Freelance Producer
Sofar Sounds
contract
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Cleveland • Ohio • 🇺🇸 United States
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Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Strengthen Sofar’s brand in your local community, promoting and selling tickets in your city with self-directed local marketing tactics
- Create a vision to build and execute your city’s strategy - number of monthly shows, neighborhoods, show theme ideas, etc.
- Lead curation and booking for experiences in your city with a high-quality, diverse set of artists and venues
- Own the staffing and quality of shows in your local market, ensuring magical experiences rooted in hospitality
- Manage your city’s financial performance, ensuring financial success and health of every event
- Build relationships with local businesses to drive sales of sponsorships and private events
- Identify and build relationships with local organizations to build community, broaden reach, and co-promote shows
- Collaborate with other local leaders to grow your city through diverse experiences that generate buzz and amplify Sofar’s brand
- Support Sofar’s Business Partnerships and Global Communities teams by ensuring high-quality curation and seamless event operations for inbound partnership opportunities
Requirements
- Must be based in Cleveland
- 3-5 years of experience in live event curation, production, and promotions
- Experience selling event sponsorships or marketing activations, preferably in live events or experiential marketing
- Track record of pitching ideas and closing partnership deals
- Deep connections to the local scene and active role in building community
- Strong pulse on city neighborhoods and audience behaviors
- Ability to build relationships with local organizations, media partners, and businesses
- Exceptional time management skills and clear communication
- Ability to work autonomously while remaining connected to the broader organization
- Freelance/contractor status (commission-based)
Benefits
- Our Producers earn commission-based pay on a per-show basis (ranges from $100-$500+ per event)
- Flexible schedule (activities will likely take place over weekends and evenings)
- Support from the central Global Communities team
- Opportunity to sell local sponsorships and private shows and grow local revenue
- Work within a global, distributed team backed by well-known consumer industry investors
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
live event curationevent productionevent promotionsselling event sponsorshipsmarketing activationspitching ideasclosing partnership deals
Soft skills
relationship buildingcommunity engagementtime managementclear communicationautonomy