Festival Production Assistant — Live Events & Ops

Insomniac Events; George; On-site; ZAR 364,000 - 441,000; Full time

Job summary

Insomniac Events seeks a proactive Production Assistant to support the Back of House department during live events. This on-site role reports to the Back of House Manager and focuses on coordinating festival-area operations, vendor communication, and advancing documentation.

The candidate must excel in Excel/Word/PowerPoint, communicate clearly, and manage multiple tasks while standing, walking, and lifting up to 50 pounds as needed, including weekend hours.

Qualifications

• Excellent comprehension and retention in excel, word and PowerPoint.
• Effective and concise communication skill set in electronic and verbal mediums.
• Adaptive in fast-pacedenvironments.
• Seasoned in event planning, management, and coordination.
• Well versed in communicating with multiple vendors and advancing event production needs.
• High ability level to balance multiple projects and tasks at the same time.
• Proven track record to meet deadlines.
• Must be motivated with an “Everything is possible” attitude.
• Must be an active problem solver, instilled with a sense of urgency for projects large and small.
• Must be able to continuously stand or walk.
• Must be able to bend, squat, climb stairs and lift frequently.
• Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds occasionally.
• May occasionally walk on slippery or uneven surfaces.

Responsibilities

• Assist Project Manager in developing, organizing and executing different festival area operations.
• Contribute to compiling advance documents relating to several festival areas.
• Act as a Vendor Liaison for all related areas of production.
• Communicate production needs in a concise and effective manner to all contributing teams.
• Support in document organization relating to all aspects of advancing, set up documents and correspondence between vendors and production departments.
• Assist in organization of advance documents relating to the executive producer branch in our organizational chart.
• Facilitate the advance credential materials for all related vendors and staff involved with the projects.

Skills

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

Job description

Insomniac Events seeks a proactive Production Assistant to support the Back of House department during live events. This on-site role reports to the Back of House Manager and focuses on coordinating festival-area operations, vendor communication, and advancing documentation.

The candidate must excel in Excel/Word/PowerPoint, communicate clearly, and manage multiple tasks while standing, walking, and lifting up to 50 pounds as needed, including weekend hours.