Local Production Magician | Devcon 8

The Ethereum Foundation (EF) is a global non-profit organization dedicated to helping Ethereum become an open, decentralized infrastructure for the world. We allocate resources to critical projects when needed and step back when others can take the lead.

Since 2014, EF has hosted Devcon, an annual 4-day conference which has become the oldest and most prominent event in the Ethereum community (and arguably the entire blockchain space).

Devcon is the gathering for the global Ethereum community to build and use decentralized systems. It's a conference for builders of all kinds, with content ranging from the deeply technical to the profoundly human. Each edition moves to a new region and brings together designers, researchers, students, and creators from around the world, many of whom are intrigued by cutting-edge technology, decentralization, privacy, security, free and open-source software, and the potential for Ethereum to change the world for the better. For a look at past Devcon editions and their speakers, see here: http://archive.devcon.org/

Devcon 8 will take place from November 3-6, 2026, in India, a region with deep technical talent, fast-growing developer communities, and increasing crypto adoption. For more information you can review our website https://devcon.org/en/

Production Magician

"A place for everything and everything in its place"

As a Production Magician, you’ll be part of our in-house event production team using your local knowledge, local connection, and event production experience to help make Devcon great. You’ll be handling many diverse requests that may come from our partner teams who are hosting events or from our team. We expect you to be passionate about events, attendee experience, Ethereum values, and energized by working on many different types of tasks.

This role would encompass many different aspects of event production, assisting with overseeing and managing vendors (venue, AV, ticketing, translation, main event production company, catering, internet, cleaning, security and design among others), facilitating collaboration between vendors whenever possible, managing volunteers, organizing logistics, speaker relationships and having good communication. As a Production Magician, you will need to be familiarized with the broader Devcon Team, which will be focused on all non-production aspects of the event including general operations, ticketing, website, programming, communications, sponsorships, etc.

Desired skills and experience

The successful applicant will be:

Motivated

• You feel passionate about event production — you love putting on great and original events.

• Dedicated to delivering quality and a bit of a perfectionist when it comes to final results (each detail counts).

• Inspired by the expectation that events hosted by EF should be of the highest quality.

• Willing to assist the broader team where needed on initiatives outside this main role.

Qualified

• Based in Mumbai (preferable) or India, and willing to be in Mumbai for 2 months prior to Devcon.

• Experienced with organizing medium/large events (of at least 1000 people).

• Experienced in managing different collaborators or co-organizer is a plus.

• Experienced in organizing events in JIO Centre is a plus.

• Knowing local vendors and having experience in managing event vendors as catering, internet, cleaning, security transport, and AV among others.

• Familiarity with local event-related pricing, along with the ability to conduct benchmarking and comparative market analysis when needed, is highly valued.

• Effective while working under pressure with hard deadlines and unknown issues that are ever-present in event planning.

• Proactively troubleshoot problems blocking your path, and the problems blocking the paths of others.

• Have great people and communication skills.

• Have an ownership mentality. When you take on a task, you get it done well and on time.

• Fluent in English (writing and speaking). Being a Marathi, Hindi, and/or Gujarati speaker is a plus.

• Able to work with a global multicultural team.

After 1 month in this position…

• You are familiarized with Devcon in general and the specific production timeline.

• You understand most of Devcon production needs.

• You are familiarized with vendors and suppliers.

• You have adopted all project management and communication tools our team uses (Notion, Telegram, Mattermost, Google Docs, etc).

• You have developed a solid relationship with the whole Devcon team and partners you will be assisting, have an understanding of the various initiatives within the Devcon team, and are ready to help out wherever your help may be needed.

Logistics & Availability

• This role is fully remote, with in-person participation required during Devcon.

• We use a range of project management and communication tools, including Notion, Telegram, Discord, Mattermost, Google Docs, etc. You will be expected to gain familiarity with them (though prior experience is not necessary)

• Time commitment is expected to start part-time (≈20 hrs/week) in April 2026 and ramp to full-time around June as Devcon approaches.

• Flexibility to work nights and weekends is required, particularly leading up to and during the event.

• This is a contract role with hours billed monthly, which vary by month.

• Availability to respond across global time zones is expected.

• Must hold a valid passport and be able to travel, including to Mumbai, India.