Production Manager - Contract

We are seeking two Contract Production Managers to plan and execute large-scale event sponsorship activations for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. This role involves managing live event execution, post-event production, and working with clients and internal teams to deliver programs that meet strategic, creative, and financial goals. Candidates need at least 3 years of experiential marketing production experience, strong organizational skills, and the ability to manage projects, vendors, and on-site staff across multiple host cities.

Must Have

• 3+ years’ experience managing experiential and event production projects
• Experience tying business strategy to experiential events
• Demonstrated knowledge of event production
• Excellent customer focus, interpersonal and written communication skills
• Experience creating and managing budgets
• Ability to handle numerous activations simultaneously with excellent organizational skills
• Ability to self-manage priorities and commitments
• Ability to pro-actively anticipate obstacles and create solutions
• Strong work ethic and can-do attitude
• Thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic work environment
• Willing and able to work nonstandard work hours and weekends
• Travel required up to 30-40%
• Requires lifting of boxes and other event assets
• Available for 5-6 months (Feb 1 - July 31, 2026)

Good to Have

• Touring / Road experience
• Passion for sports, entertainment and live events

Perks & Benefits

• Locally competitive rewards packages
• Short- and long-term incentives
• Growth and developmental opportunities
• Robust benefits (health care, retirement, vacation, other paid time off)

This is a post for 2 Contract Roles based in either Atlanta, Saint Louis or Los Angeles

The Role and What You’ll Do:

We are seeking two Production Manager to support the planning and execution of large-scale events tied to the sponsorship activations at the 2026 FIFA World Cup. This position plays a key role in the live event execution and post-event production of activations at both the FIFA Fan Festival and the Stadium Fan Experience.

The Event Production Manager is responsible for working effectively with both client and internal account teams to flawlessly deliver event programs that achieve client results against established strategic & creative objectives, timelines and financial goals. The ideal candidate should have at least 3 years of relevant experience in experiential marketing production/execution, be self-motivated, thrive under pressure, work well in a fast-paced competitive industry, and have a passion for event production/ execution and logistics.

• Accountable for the quality of all deliverables and performance throughout the duration of the engagement in (up to) 4 host city markets.
• Collaborates with your fellow production team as well as the internal account team to execute the project plan working back from key client deliverable dates.
• Supports the project plan, ensuring that all deliverable dates and financial requirements are met.
• Responsible for supporting the development, production, and co-delivery of the goals and requirements.
• Collaborates with vendors to ensure quality, workability and that the pieces meet to core objectives of the program
• Oversee the hiring and training of local on-site staff while managing the day-to-day needs for the programs.
• Manages project communications, ensuring that any issues, changes or required performances that impact the project are documented and addressed with the project team, both internally and locally.
• Managing the PO system and financial flow of the production deliverables.
• Document and learn all aspects of the event elements to assist in creating manuals and/or physical training.
• Supports the procurement of permits, civic documents, and all other permits/paperwork for events.
• Collaborating with peers in the department to foster innovation, key learnings and best practices.
• Travel to (up to) 4 markets to oversee the activation for load-in/load-out as well as key live event days.
• Manage (up to) 8 local market managers.

You Have These:

• 3+ years’ experience managing experiential and event production projects within a marketing or communications environment with experience tying business strategy to experiential events
• Available for 5-6 months for both planning and event execution beginning on/around February 1st though July 31, 2026.
• Bachelor’s degree and/or equivalent experience
• Demonstrated knowledge of event production
• Excellent customer focus, interpersonal and written communication skills
• Experience creating and managing budgets
• Ability to handle numerous activations simultaneously with excellent organizational skills, while self-managing priorities and commitments
• Ability to pro-actively anticipate obstacles and create solutions
• Must possess a strong work ethic, can-do attitude, and thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic work environment
• Willing and able to work nonstandard work hours and weekends as required (this is not a 9 to 5 job)!
• Travel required up to 30-40%
• Touring / Road experience a plus
• Passion for sports, entertainment and live events
• Requires lifting of boxes and other event assets

How we work:

WME Group is at the center of sports, media, entertainment, and fashion and is a largely relationship-based business. To foster an environment of collaboration, develop our future talent, and build on relationships across leadership, peers, and teams, we work from the office 4 days per week. We see immeasurable value internally and throughout the core of the businesses we support.

Don’t meet every single requirement? We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Per local requirements and in the interest of transparency, the hourly rate shown below reflects the prevalent current hiring range for this position. Hiring pay rates are based on a number of factors, including location and may vary depending on job-related qualifications, knowledge, skills and experience. The company strives to provide locally competitive rewards packages, which include base rate along with, as applicable, short- and long-term incentives, growth and developmental opportunities, and robust benefits, such as health care, retirement, vacation and other paid time off, and additional offerings.

Hiring Rate Minimum:

$0 annually (minimum will not fall below the applicable state/local minimum salary thresholds)

Hiring Rate Maximum:

$0 annually