Freelance Producer

Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis and we are hiring as soon as we find the right person. 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. You own the technical integrity of a show while carrying real producer responsibility for the project around it.
You draw the room in Vectorworks, for general sessions and breakouts, and your plots are accurate enough to build from.
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. 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. Validate labor counts, day rates, gear quantities, and rigging assumptions against what the show actually needs.
Build and manage technical budgets, and track them against the production budget through the life of the project.
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. 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.
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. Manage vendor documentation, including Statements of Work, Independent Contractor Agreements, and COIs.
Identify risk early and surface it with a proposed solution.
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.
Carry producer responsibility on site as the project requires. Creative Participate in creative development and bring technical feasibility into the room early.
What We’re 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.
Strong working knowledge of video, audio, lighting, rigging, and staging systems.
Comfort with project management tools, ideally Monday.com, and the Microsoft suite (Outlook, Word, Excel).
Willingness and ability to travel up to 50% domestically and internationally.
Able to hold tone and focus when timelines, clients, and on-site demands intensify.
Helpful Additional Qualifications Experience in pharmaceutical, medical device, or healthcare meetings.
Rigging certification or structural rigging experience.
Experience with show control and playback platforms.
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’ll 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. Full-time, hybrid role based at 180 HQ in Woodbury, MN.
Travel: up to 50%, domestic and international.
Medical (50% of cost covered), with dental, and vision coverage opt in (pay on own)
Paid time off, paid holidays, and paid sick leave
Professional development and learning support
Travel-related perks tied to event production
All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

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