Events/Project Director - Luxury Brand Experiences | Fashion, Beauty & Lifestyle
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About the Role
An agency delivering luxury brand events seeks an Events/Project Director to lead end-to-end production of high-profile runway shows, product launches, and VIP experiences. The role requires 10+ years in luxury event production, strong commercial acumen, and experience in the Middle East market.
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Responsibilities
- Lead the production of luxury events including runway shows, brand activations, VIP experiences, product launches, store openings and private client events across the UAE and regionally
- Manage client relationships at a senior level, acting as the primary day to day contact from brief to debrief
- Build, lead and motivate project teams — internal staff, freelancers and specialist suppliers — across creative, technical, logistics and on site functions
- Own project budgets from AED hundreds of thousands to multi million dirham productions, ensuring financial rigour without compromising on quality
- Drive timelines, critical paths and risk management across concurrent projects
- Collaborate closely with creative directors and designers to ensure production brings the vision to life with precision
- Negotiate and manage supplier contracts, ensuring relationships that serve both quality and commercial outcomes
- Travel regionally as required for site visits, recces and event delivery
- Mentor and develop junior producers and coordinators within the team
Requirements
- Minimum 10 years of experience in luxury event production, with a strong portfolio spanning fashion, beauty, jewellery, hospitality or lifestyle brands
- Proven track record of directing large scale, complex productions end to end in a fast paced agency environment
- Deep understanding of what luxury means in execution — the details, the pace, the client expectations
- Strong commercial acumen with experience owning and managing significant budgets
- Excellent relationship management skills — calm, confident and authoritative with senior clients
- Experience working within the Middle East market; UAE experience strongly preferred
- Fluent in English; Arabic is a plus
- Willingness to work non standard hours around event schedules
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Role Overview
- Our client is an agency with over a decade of experience delivering world class brand events for prestigious fashion, beauty and lifestyle houses.
- We are looking for an exceptional Events / Project Director to lead the end to end delivery of complex, high profile productions.
What You'll Do
- Lead the production of luxury events including runway shows, brand activations, VIP experiences, product launches, store openings and private client events.
- Manage client relationships at a senior level, acting as the primary day to day contact from brief to debrief.
- Build, lead and motivate project teams across creative, technical, logistics and on site functions.
- Own project budgets from AED hundreds of thousands to multi million dirham productions.
- Drive timelines, critical paths and risk management across concurrent projects.
- Collaborate closely with creative directors and designers to ensure production brings the vision to life.
- Negotiate and manage supplier contracts.
- Travel regionally as required for site visits, recces and event delivery.
- Mentor and develop junior producers and coordinators within the team.
What We're Looking For
- Minimum 10 years of experience in luxury event production.
- Proven track record of directing large scale, complex productions end to end in a fast paced agency environment.
- Deep understanding of what luxury means in execution.
- Strong commercial acumen with experience owning and managing significant budgets.
- Excellent relationship management skills.
- Experience working within the Middle East market; UAE experience strongly preferred.
- Fluent in English; Arabic is a plus.
- Willingness to work non standard hours around event schedules.
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