Director of Events
About the Role
The Director of Events is the operational leader of Cloth & Flame’s events department, responsible for delivering exceptional events while building the systems, team, and processes that allow the agency to grow.
This is a hands-on, player-coach role. At our current size, this person will personally produce many of our events while overseeing the department, with the role evolving toward greater team leadership and operational management as we grow.
The Director works closely with sales, creative, design, production, culinary, and accounting to ensure what we sell is achievable, appropriately priced, and delivered to the highest standard.
Event Production & Client Management
Lead and participate in client calls, planning meetings, site visits, and final details calls
Oversee concurrent events as volume fluctuates, assigning event producers, internal support and freelance resources based on program needs
Serve as event producer on assigned programs, managing projects from sales handoff through final reconciliation
Team Leadership & Contractor Management
Manage and develop a small team including our project manager and contract event producers
Forecast event staffing needs and determine when contract support is needed based on event volume, complexity, and internal capacity
Proposals, Budgets & Scope Management
Review creative decks and budgets to ensure proposed elements are accurately priced and operationally achievable
Own budget updates, change orders, contract building and expense grid reviews
Approve event producer and freelance hours for submission to accounting
Interdepartmental Collaboration
Partner with the Director of Culinary to establish clear processes and standards for collaboration between F&B and event operations teams
Develop and maintain chef collaboration agreements and related processes
Oversee final production deliverables, working with production and warehouse to ensure fabrication and design elements are executed to standard
What We’re Looking For
5+ years of experience in event production, experiential marketing, hospitality, live events, or a related field
Strong organizational and communication skills across robust, concurrent programs
Proven experience producing events of varying complexity from planning through execution
Experience managing, mentoring, or leading event professionals
Experience managing event budgets with an understanding of margin and profitability
Ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on execution
Calm, resourceful, and solutions-oriented under pressure
Willingness to travel and work evenings and weekends as event schedules require
The Ideal Candidate
You are an experienced event leader who still loves being in the weeds. You can lead a client call, build a budget, troubleshoot a production challenge, coach a producer, and walk into an event and immediately see what needs attention.
You take ownership, communicate proactively, and care equally about the guest experience, the client relationship, the quality of the work, and the profitability of the business.