The Lead Event Producer serves as the project leader and operational engine behind the company's flagship live events, driving cross-functional alignment across Product, Marketing, Event Operations, Broadcast Production, and Business Development from concept through on-site delivery. Sitting within the Product & Community organization, the role acts as the connective tissue across all internal and external workstreams, ensuring master project milestones, event product features, show programming and on-site experiential builds land on schedule, within budget and to the highest standard. The position also oversees event budgets, partner delivery, on-site execution and post-event reporting, reporting to the General Manager.

Responsibilities

Build, own, and govern the end-to-end master event schedule, aligning Go-to-Market (GTM) marketing timelines, event feature rollouts, stage build-outs, and broadcast production milestones.
Serve as the primary coordination point across Product, Event Ops, Creative, Marketing, and Broadcast to resolve dependencies, eliminate resource bottlenecks, and prevent operational friction.
Serve as the central intake and evaluation point when project requirements shift (e.g., last-minute stage reveals, tournament bracket expansions, or venue adjustments), assessing downstream impacts across broadcast, ops, and budget.
Proactively identify delivery bottlenecks and operational risks well ahead of event windows, implementing practical solutions to maintain delivery excellence.
Develop and refine standardized event intake briefs, RACI matrices, and project documentation templates across the organization.
Support Business Development and Product by translating external partner agreements, including game publisher showcases, strategic partner activations, and regional operating partnerships, into clear cross-functional operational plans.
Coordinate across Broadcast, Creative, and Event Ops to ensure partner deliverables (stage share-of-voice, show floor footprints, digital broadcast assets, and promotional integrations) land seamlessly without compromising tournament flow.
Partner with internal account managers to monitor and confirm the accurate on-site and on-stream delivery of all contracted partner inventory and experiential commitments.
Manage and track the overall event project budget, monitoring departmental allocations across Ops, Marketing, Product, and Broadcast to ensure financial discipline.
Partner with internal department leads to review vendor contracts, production scopes, and contractor allocations to maximize commercial value while maintaining event quality.
Oversee milestone sign-offs, operating partner financial tracking, and reconciliation for external event production costs as required.
Work closely with Finance to audit and reconcile final event production expenditures and partner fulfillment reports against initial baseline budgets.
Support and direct on-site event delivery as needed, managing escalations and ensuring real-time cross-departmental coordination (e.g., broadcast and product).
Maintain clear operational swimlanes with Event Operations on venue logistics and tournament floor flow, and with Broadcast Production on control room and stream execution.
Lead cross-functional post-mortems and reconcile operational deliverables to continuously refine and standardize Evo’s master event delivery playbook.

Requirements

10+ years of experience leading large-scale live event productions, complex multidisciplinary programs, or major experiential entertainment projects (agency, sports, or live video games background strongly preferred).
Demonstrated mastery of building and managing integrated, multi-workstream project schedules with strict budget and milestone accountability.
Exceptional communication, negotiation, and relationship-management skills, with the credibility to influence senior executives, game publishers, and external partners.
Strong track record managing complex project budgets and understanding commercial contracts, licensing deliverables, and event fulfillment.
Solid working literacy across live broadcast, digital content workflows, creative design pipelines, tournament operations, and venue general contracting.
Ability to navigate fast-paced live production environments with structured problem-solving and sound judgment.
Passion for gaming, esports, entertainment, creator culture, or adjacent industries.

Benefits

Medical, Dental, Vision and Life Insurance
401k plan available for employee contributions
Flexible work schedule
Generous PTO and company-observed holidays
Remote-first culture