Job Description

The Director of Event Design and Production will be responsible for conceptualizing, designing, and executing exceptional events that elevate the guest experience across a prestigious portfolio of luxury hotels, restaurants, and a dynamic city park. This role requires a seasoned creative leader with a strong background in event production, including corporate events, retail activations, weddings, special events, grand openings, and immersive holiday programming. The ideal candidate will seamlessly blend design aesthetics, operational excellence, and innovative production strategies to create memorable, immersive experiences that align with the brand’s luxury positioning. The Director will collaborate across internal departments, external partners, and vendors to ensure flawless execution, while fostering a culture of creativity, hospitality, and professionalism. Duties include overseeing strategic vision, planning, and execution of all events such as corporate gatherings, group programs, meetings, grand openings, brand activations, holiday activations, seasonal experiences, special events, luxury weddings, retail and experiential activations, and park and restaurant programming. Collaborate with stakeholders to conceptualize events that reflect and amplify the unique identity of each property, driving guest engagement, revenue, and brand loyalty. Develop and implement innovative event concepts incorporating emerging trends in design, technology, and hospitality. Lead ideation and execution of bespoke seasonal and holiday activations. Oversee full event production process from ideation to post-event evaluation, manage budgets, timelines, production schedules, vendor contracts, and ensure events are delivered on time and within scope. Cultivate strong relationships with external production companies, creative vendors, and design teams. Ensure flawless event logistics including layouts, décor, staging, AV production, and guest flow. Oversee safety, compliance, and risk management measures. Act as creative visionary for event design ensuring sophistication, innovation, and brand alignment. Drive décor and experiential design decisions including furniture, installations, lighting, floral, audiovisual effects, and immersive elements. Curate environments that captivate guests reflecting luxury and waterfront aesthetic. Partner with property general managers, marketing teams, sales, and culinary leaders to align events with business objectives, guest demographics, and local market opportunities. Work closely with sales to create event solutions enhancing group and corporate offerings. Partner with marketing to develop strategies for promoting key events. Build, mentor, and lead a dynamic team of event professionals, designers, and production specialists. Foster a culture of collaboration, creativity, and accountability. Set clear goals, KPIs, and deliverables to drive operational excellence and guest satisfaction. Required skills include a Bachelor’s degree in Event Management, Hospitality, Design, or related field, 7-10 years of experience in event design and large-scale event production in luxury or upscale environments, proven track record of producing high-impact events, experience managing budgets and vendor contracts, exceptional design sensibility, proficiency in production planning tools and visual design software, strong leadership, communication, project management, and problem-solving skills, and strategic creative vision with luxury aesthetic and design acumen. Physical requirements include ability to stand and move for extended periods, lift up to 50 pounds, handle design elements and production equipment, work in varying conditions, strong visual acuity, ability to travel between properties, and availability to work evenings, weekends, and holidays as required.

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