Author: Tippy Steve

• Creation and management of production, logistics, staff & site budgets
• Oversaw hiring and management of festival staff of approximately 50
• Acted as the liaison on behalf of JFL with City of Toronto for all outdoor performance venues
• Scheduling & critical path planning, contracted suppliers, equipment, security
• Logistics for artists, personnel, scenic elements and equipment
• Collaborated on design & supervised construction of gala set
• Coordinated all permits, road closures, police and EMS interactions
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• Conducted preliminary scouts of city to determine viability of a festival, as well as strategic festival planning

• Acted as the live Production Manager on behalf of the festival for the recorded television aspects of festivals which included working with Ellen DeGeneres-Ellen’s Really

• Big Show 2008 thru 2010, Martin Short TV Special 2009, David Alan Grier TV Special 2009 and Conan Show Live from Chicago 2012.

• Responsible for hiring and management of approximately 60 staff, contracted suppliers & equipment

• Responsible for payments & show reconciliation with suppliers, venues and artists

• Collaborated on scenic elements and implementation of extensive sponsorship activations

• Managed all scheduling, critical path planning and staffing flow charts for between 10 to 17 venues in 5 days

• Managed production/logistics for artists, scenic elements & equipment for approximately 75 shows in 5 days

• Creation, management and tracking of production, site and logistics budgets.

• Supervising Producer for Cedric The Entertainer Urban Circus 2010 TV special

• 6 days of international competition broadcasted to over 85 countries worldwide

• Responsible for turning a commercial parking space into an event site with a 4000 seat grandstand surrounding a sand-filled beach volleyball centre court, and a 1200 capacity VIP tent sitting directly on the shores of Lake Ontario with a full onsite kitchen

• Managed the overall site operations, including a sponsor village that featured food trucks, LED screens, sponsor activations, and an additional 3 volleyball courts for a total of 1400 tons of FIVB certified sand

• Management of overall site budget and an event staff of 125

• Coordinated incident management procedures, wrote both incident management and fire plan for event

• Managed obtaining over 7 different city permits and coordinated on-site inspections

• Produced the critically acclaimed PANAMANIA arts and culture festival site at Nathan Phillips Square with attendance numbers of over 350,000, with 200 shows, on three custom outdoor stages over 23 days including nightly fireworks displays in the heart of downtown Toronto

• Responsible for tracking & management of production, site and staffing budgets 

• Operational scope included critical path, event planning, venue management, communication structures, vendor management, production and décor elements, emergency planning, technology, catering, accreditation, health and safety procedures, security and medical deployments

• Within the scope of work was to act as a liaison between Toronto2015 and the City of Toronto, lead partners in the event, and report to Toronto2015, City of Toronto, Province of Ontario and Federal government

• Responsible for hiring and management of festival team of approximately 75

• Responsible for working in conjunction with the Toronto2015 Ceremonies team to produce the internationally live televised broadcast of the 2015 Parapan Closing Ceremonies from Nathan Phillips Square

• Advanced technical & production aspects of various live concert performances and comedy shows

• Responsible for payments & show reconciliation with venues and artists

• Managed budgets, supervised suppliers & staff

• Responsible for immigration & customs paperwork for personnel and equipment

• Production Accountant on various festivals including Heavy TO, Warped Tour and Gentlemen of the Road – Mumford & Sons – Simcoe 

• Creation & management of production budget and hiring of all touring staff

• Responsible for production scheduling, advancing local venues, equipment & labour contracts

• Logistics for personnel, scenic elements and equipment, contracted suppliers & equipment

• Technical direction, collaborated and supervised design & build of scenic elements

• Assisted in the implementation of sponsorship activations

• Acted as the Production Manager liaison on behalf of Just For Laughs for the recorded television aspects of the tour in 2003 CBC & 2013 Comedy Network

• Creation, tracking and management production, staff, logistics & site budget

• Responsible for hiring and management of festival staff of approximately 40

• Assisted in the implementation of the social media based ticketing system and all box office logistics

• Responsible for production & logistics scheduling at 15 plus venues over 10 days for over 150 shows

• Contracted vendors, suppliers & equipment, oversaw production accounting & sponsorship activations

• An 18 day arts and culture festival located in an abandoned, partly demolished former power generating station in the Port Lands of Toronto

• Created a festival site, which included a 1500 seat theatre, 5000 person music venue, 2000 seat concert hall, cabaret room, restaurant and beer garden.

• Real time site budget tracking and management and an event staff of 100 plus

• Responsible for management of comprehensive heath & safety program and incident management procedures

• Managed various city permits, inspections and full site fire safety plan in conjunction with Toronto Fire

• Contracted vendors & equipment, which included scaffold stairway structures, performance spaces

out of shipping containers, a construction elevator