Executive Producer, Events

Organization

Stand Together

Location

Arlington, Virginia

Job Description

Stand Together is a philanthropic community that helps America’s boldest changemakers tackle the root causes of our country’s biggest problems, from education to the economy, broken communities, and toxic division, among dozens of other pressing issues. We provide our partners with access to resources including funding, thought leadership, a network of peers, and a playbook for applying proven principles to transform lives and society. 
The Executive Producer, Events is the senior-most production leader responsible for the successful execution of live events across the Stand Together community. These productions range from large, multi-day conferences with hundreds of attendees to smaller virtual gatherings, such as streaming webinars.
As a member of the Creative team, the Executive Producer transforms programming strategiesinto polished, high-quality live and/or virtual experiences. The Executive Producer leads a team of Event Session Producers to deliver on all aspects of event production, including creative execution, A/V, staging, environmental design, run-of-show, rehearsals, and speaker preparation. They will work hand-in-hand with the in-house Events, Programming Strategy, and Programming Development teams to ensure operational excellence, creative alignment, and seamless delivery across every event. 
Note: this is NOT an event planning role. It’s a production leader for events who will work in collaboration with a separate Events planning team. 

How You Will Contribute

  • Own the production quality and success of each event, ensuring all session content is delivered on time, on brand, and to the highest standards. 
  • Lead the development and delivery of all creative production elements including scripts, slides, visuals, videos, based on programming guidance. 
  • Align the efforts of multiple internal teams and vendors to produce visually and narratively compelling on-stage experiences. 
  • Drive alignment with stakeholders and executives throughout production. 
  • Manage rehearsal timelines in partnership with the Speaker Management team and Programming PM. 
  • Oversee on-stage prep and run-throughs to ensure speakers are ready and sessions flow smoothly, in collaboration with Event Producers. 
  • Ensure run-of-show execution aligns with session briefs while managing real-time changes. 
  • Lead backstage and stage crews during sessions to create a seamless audience experience. 
  • Assign and oversee production roles, including Event Producers, Show Callers, and Technical Directors. 
  • Manage external vendors and freelance teams responsible for AV, scenic, and technical production. 
  • Lead production calls to ensure role clarity, timeline adherence, and unified execution. 
  • Anticipate challenges and devise solutions to unforeseen obstacles. 
  • Maintain poise and decision-making authority in high-pressure, time-sensitive environments. 

What You Will Bring

  • 10+ years of experience producing large-scale live events or broadcast experiences 
  • Demonstrated leadership of multidisciplinary production teams 
  • Strong background in creative execution, with an eye for detail - run-of-show, visual content, technical staging, and show flow 
  • Experience supporting high-profile speakers is a plus 
  • Skilled communicator, collaborator, and decisive problem-solver 
  • Familiarity with nonprofit, mission-driven, or advocacy environments is a plus 
  • Enthusiasm to contribute to Stand Together's  vision and principled approach to solving problems, and a commitment to stewarding our culture, which champions values including transformation and innovation, entrepreneurialism, humility, and respect

Our Values: Working at Stand Together is different from many other organizations. Our culture is deeply rooted in Principle Based Management® (PBM®), a framework guided by the principles that drive human progress, such as dignity, openness, and bottom-up empowerment. PBM® empowers our employees to be entrepreneurial, to innovate, and to continually drive transformation.   
 
We believe diversity fuels creativity, broadens knowledge, and helps drive success, and that is why we’re proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and strive to treat all employees and applicants with honesty, dignity, respect and sensitivity.