Description
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) Jakarta is seeking a professional Event Organizer to deliver the Rasa Amerika - U.S. Food and Agricultural Festival, a two-day public event at Sarinah Mall on January 31 - February 1, 2026. The event will showcase U.S. food and agricultural products, promote cultural and culinary exchange, and strengthen U.S.-Indonesia relations. The Event Organizer will be responsible for full-service event planning, creative design, production, staffing, and operational management, including crowd control. Key duties include venue coordination, stage and booth construction, branding and signage, technical support, talent and VIP management, and full event staffing. The Event Organizer must ensure a family-friendly, engaging, and safe environment and deliver all pre-event, event-day, and post-event requirements.
Some of the key features of the event include:
* A Rasa Amerika photobooth which can be dismantled and reassembled for later use
* A pre-event briefing for members of the news media in coordination with the U.S. Embassy and USDA
* Professional emcees and videographers/photographers for both days
* Two professional and/or celebrity chefs to perform cooking demonstrations on-camera during the festival
* A formal opening ceremony with a ribbon cutting and cultural performance
* A main stage with a modern audio/visual system and a large high-resolution screen
* Influencer engagements, VR activities, a kids' education corner, mascots, and a Sunday Morning healthy promotion
* A decorated vacant restaurant for a bakery competition and other events
* Necessary equipment to facilitate reheating prepared food, cooking food, cutting and plating/tasting food, and washing dishes