Producer Food Beverage Experiences

You bring significant expertise and experience in the hospitality and events industries. Known for your curiosity creativity and passion for excellence you thrive on innovation and delivering exceptional results. With strong connections in the food and beverage or events industries you excel at managing multiple stakeholders simultaneously.

Highly detailoriented and organized you can juggle competing priorities with calm precision. Youre energetic eager to embrace new challenges and excited to explore creative projects while safeguarding TEDs brand integrity.

In this role youll coordinate a wide range of food and beverage experiencesfrom curating food truck offerings to collaborating with local coffee roasters smoothie vendors and other culinary partners to deliver unique custom experiences to TED events.

The ideal candidate combines impeccable organizational skills with a strong vision for the bigger picture making you an invaluable contributor to the TED team.

This is a contract position from January to May 2025 with a budget between $28 $34 /hour CAN.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Design and execute unique oneofakind experiences including securing and overseeing food and beverage inkind partners and vendors (e.g. coffee tea juice bars food trucks and innovative exhibits).
• Develop and implement creative food and beverage concepts for parties and events.
• Oversee all aspects of vendor relationships including research development contract negotiations quality control change management invoicing and daily communication.
• Work within Vancouver Coastal Health parameters and ensure compliance throughout the planning and execution phases.
• Maintain accurate and consistent tracking data entry and updates within a bespoke online management system.
• Ensure all internal and external communications align with TEDs branding and identity guidelines.
• Act as a subject matter expert in events and food and beverage providing strategic direction and insights through the lens of TEDs brand and values.
• Collaborate across teams and contribute as needed to ensure the success of the role and broader event goals.
• Handle sensitive information with confidentiality and professionalism.
• Maintain a flexible schedule with availability for extended hours evenings and weekends during preconference and onsite phases.
• Oversee your program onsite in Vancouver during loadin conference days and loadout.

WORKPLACE CONDITIONS

Physical: Repetitive movement of wrists hands and/or fingers

Mental/Visual: Concentrated mental and/or visual attention; work involves performing tasks to very close accuracy and quality specifications

Machines Tools Equipment Electronic Devices Computer Software etc.:

Ability to use common office equipment such as telephone computer and copier

Computer programs to include Mac programs Google Docs Airtable

Qualifications :

QUALIFICATIONS / SKILLS

• Education & Experience: Degree or diploma in event management hospitality project management or a related disciplineor equivalent professional experience.
• Event Management Expertise: Minimum of 3 years of event management experience or similar discipline demonstrating increasing responsibility and leadership.
• Food & Beverage Planning: Extensive knowledge and handson experience in planning food and beverage for events of various scales such as; hotels offsite venues convention centers or restaurants.
• Certifications: FOODSAFE Level 1 certification is an asset.
• Communication Skills: Superior verbal and written communication abilities paired with strong business acumen.
• Problem Solving: Exceptional analytical strategic and creative problemsolving skills with a proactive solutionoriented mindset.
• Performance Under Pressure: Thrives in highpressure environments adept at managing competing deadlines and juggling multiple projects with minimal supervision.
• Organization & Detail: Highly organized with a keen eye for detail.
• Technical Skills: Proficient in MS Office MacOS and Google Workspace.

Additional Information :

Missionoriented: You should have a strong belief in TEDs mission and values

WHY WORK FOR US

TED is a global community welcoming people from every discipline and culture who seek a deeper understanding of the world. We believe passionately in the power of ideas to change attitudes lives and ultimately the world. TED began in 1984 as a conference where Technology Entertainment and Design converged and today covers almost all topics from science to business to global issues in more than 100 languages. Everything we do is driven by this goal: How can we best spread great ideas

If youre excited about shaping the tools that power TEDs world class events and enabling teams across a truly missiondriven organization to deliver impact at scale wed love to hear from you!