Job Location: Remote

Work Arrangement: Work from Home

Role Value Proposition:

The Senior Event Producer is responsible for coordinating all the technical and production elements involved in the delivery of live, virtual, hybrid corporate meetings and events, ensuring that proper technology solutions, suppliers and resources are allocated to achieve flawless execution.

The Global Event Operations team is responsible for the overall management and execution of the company’s highest-level meetings and events. As a member of this team, the Senior Event Producer will work in collaboration with the department’s management, meeting planners, data management team, key company stakeholders, and outside vendors in delivering high level services against key projects

Key Responsibilities:

• Manages all aspects of in-person, live and hybrid event production and provide consultative and expert knowledge to ensure production supports corporate objectives, meet brand requirements, quality standards and business goals.
• Evaluate and understand stakeholder’s needs/objectives and make recommendations on production solutions
• Create event project plan to set up protocols, facilitate project and team processes, develop SOWs, coordinate RFP’s, evaluate proposals, negotiate rates, review contracts and award projects
• Conduct site inspections of venues, create show flows, and manage rehearsals to ensure smooth business content continuity
• Acquire presentation content, edit, run tech rehearsals, and prepare for live delivery as well as troubleshoot and find solutions for technical issues

Essential Business Experience and Technical Skills:

Required:

• Five + years of experience in a live event production role.
• Knowledge of meeting & incentive industries and supporting technologies.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office with expert knowledge with Microsoft PowerPoint
• Understanding of AutoCAD, or similar room layout software, Photoshop, Illustrator, Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects or audio editing.
• Ability to travel up to 30%

Preferred:

• College degree preferred, DES designation or work experience equivalent.
• Sound judgement
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong ability to maintain a high level of accuracy and attention to detail
• Display decisive and successful problem-solving skills
• Produce results in a fast paced, high pressure, deadline–driven environment
• Ability to think strategically, understand business needs and apply creative problem-solving skills
• Effectively manage multiple projects simultaneously
• High degree of diplomacy

Assignment Category

Full time

Business Category

Global Brand and Marketing

Number of Openings

1

At MetLife, we’re leading the global transformation of an industry we’ve long defined. United in purpose, diverse in perspective, we’re dedicated to making a difference in the lives of our customers.

MetLife:

MetLife, through its subsidiaries and affiliates, is one of the world’s leading financial services companies, providing insurance, annuities, employee benefits and asset management to help its individual and institutional customers navigate their changing world. Founded in 1868, MetLife has operations in more than 40 countries and holds leading market positions in the United States, Japan, Latin America, Asia, Europe and the Middle East.

We are one of the largest institutional investors in the U.S. with $642.4 billion of total assets under management as of March 31, 2021. We are ranked #46 on the Fortune 500 list for 2021. In 2020, we were named to the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) for the fifth year in a row. DJSI is a global index to track the leading sustainability-driven companies. We are proud to have been named to Fortune magazine’s 2021 list of the “World’s Most Admired Companies.”

MetLife is committed to building a purpose-driven and inclusive culture that energizes our people. Our employees work every day to help build a more confident future for people around the world.

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MetLife is a proud Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer dedicated to attracting, retaining, and developing a diverse and inclusive workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment at MetLife without regards to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, national origin, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, genetic information, citizenship status, uniformed service member or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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