Festival Director Jobs

Are you bored? Producing a lot of the evergreen events or rinse & repeat experiences. Are you looking to incorporate your knowledge and passion into something new? Playful? Heck, I'll say it. Are you ready to have fun again, producing something innovative from the ground up? We want to create a one-of-a-kind sports+ festival mash-up that incorporates pickleball participation and is themed as a backyard party. If manifesting a touring festival experience from inceptions sounds exciting, we'd love to hear from you. .bpbfest.com/festival-director

Responsibilities

• Strategically support significant team initiatives, including sponsor sales, investor & community relations and future growth opportunities
• Assist team in creating and revising run of show
• Assist in developing key operational processes, both internally and externally, for all facets of event and festival operations to foster consistency, scalability and sustainability
• Manage event budget and individual event P&Ls
• Focus on overall experience of festival attendees
• Plan and execute all logistics of each tour stop, including: acting as main contact for venue, and all vendors, creating site map & flow, negotiating with and securing local and national vendors, securing all necessary permits, recruiting local staff & volunteers, supervising event set up & breakdown, advising on needed signs and maps, instituting event’s safety protocol and arranging VIP hospitality
• Work with COO to target venues and negotiate contracts to create optimal tour schedule

Qualifications

• Able to multitask, delegate, meet tight deadlines, problem-solve on the fly
• Sound business judgment with established strategic and conceptual thinking and planning skillsThis position is expected to start as soon as possible and continue through the entire Winter/Spring term (i.e. through April/May) or into early Summer 2023 if available.
• Dynamic, forward-thinking positive team player, adept at engaging and leveraging internal resources to achieve success and contribute to the wider team environment
• Demonstrated track record of planning, managing successful events of 5,000+ attendees
• 5+ years experience event/festival management