Events Program Manager – Freelance

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🌲 North Carolina – Remote

🌲 North Carolina – Remote

💵 $60k - $75k / year

⏳ Contract/Temporary

🟢 Junior

🟡 Mid-level

📋 Program Manager

🚫👨‍🎓 No degree required

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ADVOC8

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

51 - 200 employees

Founded 2016

📣 Marketing

📱 Media

Marketing • Media

ADVOC8 is an experiential creative agency that designs purposeful brand experiences, campaigns and creator-driven programs to help organizations build trust, shift mindsets and engage target audiences. The firm develops experiential activations, content and creator/community partnerships and works across sectors to educate stakeholders (e. g. , policymakers), showcase global creator communities, and introduce technology and programs that advance clients’ strategic goals. Notable clients referenced include YouTube, Ecolab, National Association of Manufacturers, Visit Seattle and The Atlantic Festival.

📋 Description

• Serve as the primary client contact for production logistics, shipment timelines, and specifications • Manage last-minute changes, reprioritize work, communicate impacts, and keep programs on track • Participate in planning calls and translate event needs into clear warehouse execution • Communicate shipment status and flag potential issues proactively • Decide when to solve problems independently and when to escalate • Build trust with clients through clear and patient communication under pressure • Anticipate on-site requirements based on field experience • Oversee preparation, packing, and quality control of event kits • Direct warehouse team members on daily kit assembly using pull lists and pack lists • Maintain warehouse organization systems for complex event assets • Label and organize kits using event production nomenclature • Troubleshoot packing challenges in real time • Collaborate with ADVOC8’s event production team on program planning and execution • Create and maintain documentation for recurring event programs • Track kit inventory, flag reorder needs, and manage asset lifecycle • Troubleshoot technology issues and adapt to new platforms • Identify process improvements to increase efficiency and reduce errors

🎯 Requirements

• Client management experience with difficult-to-pin-down clients, late changes, or high support needs • Grace under pressure with last-minute changes, disorganized inputs, and compressed timelines • Hands-on warehouse experience with equipment and physical assets • Experience owning inventory, orders, and asset records in a real system • Scenic and fabricated asset experience covering intake, install, and lifecycle • Procedure discipline and maintaining a paper trail • Process improvement mindset • Organized and schedule-aware; escalates early • Event production experience with brand activations, trade show booths, experiential programs, or similar • 2–5 years in event production, trade show coordination, or experiential marketing • Production/field work background with physical display assembly and on-site work under pressure • Comfortable working in a warehouse environment and performing hands-on physical work • Experience with tech, entertainment, or consumer brand clients preferred • Knowledge of tension fabric displays, modular exhibits, retractable banners, and activation elements • Understanding of event logistics including load-in/load-out, venue shipping, drayage, and advance warehouses • Confident client communication regarding logistics, timelines, and production realities • Professional meeting and email communication • Google Workspace proficiency, especially Sheets, Docs, and Drive • Ability to quickly learn warehouse management software and shipping platforms • Ability to manage multiple concurrent programs • Strong work ethic and willingness to be hands-on • Alignment with and commitment to ADVOC8’s core values

🏖️ Benefits

• Clear path into project/production management and operations leadership as programs scale • Work cross-functionally with creative agency production team while developing logistics expertise • Small collaborative team with direct access to leadership • Support high-profile programs for YouTube, Google, TikTok, Niantic, and other innovative brands • Flexible 'work from anywhere' environment • Inclusive team culture that celebrates differences • Equal employment opportunity and non-discrimination commitment