Installation Manager

Wasserman operates at the epicenter of sports, music and entertainment, serving talent, brands and properties on a global scale. Wasserman Live specializes in delivering branding and signage, custom fabrication, live event production and experiential operations across sports, music and entertainment. Working with the world’s most iconic properties and brands, we elevate live events to make them unforgettable.

Job Overview:

The Installation Manager (Dressing) is responsible for planning, coordinating, and delivering all dressing-related installations across assigned venues. This includes branding elements, overlays, graphics, soft branding, and final visual presentation to ensure venues are delivered on time, on brand, and to specification.

This role acts as the key on-site lead between dressing manager, logistics, Onsite Crew, and venue stakeholders.

Fixed-Term Role: May 2026-July 2026

What You'll Do:

Planning & Coordination

• Review drawings, scope books, and installation manuals related to dressing and branding elements
• Understand and align with the installation schedules with overall project timelines
• Coordinate with logistics teams for delivery, storage, and material flow on-site
• Plan crew requirements (skilled, unskilled, specialists) per installation phase

On-Site Management

• Lead and supervise dressing installation crews across venues
• Manage daily installation activities including branding, wayfinding, dressing, and final finishes
• Ensure installations follow approved layouts, brand guidelines, and safety standards
• Conduct daily briefings, toolbox talks, and task assignments

Quality Control & Compliance

• Perform quality checks to ensure all elements are installed correctly, securely, and cleanly
• Identify issues, clashes, or deviations and propose corrective actions
• Ensure compliance with venue rules, H&S regulations, and access protocols
• Maintain snag lists and oversee close-out actions

Stakeholder & Vendor Management

• Act as the main point of contact for dressing-related matters on-site
• Coordinate with Dressing manager, Operations team and Onsite crews to ensure a timely delivery.
• Support inspections, walk-throughs, and client approvals

Maintenance & De-rig

• Oversee maintenance and touch-ups during live event periods
• Manage removal, packing, and de-rig of all dressing elements post-event
• Ensure assets are returned, stored, or disposed of per project requirements

What We're Looking For:

• 7+ years of experience in venue dressing, branding, overlays, graphics installation, or large-scale event delivery environments
• Proven experience leading multi-disciplinary installation crews across complex venues (stadiums, arenas, major public events)
• Strong ability to interpret drawings, scope books, installation manuals, and brand guidelines
• Demonstrated experience delivering projects on tight timelines within high-pressure live event environments
• Solid understanding of large-format graphics, soft branding, structural branding elements, and finishing details
• Strong leadership capability — confident leading daily briefings, coordinating multiple teams, and driving accountability on-site
• Experience managing logistics coordination including delivery sequencing, storage, and material flow
• Strong quality control mindset with experience managing snag lists and overseeing close-out actions
• Thorough knowledge of health & safety standards, venue compliance requirements, and access protocols
• Flexible and solutions-oriented, with availability to work extended hours, weekends, travel between venues, and oversee maintenance and de-rig phases

Wasserman does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color, religion, age, national origin, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other reason prohibited by law in provision of employment opportunities and benefits.

Wasserman is proudly an equal opportunity employer. We are always searching for the most passionate and talented people from all backgrounds and experiences to join us.

20 years into our evolution, we continue to expand services and geographies across the exciting and extraordinary worlds of sports, music, entertainment and culture.

We are committed to making a meaningful difference and driving real change when it comes to diversity equity and inclusion — not only among our employees, but in how we serve clients and push the industry at large.

If this sounds like a place you’d like to work, let’s talk!

Wasserman is a global leader in sports, music and entertainment. Founded in 2002, Wasserman represents many of the world’s most iconic sports and entertainment figures, musical artists, brands and properties, empowering them to shape culture and captivate audiences worldwide.