Executive Producer
Job Type: Freelance
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Work Location: Flexible / remote, with regular on-site attendance for activations and live events
Overview
Tomorrow is partnering with an independent creative agency delivering high-profile experiential programmes for a leading premium automotive brand.
They are looking for a freelance Executive Producer to set the production vision, operational standards and delivery approach across a portfolio of complex experiential projects. This is a senior leadership position encompassing production oversight, financial performance, team development, risk management and the overall health of the account from a production perspective.
Working closely with Creative and Account leadership, you will ensure ambitious ideas are both visionary and executable. You will also serve as the senior production leader on-site for flagship programmes, providing calm, decisive leadership to clients, partners and internal teams. Depending on the project, you may oversee a wider team of producers or take a more hands-on role in the day-to-day delivery.
What You'll Do
- Establish scalable production systems, standards and ways of working across the account.
- Provide senior oversight across multiple concurrent experiential programmes and live activations.
- Act as the senior authority on production feasibility, innovation and executional excellence.
- Anticipate project requirements, identify potential challenges and guide teams towards effective solutions.
- Serve as the senior production leader on-site for major activations and live events.
- Act as the central escalation point for critical production decisions.
- Maintain a calm, confident and solutions-focused presence during high-pressure, time-sensitive situations.
- Provide clarity and reassurance to clients, partners, vendors and internal teams throughout delivery.
- Hold ultimate accountability for portfolio-level budget performance and margin protection.
- Oversee project forecasting, staffing strategies and resource allocation, supporting the Director of Experiential Production.
- Help identify and secure freelance production talent and specialist vendor partners when required.
- Balance creative ambition with operational, financial and practical considerations.
- Act as the senior production voice within client engagements, leading conversations around scope, investment, risk and execution strategy.
- Build trusted, long-term client relationships through consistency, transparency and strong production leadership.
- Lead, mentor and develop producers across different levels of seniority.
- Define and reinforce production best practices, accountability standards and expectations.
- Develop succession plans and strengthen the agency's wider production capabilities.
- Anticipate and mitigate production, financial, safety and reputational risks.
- Uphold consistently high standards across craft, safety and operational integrity.
- Lead post-programme evaluations, translating key learnings into meaningful improvements across future projects.
- Foster a collaborative, respectful and accountable culture across the agency.
- Remain a hands-on production leader who is comfortable managing teams while contributing directly when required.
What You'll Bring
- 12+ years of progressive experience within experiential marketing, live events, integrated production or a closely related discipline.
- Significant experience operating in an Executive Producer or equivalent senior production leadership role.
- A proven track record of leading large-scale, high-profile experiential programmes and live events.
- The ability to oversee several complex projects simultaneously while maintaining visibility across budgets, teams, timelines and risks.
- Strong commercial acumen, including portfolio-level financial management, forecasting and margin protection.
- Extensive experience developing production strategies, operational systems and scalable ways of working.
- Excellent client-facing skills, with the credibility to advise and influence senior stakeholders.
- The confidence to lead conversations around project scope, investment, feasibility, risk and execution.
- A calm, decisive leadership style and the ability to inspire confidence in high-pressure environments.
- Strong on-site leadership experience, including acting as the senior escalation point during flagship events and activations.
- A sophisticated understanding of production feasibility, suppliers, staffing, safety and operational delivery.
- Experience recruiting, managing, mentoring and developing multidisciplinary production teams.
- The ability to balance ambitious creative ideas with commercial realities and executional requirements.
- Strong judgement, attention to detail and an uncompromising approach to quality.
- A collaborative, respectful and solutions-oriented approach to working across Creative, Account and Production teams.
- The willingness and ability to remain hands-on, adapting your level of day-to-day involvement to the needs of each project.
- Experience delivering work within the automotive, luxury or premium consumer space would be highly advantageous.
We are passionate about promoting diversity, inclusion, and equality, and are committed to working with clients who share our outlook. We offer equal opportunities to all candidates regardless of background, identity, sexuality, and disability. We strive to create inclusive cultures where diversity is seen as real value for the company. Our mission is for everyone to feel empowered to be their true authentic selves at work.
