The secret to our success is simple: our people.
Established in 1996, we continue to cultivate teams of world-renowned creatives, strategists, instructional designers, digital specialists and production teams bound together through our work, our camaraderie, and our culture.
We are thinkers. Strategic in mind, creative at heart, passionate in spirit.
We are doers. Solution-oriented and dedicated. Nothing is impossible.
We are believers. In camaraderie. In collaboration. In us. And in you.
Wilson Dow is always interested in meeting potential teammates in production, design, creative, training, and digital for freelance opportunities. If you’re a thinker, doer, or believer in The Power of Live®, we’d love to hear from you! If you don’t see a job description that fits your area of expertise, please fill out this short form below:
The Creative Director role works collaboratively to envision and execute experiences that engage and inspire audiences. This multi-disciplinary individual must articulate a compelling vision to clients, and work with our account, production, graphics, and video teams to make that vision a reality. Location: Chicago (preferred) or Remote
The Executive Producer (EP) position provides an important leadership role that is collaborative across all functions within our company – account management, creative, digital, graphics, etc. The ability to manage tight timelines, drive consensus and lead a team will be integral to the EP’s success. Location: Chicago (Preferred) or Remote
The Producer position provides an important support role that is collaborative across all functions within our company, and also affords an opportunity to work directly with our clients. This role will require the Producer to support Executive Producers on projects in order to learn the Wilson Dow production process and budgeting tool. The ability to manage tight timelines, drive consensus, and lead a team is integral to the success of a Producer. Location: Chicago (Preferred) or Remote
As a Speaker Support Producer for Wilson Dow, you are responsible for communicating and trafficking changes made to client materials such as presentations, scripts, print materials, creative deliverables and more. You will work with the Graphic Designer to make sure there are no spelling or grammatical errors, there is consistency in messaging and design, that changes are tracked, and version control is managed seamlessly and efficiently. We expect this person to have an incredible attention to detail, as well as strong organizational skills, and foster good communication and rapport with both designers and clients.
The Production Coordinator position provides an important support role across all functions of Wilson Dow, as well as an opportunity to work directly with clients. The Production Coordinator’s role is to support projects with general production needs as well as work more specifically in the Speaker Support capacity, managing presentations and acting as the liaison between clients and the graphics team. Previous experiences, along with a proven ability to succeed in a team environment are crucial. Location: Chicago
The Production Assistant (PA) position plays an important support role across all functions of Wilson Dow and an energetic outlook is critical. The desire to deliver a high level of service to both internal and external clients is key to a PA’s success.
The Producer position provides an important support role that is collaborative across all functions within our company, and also affords an opportunity to work directly with our clients. This role will require the Producer to support Executive Producers on projects in order to learn the Wilson Dow production process and budgeting tool. The ability to manage tight timelines, drive consensus, and lead a team is integral to the success of a Producer.
As a Wilson Dow freelance Technical Director, you will be responsible for working directly with the event’s Producer and Creative Team to compile competitive AV quotes, scenic costs, rigging, power and internet costs. Creation of an onsite schedule to estimate all crew overtime is also part of the initial budgeting process. Preproduction includes the tracking of any budget changes, acting as liaison with the venue and venue’s in-house AV Department, along with a site survey when necessary. Onsite responsibilities include load-in, run of show and load-out. Additionally, post event budget reconciliation and debrief will be completed on all events.
As a Wilson Dow freelance Show Caller, you will be responsible for working directly with the event’s Producer, Technical Director, Creative Team, and Content and Production Coordinators, to compile all necessary information for the accurate cue calling of a live event. Cue calling can be conducted from digital or printed assets. Onsite Maintenance of the Show Flow/Rundown may also be part of the onsite responsibilities. If the event includes a Stage Manager managing backstage, you will work together to ensure accurate stage sets and talent cueing. Occasionally, there will be limited pre and post-production time involved.
