Kith
Location: HQ - Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Status: Full-time/100% on-site
Compensation: $85,000-$90,000 annually
Position Summary
The Experiential Production & Design Manager is responsible for managing strategic brand events, creative projects, and experiential activations from ideation to execution. This role will work with multiple internal teams including Marketing, Retail, Content, and Design to bring Kith to life through special events, installations, and pop-ups.
Responsibilities
Qualifications
Who We Are
Established in 2011 in New York City, Kith is a lifestyle brand and specialty retailer that offers seasonal collections of men's, women's and children's apparel, accessories and footwear through a distinct lens of personal storytelling. Kith embodies a multi-faceted lifestyle, with uncompromising detail to fabrication and design. Led by Founder, CEO and Creative Director Ronnie Fieg, the brand is known globally for evoking nostalgia from a dynamic point of view, and working closely with a carefully selected set of best-in-class collaborators.
Kith operates 16 standalone boutiques around the world, and 3 shop-in-shops. Kith Treats, conceived from Fieg's childhood love for cereal, operates in 10 locations, as well as Sadelle's at Kith restaurants in Paris, Miami Design District, Toronto and Seoul.
The Kinnect Foundation, a non-profit established and operated by Kith, is a non-profit devoted to creating positive change through education, community and social impact.
Kith is an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.
All career opportunities offered by Kith are fully on site, and if contacted, all email communication will come from a kith.com or kithnyc.com email address. Please note that any correspondence from an alternative email domain, or offering remote or hybrid work, is fraudulent.
Status: Full-time/100% on-site
Compensation: $85,000-$90,000 annually
Position Summary
The Experiential Production & Design Manager is responsible for managing strategic brand events, creative projects, and experiential activations from ideation to execution. This role will work with multiple internal teams including Marketing, Retail, Content, and Design to bring Kith to life through special events, installations, and pop-ups.
Responsibilities
- Day-to-day project management of retail installations and pop-ups; oversight of all elements including production schedules/timelines, partner/vendor solicitation, coordination of required logistics, etc.
- Pitch and illustrate creative concepts to bring Kith brand and partner collections to life through installations and pop-ups.
- Lead conversations with cross-functional teams at Kith to implement production plans that meet brand and partner objectives on time and within budget.
- Independently develop and manage project budgets: provide regular updates to project stakeholders and reconcile with adherence to internal procedures and deadlines.
- Manage on-site logistics for events from load-in through strike, including technical coordination, production personnel and vendors.
- Provide feasibility feedback, budgets, and timelines for creative concepts as needed.
- Lead venue scouting and perform site surveys.
- Source and bid third-party vendors and independent contractors, negotiate agreements and financial terms as needed.
- Monitor agreements (venue, vendors, partners, etc.) to ensure that legal, safety and insurance regulations are in compliance; secure all necessary event permits, civic documents, and licenses.
Qualifications
- Minimum 5+ years with proven success producing large-scale live events and immersive installations
- Must be extremely familiar with and interested in Kith and the landscape we operate within
- Must be extremely organized with the ability to work across multiple projects in a fast-paced environment
- Ability to implement and maintain Kith's taste level and brand standards across all projects and communications
- Must be able to prepare and manage detailed project budgets
- Strong knowledge in technical production and custom fabrication processes
- Existing relationships with vendors and production partners
- Exceptional verbal and written communication skills
- Team player who can work independently and pivot between a lead and supportive role
- Adept problem-solver with ability to address and resolve challenges that meet creative and brand standards
- Must have flexibility with non-traditional hours and travel (nights, weekends, etc)
- Proficiency in G-suite, Microsoft Office, PowerPoint/Keynote/InDesign
- Proficiency in AutoCAD or similar rendering software
- Keen: Works with high attention to detail, ensuring that all aspects of an assignment, project and/or process are thought through, addressed and delivered for optimal results.
- Innovative: Works with forward-thinking, solution-orientated mindset; ensuring projects, processes and procedures are built out for long-term and within Brand's best interest.
- Team Player: Works well cross-functionally, and amongst their teams; ensuring that all decisions made are shared as a collective effort, with a high level of awareness of impact on others. Tends to be a voice of guidance.
- Heart: Works with passion and care; ensuring that strong ethics and empathy are behaviors continuously exuded. Additionally, their behavior is the best reflection of the Brand's vision, mission, and goals
Who We Are
Established in 2011 in New York City, Kith is a lifestyle brand and specialty retailer that offers seasonal collections of men's, women's and children's apparel, accessories and footwear through a distinct lens of personal storytelling. Kith embodies a multi-faceted lifestyle, with uncompromising detail to fabrication and design. Led by Founder, CEO and Creative Director Ronnie Fieg, the brand is known globally for evoking nostalgia from a dynamic point of view, and working closely with a carefully selected set of best-in-class collaborators.
Kith operates 16 standalone boutiques around the world, and 3 shop-in-shops. Kith Treats, conceived from Fieg's childhood love for cereal, operates in 10 locations, as well as Sadelle's at Kith restaurants in Paris, Miami Design District, Toronto and Seoul.
The Kinnect Foundation, a non-profit established and operated by Kith, is a non-profit devoted to creating positive change through education, community and social impact.
Kith is an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.
All career opportunities offered by Kith are fully on site, and if contacted, all email communication will come from a kith.com or kithnyc.com email address. Please note that any correspondence from an alternative email domain, or offering remote or hybrid work, is fraudulent.