Senior Event Producer + Project Manager

The Make It Good Company; Johannesburg; Hybrid; ZAR 502,000 - 725,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

10% commission on new business

Hybrid work model

Job summary

The Make It Good Company is seeking a Senior Event Producer & Project Manager in Johannesburg to lead large-scale conferences, exhibitions and brand activations. This senior, hands-on role requires taking events from brief to reconciliation, owning every step in between.

You’ll manage complex client relationships, build budgets, and coordinate cross-functional teams across production, creative and operations in a hybrid in-office/remote setup.

Qualifications

• 10–12+ years’ experience in events, experiential or corporate event production.
• Track record of leading complex, high-value events from concept to completion.
• Strong creative conceptualisation skills.
• Solid project management skills with knowledge of formal methodologies.
• Advanced use of project management platforms.
• Strong budgeting, forecasting, cost control and reconciliation skills.
• Understand technical event production and onsite operations.
• Excellent written communication: proposals, briefs, reports.
• Confidence with senior clients and complex stakeholder relationships.
• Exceptional attention to detail.
• Strong Excel and PowerPoint skills.
• Portfolio of at least three events led, showing scale, budget responsibility and creative involvement.

Responsibilities

• Turn client briefs and objectives into compelling event concepts.
• Shape the full experience: narrative, guest journey, programme, staging, branding and production.
• Write proposals, concepts and client presentations.
• Brief internal studio and review outputs.
• Manage multiple events at different planning/delivery stages.
• Build project plans, schedules, critical paths and milestones.
• Use ClickUp to track tasks and progress.
• Be main contact for senior corporate clients and lead meetings.
• Produce reports, action lists and progress updates.
• Manage event budgets, margins and forecasts.
• Source, negotiate and manage suppliers, quotes, contracts and payments.
• Coordinate venues, AV, staging, catering, registrations and speakers.
• Write run sheets and contingency plans.
• Lead production meetings, rehearsals and onsite teams.
• Own onsite delivery from startup checks to breakdown.
• Close projects with reconciliations, debriefs and reports.

Skills

Excel

PowerPoint

Written communication

Budgeting & forecasting

Project management

Event leadership

Audience experience conceptualization

Tools

ClickUp

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 flexibility The office closes from 12 December to 12 January Year-end surprises are a thing 10% commission if you bring in new business Open, honest culture with zero tolerance for gossip or toxicity A team that works hard, has fun together and celebrates its wins An 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