Technical Producer

This is a new role at 180. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis and we are hiring as soon as we find the right person. Questions before you apply? Email View email address on click.appcast.io with a short note. About The 180 Group The 180 Group is a meeting and event production company that designs and produces meetings, launches, and live experiences for the pharmaceutical, medical device, and healthcare industries. Our clients trust us with their most important moments, and flawless execution is our standard. We operate by a principle we call "Be the Duck": calm and composed on the surface, focused and hard-working underneath. The work is both exciting and demanding. The standard is high, but we also know how to enjoy ourselves. The team is exceptional. The Role The Technical Producer is a hybrid role. Part producer, part technical director. You own the technical integrity of a show while carrying real producer responsibility for the project around it. On the technical side, you are the person who reads an AV quote and knows whether it is right. You can look at a gear list and tell us what is missing, what is over-specified, and what is priced wrong. You draw the room in Vectorworks, for general sessions and breakouts, and your plots are accurate enough to build from. On the producer side, you manage timelines, budgets, vendors, and client communication. You sit in creative development and translate an idea into what it will actually take to build it. You run the technical conversation with AV partners and venues so our producers and clients can stay focused on content and experience. This is a new position, which means you will help shape it. The technical standard at 180 will be partly yours to set. This is a full-time, hybrid role based at 180 HQ in Woodbury, MN. Travel is required and can reach 50%, including domestic and international destinations. This role reports to the Team Lead (Producer) and to the Technical Director. What You Will Do AV Quote and Budget Review Review AV vendor quotes line by line. Validate labor counts, day rates, gear quantities, and rigging assumptions against what the show actually needs. Identify gaps, duplications, and over-specification before a quote reaches a client. Build and manage technical budgets, and track them against the production budget through the life of the project. Support the AV RFP process. Write technical scopes, compare bids apples to apples, and make a clear recommendation. Gear and Systems Knowledge Identify equipment on sight and on paper across video, audio, lighting, rigging, staging, and playback. Spec appropriate systems for the room, the content, and the budget. Know when a solution is right-sized and when it is not. Keep current on LED, projection, switching, camera, and show control technology, and bring practical recommendations to the team. Serve as the technical translator between AV vendors, venues, and 180 producers. CAD Drafting in Vectorworks Draft accurate CAD for general sessions and breakouts, including stage plots, sightlines, seating layouts, rigging plots, and screen and LED placement. Build from venue drawings and site survey data, and flag discrepancies between what the venue provides and what is real. Produce clean, client-ready plan views and renderings that support pitches and approvals. Maintain and improve 180’s CAD library, symbols, and drafting standards. Production and Project Management Own technical timelines and integrate them into the master production schedule. Load-in, rehearsal, show, and strike. Keep Monday.com current with all technical tasks, to-dos, and milestones. Manage vendor documentation, including Statements of Work, Independent Contractor Agreements, and COIs. Identify risk early and surface it with a proposed solution. Client and Vendor Communication Represent 180 in technical conversations with clients, venues, and AV partners. Explain technical decisions in plain language to non-technical stakeholders. Lead site surveys and produce the documentation that comes out of them. On-Site Execution Lead or support technical direction on site, from load-in through strike. Supervise contracted technical crew and hold the standard for how the room gets built. Run rehearsals and troubleshoot in real time, and stay composed while doing it. Carry producer responsibility on site as the project requires. Run of show, client management, and problem solving. Creative Participate in creative development and bring technical feasibility into the room early. Propose approaches that raise production value without raising cost. What We Are Looking For 5 or more years in live event production, technical direction, or AV project management. Proficiency in Vectorworks. You can draft a general session and a full breakout package without hand-holding. Demonstrated ability to review and challenge AV quotes. You know what gear costs and what labor a show requires. Strong working knowledge of video, audio, lighting, rigging, and staging systems. Producer instincts. You can manage a timeline, a budget, and a client, not just a gear list. Clear, professional written and verbal communication, with a real eye for detail. Comfort with project management tools, ideally Monday.com, and the Microsoft suite (Outlook, Word, Excel). Working knowledge of AI tools and prompting. Experience with Claude is a plus. Willingness and ability to travel up to 50% domestically and internationally. Calm under pressure. Able to hold tone and focus when timelines, clients, and on-site demands intensify. Alignment with the 180 values: Flawless Execution, Innovative, Trusted, Human, Stress-Free Production, Destination Workplace. Someone who can handle the high demands of the live meeting production environment. Helpful Additional Qualifications Experience in pharmaceutical, medical device, or healthcare meetings. Rigging certification or structural rigging experience. Experience with show control and playback platforms. Experience with LED processing and large-format projection design. Additional CAD or 3D tools, including AutoCAD, SketchUp, or Blender. Adobe Creative Cloud familiarity. Experience hiring and managing freelance technical crew. Experience pitching creative ideas or services. International production experience. Tools You Will Work In Vectorworks, Monday.com, Outlook, Slack, Word, Excel, Dropbox, Adobe Creative Cloud, Claude, and other production-specific software. Strong performance here opens paths toward senior producing, technical direction across the portfolio, or both. We are a growing organization, and we are building around talented people. We invest in our people. We hire for the long term. Compensation and Benefits Base salary: $65,000 to $85,000, commensurate with experience. Full-time, hybrid role based at 180 HQ in Woodbury, MN. Travel: up to 50%, domestic and international. Start date: as soon as we find the right person. Benefits include: Medical (50% of cost covered), with dental, and vision coverage opt in (pay on own) 401(k) with company match Paid time off, paid holidays, and paid sick leave Professional development and learning support Travel-related perks tied to event production The 180 Group, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status. #J-18808-Ljbffr