- Job Requirements: Must be local to location (or willing to work as a local).
Line Producers at Riot are responsible for the financial management of our shows. As the Line Producer within Global Esports Events, you will be responsible for budgeting and budget tracking for our roadshows, specifically the major international League of Legends competitive events, the Mid-Season Invitational, the Worlds Championship, and the All-Stars event.
Reporting to the Sr. Manager, Esports Event Production, you will be an integral part of our events production management team and serve as the bastion of our budgets, partnering with multiple producers to make sure we allocate resources effectively, make financially informed decisions and deliver our shows on quality and budget.
Responsibilities
-Own the forecasting process for all of our international events, using event strategy and scope put together with historical data to determine assumptions and estimations.
-Assist in our vendor sourcing and selection process, partnering with purchasing and our production partners to negotiate the best possible rates on venues, services, gear, and all aspects of the show.
-Actualize and finalize projects working with a production accountant, collaborating with all teams within Global -Esports to ensure accuracy and tracking of budgets, and with finance to provide context when needed.
-Partner with Riot’s corporate global finance team to determine workflows, set up tracking structures and look for efficiency opportunities in the process.
-Partner with our third-party production company to understand their finance and accounting workflows and determine the best way to integrate them into our model for best tracking and actualizing.
-Work with Riot’s accounts payable to make sure vendors are paid on time and there is process adherence.
-Work with our regional finance and accounts payable teams to set up processes and workflows for contracting and paying vendors locally in multiple territories around the globe.
-Find healthy ways to track and actualize in conjunction with our global financials, and third party production company financials. Guide global on how to pay locally.
-Look holistically at all Riot teams outside of Global Events that spend towards event budgets and develop processes of management and tracking for these spends.
-Assist with the creation of SOWs and processing vendors through our global finance system.
Required Qualifications
8+ years of experience in production and/or live events.
3+ years of experience as a line producing or equivalent.
Hands-on experience as a line producer or senior production manager, with a solid background in project management and production operations.
Solid financial management skills in a production environment.
Desired Qualifications
10+ years of experience in production.
5+ years of experience line producing.
Experience in production accounting, or having been a production accountant.