Executive Producer, Experiential Production

MATTE is a 360° full-service creative studio specializing in hype, storytelling, and design, creating engaging experiences for forward-thinking brands. The Executive Producer, Experiential Production is a senior leadership role responsible for owning the end-to-end production of MATTE’s experiential work. This role sets the standard for creative execution, operational excellence, and financial rigor across all experiential projects, acting as a strategic partner to Creative, Client Services, and Finance, and a mentor to the Experiential Production team. This role is accountable for delivery, margin, team development, and the continued evolution of MATTE’s experiential capabilities.

Must Have

• Own the full lifecycle of experiential productions from concept through execution, installation, and strike.
• Oversee large-scale live events, immersive environments, installations, pop-ups, and cultural activations.
• Ensure creative intent is preserved while delivering operationally sound, safe, and scalable work.
• Act as senior production voice in creative development, identifying feasibility, risk, and opportunity.
• Serve as a senior client-facing leader, building trust through expertise, transparency, and executional excellence.
• Partner with Client Services to scope projects accurately and set clear expectations.
• Lead high-level client conversations around budgets, timelines, production approach, and risk mitigation.
• Contribute to new business efforts, including pitches, RFPs, and experiential visioning.
• Own experiential budgets, schedules, and scopes, ensuring projects deliver against financial targets and margins.
• Lead cost modeling, vendor negotiations, and production resourcing strategies.
• Partner with Finance on forecasting, actualization, billing, and post-mortems.
• Implement and refine production processes, templates, and best practices.
• Lead, manage, and mentor the Experiential Production team.
• Set clear standards for performance, accountability, and growth.
• Build and maintain a best-in-class freelance and vendor network.
• Own production risk assessment, safety planning, and permitting strategies.
• Ensure compliance with labor laws, union requirements, insurance, and local regulations.
• Lead crisis management and on-site decision-making.
• 12+ years of experiential production experience with senior leadership.
• Proven track record delivering complex, high-profile experiential projects.
• Strong financial acumen with experience owning large-scale budgets and margins.
• Exceptional leadership, communication, and client management skills.
• Calm, decisive presence under pressure with strong problem-solving instincts.
• NYC-based with flexibility for travel and on-site production work.

Good to Have

• Experience working with fashion, luxury, lifestyle, music, or cultural brands.
• Background collaborating closely with Creative Directors and Designers.
• Familiarity with large-scale installations, immersive environments, and multi-day events.
• Experience building and scaling production teams.

Perks & Benefits

• Full Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage
• 401k with a 4% company contribution max match
• Fully covered yearly Citibike membership
• Commuter benefits
• Talkspace membership
• Competitive PTO package
• End of Year Recharge
• Sabbatical Program

Who are we?

MATTE is a 360° full-service creative studio at the convergence of hype, storytelling and design. We bring people together to inspire new ways of engaging, to provoke long term progress, and to entertain audiences around the world, while helping forward-thinking brands and institutions nimbly and truly do the same. Our studio capabilities range from strategic ideation and insights, creative development, branding and identity, experiential, web design and development, campaigns and content creation, all the way through full-scale production and execution.

About this role:

The Executive Producer, Experiential Production is a senior leadership role responsible for owning the end-to-end production of MATTE’s experiential work. This role sets the standard for creative execution, operational excellence, and financial rigor across all experiential projects. The Executive Producer is a strategic partner to Creative, Client Services, and Finance, while also serving as a leader and mentor to the Experiential Production team.

This role is equal parts creative steward, operational leader, and business owner: accountable for delivery, margin, team development, and the continued evolution of MATTE’s experiential capabilities.

Experiential Leadership & Delivery

• Own the full lifecycle of experiential productions: from concept through execution, installation, and strike.
• Oversee large-scale live events, immersive environments, installations, pop-ups, and cultural activations.
• Ensure creative intent is preserved while delivering work that is operationally sound, safe, and scalable.
• Act as the senior production voice in creative development, identifying feasibility, risk, and opportunity early.

Strategic Partnership & Client Leadership

• Serve as a senior client-facing leader, building trust through expertise, transparency, and executional excellence.
• Partner closely with Client Services to scope projects accurately and set clear expectations.
• Lead high-level client conversations around budgets, timelines, production approach, and risk mitigation.
• Contribute to new business efforts, including pitches, RFPs, and experiential visioning.

Financial & Operational Ownership

• Own experiential budgets, schedules, and scopes, ensuring projects deliver against financial targets and margins.
• Lead cost modeling, vendor negotiations, and production resourcing strategies.
• Partner with Finance on forecasting, actualization, billing, and post-mortums.
• Implement and refine production processes, templates, and best practices across experiential work.

Team Leadership & Development

• Lead, manage, and mentor the Experiential Production team (Producers, Senior Producers, Production Managers).
• Set clear standards for performance, accountability, and growth.
• Build and maintain a best-in-class freelance and vendor network.

Risk, Safety & Compliance

• Own production risk assessment, safety planning, and permitting strategies.
• Ensure compliance with labor laws, union requirements, insurance, and local regulations.
• Lead crisis management and on-site decision-making when challenges arise.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experiential production experience, with senior leadership experience in an agency or production environment.
• Proven track record delivering complex, high-profile experiential projects.
• Deep understanding of live event production, fabrication, scenic, technical production, and logistics.
• Strong financial acumen with experience owning large-scale budgets and margins.
• Exceptional leadership, communication, and client management skills.
• Calm, decisive presence under pressure with strong problem-solving instincts.
• NYC-based with flexibility for travel and on-site production work.

Preferred Experience

• Experience working with fashion, luxury, lifestyle, music, or cultural brands.
• Background collaborating closely with Creative Directors and Designers.
• Familiarity with large-scale installations, immersive environments, and multi-day events.
• Experience building and scaling production teams.

Compensation: $170,00-190,000/year

Benefits include:

• Full Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage
• 401k with a 4% company contribution max match
• Fully covered yearly Citibike membership
• Commuter benefits
• Talkspace membership
• Competitive PTO package
• End of Year Recharge
• Sabbatical Program

Everyone is welcome at MATTE - we’re passionate about building a team that reflects the diversity of our community and creating an environment where our differences are celebrated. MATTE provides equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, MATTE will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.