What We Do

Wide Shot specializes in media-friendly, visually powerful moments and experiences. We’ve worked with some of the largest political campaigns in the country, as well as other clients who want to promote a great cause.

What kind of events?

LARGE-SCALE POLITICAL EVENTS

Campaign kickoffs, election night parties, rallies…they all have many logistical elements that must be executed in a short time. These events are the highest-profile activities for a candidate, and there is zero room for error.

PRESS-CENTRIC EVENTS

Sometimes your organization needs the attention of one— earned media from press. We’ll work to make sure a press conference, roundtable discussion, or facility tour has all the production pieces to ensure things sound good, look good, and get your message out.

POLICY EVENTS

Conferences and long-form speeches have a reputation for being dry. They don’t have to be! Let us work with you and your team to produce and organize events and meetings that are creative, enjoyable, and impactful.

TOWN HALLS

Whether it’s a candidate or a cause, town halls can be the best way to showcase public interest and interaction. We have years of experience organizing town halls in a media-savvy and attendee-friendly way!

TOURS

Does your product, cause or candidate need a series of events to promote publicly? Perhaps it’s a bus tour for publicity, a book tour for promotion, or a series of events to impact markets across the country? Wide Shot has experience doing it all.

TRAININGS

Maybe your organization is looking to build a knowledgeable in-house team that knows the basics of how to organize events, contract vendors, keep costs low, and make things look good. We’ll meet you on the ground, or virtually, to chat with your team about the best event planning and execution practices.

About Us

Wide Shot and its team of event organizers have more than 20 years of experience in the political, corporate, and non-profit event space. Our President has organized some of the most high-profile political events in the country. Every project leader we hire has an eye for detail, optics, and keeping costs reasonable for our clients.

Leadership

Andrew Patterson
President

Wide Shot Events was founded by Andrew Patterson, who has worked for more than a decade in the event management world, leading projects for political campaigns, nonprofits, and businesses, and helping to produce some of the largest nationally recognized events in the country.

Andrew has built a network of production vendors, political contacts, and security and logistical resources that are the bedrock of any in-person event experience.

Andrew first began his work in the world of “political advance” in the 2016 presidential campaign, planning surrogate tours for the likes of Ben Carson and Donald Trump Jr.

As a member of the Trump-Pence administration, Andrew led logistically complex domestic and foreign travel for multiple presidential cabinet members, including Secretaries Alex Acosta at the U.S. Department of Labor, and Ryan Zinke and David Bernhardt at the U.S. Department of Interior. During his time at the Interior, Andrew was intricately involved in the production and planning of two of the largest events in the Trump-Pence administration, the Salute to America 4th of July Celebrations at the National Mall and Mt. Rushmore National Monument in 2019 and 2020 respectively.

After leaving the administration, Andrew worked in senior positions for both Doctor Oz for Senate and Nikki Haley for President. On each campaign, Andrew worked directly with the candidates to optimize all the logistical moving parts of candidate travel, maximized the visuals and optics of each candidate’s visits, and managed talented teams of advance staffers who organized hundreds of rallies, town halls, speeches, bus tour stops, and other media-friendly events.

In 2024, Andrew started Wide Shot Events to service and expand a portfolio of clients in the political, non-profit, and corporate sectors. Recent clients include Hogan for Maryland and Music PAC.

Connect with us Today!

Connect with Wide Shot and see how we can be a partner for your organization’s next event.