Experiences Producer

Job Description

Title : Experiences Producer

Schedule Format - Location : Hybrid - San Francisco

Pay Information : $79828.00 - $99785.00 Annually

KQED serves the people of Northern California with a deep commitment to journalism, storytelling, and civic engagement. We are an NPR and PBS member station reaching millions across broadcast, digital, and live platforms. Through our Events & Experiences programs, we bring journalism to life on stage, amplify local culture, and deepen community bonds.

KQED is seeking a creative and highly organized Experiences Producer to help bring immersive, place-making programs to life. This role is part of a team dedicated to designing and producing large-scale participatory event experiences — including food and culture festivals, marketplaces with local makers and vendors, site-based musical performances, and unexpected cultural activations that take KQED into the streets, parks, distinctive gathering spaces, and other iconic settings of the Bay Area.

This Producer will serve as a creative, operational, and logistical lead for delivering polished, high-impact programs that center local culture, grow KQED’s role as a convener and cultural connector, and root community in tangible experiences of the Bay Area.

KQED envisions a public media organization with a culture that centers on human dignity, equity, and belonging. This will enable us to better serve and reflect the Bay Area through diverse and inclusive storytelling.

We value the contributions of marginalized people in society — including Black, Indigenous, and all people of color, people with disabilities, and LGBTQIA+ people — and we believe that these communities must be centered in the work we do, and we strongly encourage members of these communities to apply.

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The mission that drives us :

KQED provide citizens of Northern California with a community-supported alternative to commercial media. We provide citizens with the knowledge they need to make informed decisions; convene community dialogue; bring the arts to everyone and engage audiences to share their stories. We help students and teachers thrive in 21st-century classrooms, and take people of all ages on journeys of exploration- exposing them to new people, places and ideas.

This role will work hybrid between working in KQED's newly renovated headquarters and working remotely.

Key Responsibilities

• Bring Creative Ideas to Life : Collaborate with the Senior Producer and broader team to shape a program of events that are joyful, surprising, community-driven, and aligned with KQED’s mission, audience goals, and revenue strategy.
• Produce Immersive Events : Lead the end-to-end planning and execution of festivals, marketplaces, food and drink events, live music, and experiential campaigns — including project timelines, permitting, production requirements and schedules, vendor and talent coordination, and day-of logistics.
• Partner with Creatives and Communities : Coordinate with talent, including chefs, artists, musicians, vendors, cultural partners, community organizations, and civic institutions to co-create events that reflect and serve the Bay Area’s diverse communities.
• Deliver Seamless Experiences : Ensure operational excellence across every touchpoint — from signage and access to hospitality and flow — to deliver memorable, welcoming, and equitable experiences for attendees.
• Collaborate to Create Editorial Event Content - Pitch multiplatform event content concepts and work with editorial and audience development teams on their development and execution. Prepare scripts, interview questions, other talking points and remarks as needed for presentation, in collaboration with hosts and editors. Coordinate with KQED content and audience operations teams to schedule reporters, producers, social media coverage, audio engineers, video crews, and other personnel to support event execution and recording.
• Manage Vendors and Contractors : Coordinate with caterers, AV teams, permitting agencies, security, rentals, and other contractors; gather quotes, manage scopes, and support contracting and payment processes, while staying on budget.
• Support Marketing and Communications : Collaborate with marketing, creative, membership, and audience development teams to ensure events are well-promoted, on-brand, effectively targeted, accurately communicated, and aligned with engagement goals.
• Contribute to Evaluation : Help track event performance, internal and external partner feedback, and audience insights to inform ongoing program iteration and growth.
• Advance KQED’s Mission in Community Spaces : Represent KQED in external spaces with professionalism, warmth, and commitment to public service.

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