 10+ years of progressive experience producing live events, brand activations, experiential programs, or comparable complex productions.
• Significant responsibility for project budgets, vendor negotiations, production schedules, and on-site execution.
• Strong working knowledge of technical production, scenic fabrication, labor, logistics, and venue requirements.
• Experience pricing and estimating convention services such as union labor, drayage, power, internet and AV needs.
• Ability to estimate from incomplete information while clearly communicating assumptions and uncertainty.
• Demonstrated understanding of production costs, markups, gross margins, contingencies, and change order management.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel or comparable budgeting and estimating tools.
• Ability to interpret creative briefs, renderings, floor plans, technical drawings, and vendor proposals.
• Strong attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple estimates with competing deadlines.
• Clear communication skills and sound judgment when working with creative teams, producers, vendors, clients, and agency leadership.

Aufgaben

• Own the development of estimates for live events, brand activations, experiential installations, and other agency projects.
• Translate creative concepts, renderings, preliminary plans, and client briefs into detailed production budgets.
• Build estimates covering scenic fabrication, audio, video, lighting, rigging, staging, power, labor, transportation, material handling, travel, venue services, permitting, and other project requirements.
• Account for costs incurred during all phases of a project, from pre-production, project management, installation, rehearsals, show operations, dismantle, to closeout.
• Develop preliminary budget ranges when information is limited, then refine estimates and work with producers to develop change orders as scope and design evolve.
• Clearly document assumptions, exclusions, allowances, contingencies, and items requiring further definition.
• Evaluate whether proposed concepts can be delivered within available budget, build timeline and on-site schedule, and site conditions.
• Use field experience to identify execution risks, overlooked requirements, and potential cost exposure.
• Collaborate with creative and technical teams to develop practical production approaches.
• Recommend alternatives that preserve guest experience while improving cost efficiency.
• Evaluate labor plans, installation schedules, equipment requirements, logistics, and the appropriate use of internal resources versus outside vendors.
• Lead budget handoffs to the assigned production team, communicating scope commitments, vendor assumptions, allowances, and risks.
• Support pricing for scope changes and additional work, including developing change orders.
• Review completed projects with production and finance to compare estimated costs with actual results.
• Use findings to improve future estimates, labor assumptions, vendor benchmarks, and contingency planning.
• Build and maintain estimating templates, historical cost references, and consistent cost categories across project types

Kenntnisse

Budgeting

Estimating

Vendor negotiations

Communication

Excel

Tools

Excel

2D drafting

3D drafting

Budgeting software

Jobbeschreibung

Solomon Group is seeking an experienced experiential project estimator to lead estimating, budgeting, and pricing for live events, brand activations, and custom installations. The role transitions a hands-on producer toward an office-based position, collaborating with creative, business development, production, and finance to define scopes and commercial pricing.

You will develop detailed budgets covering all production elements, document assumptions, and lead handoffs to production teams while