Job Title: Marketing Specialist IV
Location: Toronto, ON (Hybrid)
Estimated Duration: 18 Months

Job Description
Join our Global Events & Strategic Initiatives Team and play a pivotal role in creating corporate events that shape culture, align leaders, and bring strategy to life for colleagues around the world.
This is an opportunity to showcase your expertise in end-to-end technical event production, from show calling, stage management, creating floorplans and stage design to working with creative and content teams to bring graphics and videos to life on screen and on stage. If you thrive in fast paced environments and love pushing boundaries with innovative solutions, this role offers the chance to make a lasting impact on a global scale.
About the role
This is a hands-on individual contributor role based in Toronto and the work requires experience in technical event production and event management. While it’s not an event planning role, it does require advanced familiarity with the event operations and logistics. It involves guiding event production planning, resourcing, on-site operations, show calling, and live event operations for global events. The ideal candidate will have familiarity and comfort with technology, be current on break-through experience design and emerging event technology, and be curious about emerging technologies in multimedia, technical staging, live talent and other aspects of event production.
With a proven ability to deliver the highest standard of work, they will orchestrate ideas, resources and people to bring critical production and operational plans to life to help us deliver an amazing portfolio of global events.
What you’ll be doing

  • Lead the event production planning throughout the event planning lifecycle: on-site operations, show calling, and live event operations for global events (live, hybrid and virtual)
  • Partner with peers to create and deliver impactful global events by understanding and translating business objectives and priorities into moments for experiences
  • Be the connective tissue between event content, creative, graphics, technology and logistics – bringing these workstreams together and with an understanding and a vision for how it all comes to life on stage
  • Coordinate and lead project team meetings to ensure scheduling, operational and production timelines and deliverables are met through the event project lifecycles
  • Build, manage and socialise technical run-of-show documents and production schedules
  • Be the glue between IT and AV teams to ensure to ensure execution excellence
  • Source and manage partnerships with external vendors and ensure that services are delivered in line with the statement of work and budget
  • Collaborate with Brand colleagues to ensure appropriate branding is represented at all events and incorporated into all experiences
  • Manage and reconcile program budgets

Requirements

  • University education, plus a minimum of eight years of relevant experience in event production with an incredibly strong portfolio of delivered work in live events
  • Have strong experience managing global corporate events (either from a corporate or agency perspective)
  • Have advanced knowledge of end-to-end event production and project processes
  • Have experience in show calling, stage management and event operations for hybrid, virtual and in-person corporate audiences
  • Observant: you have the ability to pick up cues and connect the dots to anticipate and trouble shoot
  • You love process!
  • You can hit the ground running, thrive in a high paced environment (office & onsite) and love to multi-task
  • Have a high degree of emotional intelligence, be able to adapt quickly to change and a capacity to stay calm under pressure in fast-paced environment
  • Like to push boundaries and challenge expectations with unique creative solutions
  • Are outcome oriented and customer focused
  • Deadline driven with strong sense of accuracy and detail
  • Demonstrated capability to write detailed event briefs
  • Comfortable working with C-level executives, and managing unforeseen circumstances and stressful situations, such as challenges/disruptions with technology during events
  • Have a strategic mindset with the ability to forecast outcomes in a changing environment, and respond accordingly
  • Exhibit initiative as a self-starter – highly motivated, striving for continual improvement in both personal skills and production quality
  • Have exceptional communication and interpersonal skills to build effective partnerships and interact with stakeholders at all levels

Must-Have Skills            

  • Stage Management & Show Calling Experience
  • Technical Event Production Expertise
  • Corporate Events Experience
  • Technical Show Flows & Run of Show Development
  • AV, Lighting, Video & Production Vendor Management

Nice-to-have Skills

  • Experience with Emerging Event Technology
  • Creative & Brand Collaboration Experience
  • Budget & Vendor Management

Years of Experience: 8 – 10 Tears of experience
Degrees/Certifications Required: Bachelor's degree (or equivalent university education)
 

The pay range that the employer reasonably expects to pay for this position is between CA$58.00 and CA$64.00

Our voluntary benefits offering includes medical, dental, vision and retirement benefits.

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Tundra Technical Solutions is a global workforce and technology delivery firm, ranked by Staffing Industry Analysts as one of the largest in North America. At Tundra, we aren't just hiring top talent at the world's most recognizable brands; we are pioneers of social recruitment. We are an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other legally protected characteristics. We welcome and encourage diversity in the workplace.

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