Plugged Live Shows
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Location
- Breda
Employment
- Full-Time
- 40
Job Description
- Project manager
Proficiency
- Project scope creation
- Procurement skills
- Billability & cost calculation
- Project management
- (Capacity) planning
Do you want to be a part of a fast growing creative studio? One where you touch people’s souls by creating meaningful memories. We are on the lookout for a Project Manager to join our team in the creation of custom-made, international live shows.
Plugged Live Shows creates one of a kind live shows, worldwide. We are an experiential studio that engages audiences and touches individuals by creating signature shows with a creative vision and a deep communicative core.
You are a Project Manager who excels at organising complex projects, especially when they involve artistic and aesthetic challenges. You have a strong drive to turn our clients’ dreams into reality and always find solutions to every challenge you encounter. With your analytical insights and planning skills, you help the team seamlessly merge art, commerce, and production into unforgettable live experiences. You understand exactly what our creative team needs to perform at their best.
The Project Manager brings structure to creativity and clarity to complexity, a calm force behind the scenes, making the exceptional look effortless.
As Project Manager, you are the operational backbone of our projects, ensuring smooth collaboration between the creative team, partners, and suppliers. With the Executive Producer in the lead of a project, you monitor milestones, budgets, and deliverables, keeping every project on track.
Planning.
The Project Manager translates vision into structure, creating clarity for everyone involved.
- Translate creative visions into clear, actionable project plans.
- Collaborate with the Executive Producer to create milestone-based timelines and deliverables.
- Own and drive the planning process, ensuring all stakeholders stay aligned and deadlines are met.
- Organize project meetings and advise on capacity needs per phase.
- Bring continuity and structure across all operational platforms.
- Maintain all project files, folders, and system workflows.
Finances.
Keeping things on budget, on paper and in sync with reality.
- Manage project budgets, track actual spend versus planned, and keep finances aligned with reality.
- Handle purchase orders, vendor coordination, and support financial flows under the Executive Producer’s guidance.
- Assist with project closure and final budget reconciliation.
- Manage ERP systems to ensure smooth operations.
Producing.
Connecting creative ideas with real-world execution, the backbone of every well-run production.
- Bridge the gap between creative ideas and real-world execution.
- Support Creative Producers and the Art Director in delivering projects within scope.
- Be the key contact for suppliers regarding schedules, finances, and admin.
- Flag risks and blockers early and work proactively on solutions.
- Manage all production logistics: crew catering, technical riders, travel arrangements, accommodations, and more.
Our wishlist.
We are looking for a Project Manager with the following traits.
- Proven experience in the role of Project manager/ Event manager
- Expert when it comes to project scopes, planning, procurement and ensuring on time delivery of work
- You are able to balance the business aspects with the creative process
- You are familiar in the event industry and feel comfortable within its demanding, international and dynamic character;
- You keep your calm, even in stressful situations and are able to juggle multiple tasks and responsibilities with ease
- Experience in ERP systems like GRIPP and project management tools like Asana
- Outstanding communication skills, in English/ Dutch
Benefits
Experience the perks of working with us
Growth and self-development
We believe that the personal and professional growth of our team members is a key element to our business achievements, our fulfillment, and our daily happiness. We are a learning organization, which we facilitate via your Personal Development Plan, The Plugged Academy platform or via the recurring Masterclasses of industry professionals.
27 Free days
Each year you get 25 days off to spend plus an additional two extra days during Carnaval. You get these days on top of the regular Dutch holidays.
There is a thing like free lunch
We’ll facilitate a daily lunch, based on the preferences of the team. Our lunches include an occasional battle between the carblovers, the salad enthusiasts and tosti-fanatics, and we won’t shy away from a DJ behind the decks now and then.
Design your pension
We invite specialists from Bright Pension on a yearly basis, to educate and guide you on this maze of rules, numbers and regulations within the pension field.
Our Fun and Craziness Committee
This committee exists out of team members across the different entities, and organizes celebrations all year round, the breakfast-club, sports committee, Thursday- or Friday drinks with an open stage, a diversity of company outings and more.
Inspiring office in Breda
We hold office in a beautiful old church, located in the heart of Breda city at a walking distance from the Central Station. We see our office as a creative hotspot, combined with working conditions that enable our success.
Meaningful memories at our core
We believe in the Power of Human Emotions. The greatest gift in life is our ability to impact the way other people feel. And we've made it our mission to touch people's souls by creating meaningful memories. For our clients, amongst each other, or by donating to 'Stichting Jarige Job' for every one of our team member's birthdays, our common goal is to create memories that stick, that move, that resonate. And we do this, together.