Senior Event Producer & Project Manager

Make it Good; Johannesburg; Hybrid; ZAR 502,000 - 725,000; Full time

Job summary

Make it Good in Johannesburg seeks a Senior Event Producer & Project Manager to own large-scale conferences, exhibitions and experiential projects from brief to reconciliation. You will lead end-to-end production, from concept to delivery, coordinating budgets, suppliers and onsite teams in a hybrid working setup.

The role requires 10–12+ years in events, a portfolio of major events, and strong budgeting, proposals and client management skills.

Qualifications

• 10 to 12+ years’ experience in events, experiential, corporate event production or a related agency environment.
• Strong budgeting, forecasting, cost control and reconciliation skills.
• Excellent written communication: proposals, briefs and post-event reports.
• Confident with senior clients and complex stakeholder relationships.
• Portfolio of at least three events personally led; without portfolio, no response.
• Live practical assessment for shortlisted candidates.

Responsibilities

• Turn client briefs and objectives into compelling event concepts.
• Shape the full experience: narrative, guest journey, programme, staging, branding and production.
• Write proposals, creative concepts and client presentations.
• Brief internal creative studio and review outputs.
• Run several complex events at once at different planning stages.
• Build project plans, workback schedules, critical paths and milestones.
• Lead client meetings and produce contact reports and progress updates.
• Build and manage event budgets, margins and forecasts.
• Source, negotiate and manage suppliers, quotes and payments.
• Coordinate venues, AV, staging, catering, registration and logistics.
• Write run sheets, schedules and contingency plans.
• Lead production meetings, rehearsals and onsite teams.
• Own onsite delivery from checks to breakdown and reconciliation.

Skills

Budgeting

Forecasting

Client management

Event production

Proposal writing

Negotiation

Stakeholder relations

Attention to detail

Education

Experience in events/agency environment

Tools

ClickUp

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Location: Johannesburg (Johannesburg North)

Work model: Hybrid (3 days in-office, 2 days at home). Need to be able to legally work in SA to be considered.

Salary: R45 000 – R65 000 CTC (depending on level of experience)

Why you’d want to work here..

High flexibilityThe office closes from 12 December to 12 JanuaryYear-end surprises are a thing10% commission if you bring in new businessOpen, honest culture with zero tolerance for gossip or toxicityA team that works hard, has fun together and celebrates its winsAn entrepreneurial mindset is encouraged

About our client:

A female-led strategic experience and impact agency is looking for a Senior Event Producer & Project Manager to join their team. They create large-scale conferences and exhibitions, C-suite experiences, corporate events, brand activations and purpose-driven projects. This is a senior, hands‑on role for a true operator: someone who takes an event from first brief to final reconciliation and owns every step in between.

What the job involves:

• Turning client briefs and business objectives into compelling event concepts
• Shaping the full experience: narrative, guest journey, programme, staging, branding and production
• Writing proposals, creative concepts and client presentations
• Briefing the internal creative studio clearly and reviewing what comes back
• Running several complex events at once, at different stages of planning and delivery
• Building project plans, workback schedules, critical paths and milestones
• Managing tasks, approvals and progress in ClickUp
• Being the main point of contact for senior corporate clients
• Leading client meetings and producing contact reports, action lists and progress updates
• Building and managing event budgets, margins and forecasts
• Sourcing, negotiating and managing suppliers, quotes, contracts and payments
• Coordinating venues, AV, staging, catering, registration, speakers and logistics
• Writing run sheets, production schedules and contingency plans
• Leading production meetings, rehearsals and onsite teams
• Owning onsite delivery, from final checks before guests arrive through to breakdown
• Closing out every project with reconciliations, debriefs and post-event reports

What you need to be considered:

• 10 to 12+ years’ experience in events, experiential, corporate event production or a related agency environment
• A track record of personally leading complex, high-value events from concept to completion. Account management or coordination experience alone won’t cut it.
• Strong creative conceptualisation skills
• Solid project management skills and a working knowledge of formal methodology
• Advanced use of project management platforms
• Strong budgeting, forecasting, cost control and reconciliation skills
• A sound understanding of technical event production and onsite operations
• Excellent written communication: proposals, briefs, contact reports and post-event reports
• Confidence with senior clients and complex stakeholder relationships
• Exceptional attention to detail
• Strong Excel and PowerPoint skills
• A portfolio of at least three events you personally led, showing your role, the scale and complexity, your budget responsibility and your creative involvement. No portfolio, no response.
• Shortlisted candidates will complete a live practical assessment

Bonus points if you:

• Have ClickUp experience
• Come from a strong experiential agency, event production agency, conference organiser or corporate events team
• Bring energy, humour and a positive, can‑do attitude to the team