Associate Producer
Fully Online, 2020
40+ speakers, 2-day conference, fully virtual
Overview
When the COVID-10 pandemic changed everything in 2020, some organizers in the creative arts and education community came together to produce one of the first online conferences in that field. Most of the organizers had never produced online presentations before, but Zed had — they have been producing events online since 2014. While the scale of the conference was new, each of the individual components — the full marketing cycle; speaker applications, screenings, and programming; program design; vendor participation — were all familiar to Zed already, and they were able to guide a team with a lot of usccess. Zed served as Associate Producer, coordinating educational programming and logistics for a 2-day, 40+ speaker event built entirely on virtual infrastructure.
Contributions
- Coordinated educational programming logistics for 40+ speakers across 2 full conference days
- Managed speaker scheduling, communications, technical onboarding, and session coordination
- Helped design and implement the virtual event structure and attendee experience
- Supported real-time troubleshooting and coordination throughout the live event
- Contributed to the successful early-pandemic pivot that kept the community connected
Outcome
The conference ran successfully as a fully online event, demonstrating that complex multi-speaker programming could be produced virtually — a model that has continued to inform hybrid and online event production across the sector.
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