About the Role
The Event Production Specialist is responsible for planning, coordinating, and executing high-quality live and hybrid events across our offices. This role is hands-on and operational, ensuring all event logistics, technical elements, and run-of-show components are delivered smoothly and professionally.
The Specialist supports executive meetings, internal productions, all-hands, offsites, and partner events, acting as the primary onsite operator. The ideal candidate brings strong experience in event production and live event operations, is comfortable working in fast-paced environments, and can execute events independently from setup through teardown.
What You'll Do
- Plan and execute live, hybrid, and virtual events from setup through teardown.
- Coordinate event logistics, including room readiness, content playback, timing, transitions, and backstage operations.
- Support run-of-show execution by managing cues, signals, timing, and presenter flow.
- Partner with AV Engineering, Workplace, Communications, and external vendors to ensure event readiness.
- Provide onsite support for executive meetings, all-hands, offsites, and partner events.
- Troubleshoot in-event issues and escalate when needed to ensure continuity.
- Manage event materials, checklists, scheduling, and pre-production workflows.
- Communicate event requirements and readiness updates to stakeholders.
- Contribute to the improvement of SOPs, operational standards, and scalable workflows.
Basic Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience in event production, live event operations, or corporate events
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience running in-person and hybrid events using platforms such as Zoom, Teams, or similar.
- Demonstrated ability to manage event logistics, backstage coordination, cueing, timing, and on-floor support.
- Strong hands-on operational skills: onsite setup, event prep, vendor coordination, scheduling, and run-of-show support.
- Proven ability to troubleshoot issues during live events and react calmly under pressure.
- Strong communication skills and comfort supporting stakeholders at all levels.
- Ability to manage multiple events simultaneously with attention to detail and timelines.
- Experience supporting executive-level events or high-visibility internal productions.
- Familiarity with hybrid event workflows (multi-camera setups, basic audio/video routing, content playback).
- Experience collaborating with AV teams, workplace teams, or external production vendors.
- Strong understanding of event process management, checklists, and operational standards.
- Experience contributing to event documentation, SOPs, and readiness workflows.
- Background with staging, lighting, or show-calling concepts (at a non-engineering level).
For New York, NY-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$131,000 per year - USD$145,500 per year.
You will be eligible to participate in Uber's bonus program, and may be offered an equity award & other types of comp. All full-time employees are eligible to participate in a 401(k) plan. You will also be eligible for various benefits. More details can be found at the following link https://jobs.uber.com/en/benefits.
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Offices continue to be central to collaboration and Uber's cultural identity. Unless formally approved to work fully remotely, Uber expects employees to spend at least half of their work time in their assigned office. For certain roles, such as those based at green-light hubs, employees are expected to be in-office for 100% of their time. Please speak with your recruiter to better understand in-office expectations for this role.