Global Event Producer

Join to apply for the Global Event Producer role at Sonos, Inc.. As part of the Sonos team, you’ll collaborate with people of all styles, skill sets, and backgrounds to realize our vision while fostering a community where everyone feels included and empowered to do the best work of their lives.

This role can be done from home. Building the world’s leading sound experience starts with the experience we provide for our people. Sonos has been distributed from the start: initially between offices in Boston & Santa Barbara, and now with additional offices around the globe. This role can be done from our Santa Barbara office or remotely from the Santa Barbara or Los Angeles area.

A Global Event Producer is responsible for developing and delivering educational activations both in-person and digitally across the globe to our Professional partner and channel audiences. This role requires a deep understanding of event activations as well as how our products and brand need to be presented during such opportunities. This role would require cross-functional collaboration with not only other teams at Sonos, but agency and brand partners as well.

Members of the Sonos Global Education Team embody all of Sonos’ behaviors, Respect, Collaboration, Transparency, and Ownership.

• Own and plan experiences during all events where Sonos education and sales activities would be provided to external partners within the Professional and Retail channels.
• Develop contingency plans that allow for efficient event activation support to limit single points of failure.
• Partner with the Professional, Retail Marketing, and Brand Design teams to ensure all educational activities are in-line with our greater marketing and brand strategy.
• Collaborate remotely and in-person to innovate how the Global Education Team connects with our audiences to make our training activities the most enjoyable and fulfilling educational experiences in the industry.
• Collaborate cross functionally with key internal and external stake holders to effectively and efficiently deliver educational and event activations.
• Collaborate with internal teams and external partners to ensure creative vision and production standards are consistently met.
• Manage timelines and production schedules, anticipate potential challenges, and proactively implement solutions to avoid disruptions.
• Oversee technical production phases by reviewing working drawings and providing reference materials during production meetings.
• Partner with the project lead in shepherding the technical design progress during all phases, i.e., by defining proof-of-concept mockups, delivering layouts and/or wiring diagrams, redlining graphics, drawings or 3D models to communicate notes to external agencies & architects.
• Supervise onsite production during the construction, installation, & programming phase providing real-time leadership and decision-making to ensure smooth operations and a high-quality attendee experience.
• Keep up with industry trends and technology to ensure that the team is the authority on any topic that complements or competes with Sonos.
• Track event budgets from initial planning through post-event reconciliation, ensuring accurate forecasting and cost control throughout the process.
• Work closely with internal stakeholders to align budget allocations with event goals and organizational priorities.
• Monitor all expenses in real time, proactively identifying and addressing potential overages or cost-saving opportunities.

• Demonstrated experience building and supporting event activations with both technical and creative applications with a strong combination of practical field and leadership experience.
• Effective experience creating wiring diagrams for audio, video, and networking applications.
• Proficient understanding of managed network systems including but not limited to Netgear, Ubiquiti, and Cisco systems.
• Proficient understanding of low voltage wire installation and termination.
• The ability to travel throughout North America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia for in-person training events and activations on a monthly basis.
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