Events Producer

Key Responsibilities: 

Content 

• Shape the content of all OKRE events, working in close collaboration with other members of the OKRE team to come up with ideas and book great contributors

• Support the smooth running of the OKRE Summit advisory board, chair meetings with them and lead on following up on relevant actions, leads and introductions. 

Event Production 

• Manage the planning and delivery of 5-10 OKRE events per year from briefing and concept to delivery, including booking suitable venues, catering, on-site event management, temporary staff and post-event wrap-up

• Proactively ensure that EDI is considered and embedded into all events, at all stages from planning to delivery

• Manage relationships with events-related key stakeholders, venues and suppliers

• Prepare, update and communicate plans, briefing notes, scripts and other event materials to relevant stakeholders (including hosts and speakers)

• Provide dynamic onsite leadership at events, including as the main point of contact for any temporary staff and suppliers

• Collaborate closely with OKRE’s Operations teams to ensure speakers are all contracted appropriately and that access and logistical requirements are planned for and met

• Manage an events budget. 

 Business Development and Stakeholder Management 

• Proactively identify opportunities for event partnership and sponsorship (cash and in-kind) and take the lead on negotiating where appropriate

• Work closely with others to ensure events are delivered to a high standard and contributors and attendees come away feeling part of OKRE’s mission

• Support existing relationships across the entertainment industry and develop new ones, acting as a brand ambassador for all OKRE’s work. 

Skills & Experience:

Subject knowledge   

• Have an excellent professional knowledge of the entertainment landscape and how content gets developed, created, and distributed. (Essential)   

• Know how to gain access to key people in screen entertainment (including commissioners, producers, agents, etc.). (Essential)   

• Understand some of the key opportunities and challenges impacting how the entertainment industries generate content. (Desirable).

 Event Management  

• Excellent project management and organisational skills (Essential)  

• Have demonstrable experience of programming and producing events which take place in front of an audience.  This experience could have come from programme making, running events, festivals, creative industry-related training schemes, membership activity, or other relevant arenas. (Essential)   

• Have demonstrable experience of identifying and mitigating against risks associated with live events (delivered offline and online).(Essential)   

• Have demonstrable experience in writing show flows/ detailed running orders/ scripts for events. (Essential)   

• Experience of strong stakeholder management skills. (Essential).

Leadership and communication 

• Have demonstrable experience of leading and coordinating people for the delivery of a successful event. (Essential)  

• Experience of sourcing and managing suppliers and freelance staff. (Essential)  

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills. (Essential)  

• Experience of being persuasive and engaging stakeholders effectively. (Essential)  

• Have demonstrable experience of having led projects/programmes involving senior people in the entertainment industry. (Desirable).

Business Development 

• Experience of instigating and nurturing revenue generating partnerships and business development. (Desirable).

Ideally, you will be:  

• Passionate about entertainment and its potential to help people understand more about the world

• Interested in the different themes and ideas shaping discourse across different forms of media and entertainment

• Excellent at establishing rapport and great at building positive, collaborative working relationships with people from different professional backgrounds

• Delivery focused with excellent attention to detail.  Excited about hybrid working as part of a growing team, where you can play a positive part in shaping the organisation’s work and culture.  

• First aid trained (Desirable).

To apply, please visit our website where you will find the job pack and link to apply. Applications will close on November 2nd 2026: 

You will be asked to submit: 

• A CV of no more than two A4 pages 

• Answers to the three application questions below, in no more than 250 words each. You can draw on the same event for more than one answer, but each answer should show something different. 

Q1: Tell us about an event you’ve programmed that you’re proud of. What was it trying to achieve, how did you shape the programme and choose the contributors, and how did you know it worked? Please include the audience size, budget (where applicable) and your role. 

Q2: Tell us about a time you made an event more inclusive or accessible. What did you change, what were the challenges, and what difference did it make? 

Q3: Tell us about a time you identified and addressed a significant risk to delivering an event (in person or online). How did you spot the risk, what did you do about it, and who did you need to involve? 

A note on using AI: We’re interested in finding out about you: what you bring, what you care about and what excites you. This comes through best in your own voice, so please write your answers yourself.