Job Description
Position Overview: The Event Production Specialist is responsible for supporting the technical and production aspects of Chauvet events across the United States, including trade shows, open houses, road shows, and customer events. This role ensures that all event builds, teardowns, gear, and inventory are executed accurately and efficiently, while maintaining the highest quality standards. The ideal candidate is a self-starter with strong leadership skills, technical expertise in lighting and rigging, and the ability to work independently or lead a team. Domestic travel up to 30% is required, including quarterly visits to Chauvet Las Vegas. Job Requirements: The job includes the following essential duties and responsibilities ( Additional duties/responsibilities as assigned to support the developing needs of the Events & Experience Team. )
Event Build and Execution - Travel to trade shows, dealer shows, road shows, and other locations as needed to assist with the build and teardown of Chauvet and affiliated company booths.
- Understand rigging plots, electrical requirements, and lighting console programming for each trade show.
- Work closely with the Events Experience Manager to meet logistics requirements and event deadlines.
- Assist with the coordination of 3rd party and company labor, including collecting and verifying union labor time logs.
- Prepare and verify gear lists for each trade show or event, ensuring proper packing and equipment readiness.
Inventory Management and Quality Control - Assist with inventory transfers, adjustments, and audits for trade show and showroom inventories.
- Maintain trade show displays, shipping containers, and experience center assets to ensure they are sorted, usable, and properly classified.
- Conduct regular cycle counts of trade show supply and showroom inventory.
Customer Experience Centers - Assist with the upkeep, cleanliness, and maintenance of Florida and Las Vegas Experience Centers.
- Support inventory management and product demonstrations within the Experience Centers.
- Travel as needed for trade show prep and inventory management at Chauvet Las Vegas.
Technical Support and Production - Ability to program trade show booths (excluding LDI) and assist with customer demos in the showroom.
- Apply technical knowledge in weight, power, rigging, DMX, ArtNet, and intelligent lighting systems.
- Support prototype/sample evaluation, teardown, assembly of lighting products, and design/build of lighting rigs.
- Assist with maintaining the FL Experience Center and DJ showroom, ensuring it is clean, stocked and showroom ready.
Experience And Qualifications - Associate’s degree in Electronics or Electrical Engineering preferred, or equivalent industry experience.
- Minimum of 3 years’ experience as a technician for an event lighting production company, including prototype/sample evaluation, teardown and assembly of lighting products, design and build of lighting rigs, and programming of lights.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office and AutoCAD.
- Knowledge of electrical requirements, load calculations, rigging, and intelligent lighting systems.
- Experience with DMX protocol programming and lighting control systems such as ArtNet.
- Highly organized self-starter capable of managing inventories, meeting deadlines, and staying within budget.
- Flexible problem-solver with the ability to identify and resolve issues quickly.
- Strong multi-tasking skills, able to manage multiple shows and projects simultaneously.
- Self-motivated, detail-oriented, and able to work independently.
- Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills.
Physical Demands While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee is occasionally required to sit and climb or balance. The employee will routinely be required to 75 lbs. unassisted and may occasionally be asked to assist others in lifting or moving more than 100 lbs. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. Overnight travel via air or land transportation is required.
Working Conditions Work is performed at times in a standard office environment but may involve exposure to extreme noise levels. Work is also performed outside of a climate-controlled environment in a warehouse setting.
Job Tags
Work at office, Flexible hours, Night shift,