Creative Production Manager

TN United Kingdom; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Production Manager to oversee complex events and mentor junior team members. This role involves managing high-profile projects, ensuring client satisfaction, and leading creative solutions in technical event production. The ideal candidate will possess extensive experience in AV technologies and client management, with a strong focus on delivering exceptional results. Join a dynamic team that values creativity and offers fantastic career opportunities in a supportive environment. If you are passionate about events and ready to make an impact, this is the role for you.

Benefits

Competitive Salaries

Career Opportunities

Strong Team Ethos

Excellent Working Environment

Qualifications

• Solid experience in technical event production at a senior level.
• Broad understanding of AV including sound, lighting, video, and projection.

Responsibilities

• Managing key projects for existing and new clients in the events division.
• Attending client meetings and pitches, contributing to project briefs.

Skills

Technical Event Production

AV Equipment Knowledge

Client Management

Lighting Design

Virtual Event Production

Education

Experience with CAD Software (Vectorworks)

Full UK Driving License

Tools

Vectorworks

Job description

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This leading Audio-Visual Hire, Live Events and Staging Company have been trading for over 19 years, operating both nationally and internationally. They offer permanent audio-visual solutions from concept through to install and sign off, as well as equipment hire and full technical event production solutions.

This business has a glowing reputation in the industry and a track record of delivering great results. They go the extra mile to ensure their services and solutions are competitive and efficient, that customers and employees are happy, and that the planet is a greener and better place to be! This is all demonstrated by the fact a huge percentage of their client base is repeat business and referrals!

Offering an excellent working environment, strong team ethos, competitive salaries, and fantastic career opportunities - this is an opportunity not to be missed!

THE ROLE

A unique opportunity has now become available within the business for a Senior Production Manager to come on board in a pivotal role within the Project team. As one of the most senior team members, you will be responsible for the company's most complex and high-profile events, managing blue chip clients and mentoring the team. Though direct line management isn't part of the role, you will be expected to lead by example and offer mentorship and support to more junior team members.

The main responsibilities include:

• Managing key projects for existing and new clients primarily in the events division of the company.
• Assessing the customers' needs and investigating the best ways to fulfil their requirements, creatively, technically, and commercially.
• Contribution to client briefs and tender applications with a focus on the creative delivery of the project.
• Attending client meetings and pitches.
• Developing digital offerings (Virtual / Hybrid / Content / Visualisations etc)
• Generating accurate quotations, which have sound commercial basis
• Carrying out site surveys both in the UK and overseas
• Creating project floor plans and visuals to support the technical and creative solution
• Managing and co-ordinating scenic production and print work
• Specifying all AV equipment using in house equipment where appropriate and allocating external resource with the assistance of the department Operations team.
• Liaising with all technical departments / suppliers as necessary.
• Planning of the schedules and logistics
• Managing onsite health and safety
• On site management of projects including the technical rig, client liaison, rehearsals, operation etc.
• Leading the company's offering in lighting design and occasional operation.

THE CANDIDATE

The ideal candidate will have solid experience in technical event production, at a senior level, working on a wide range of events. You will have a broad and proven understanding of AV including sound, lighting, video, projection & IT. Experience with Vectorworks or similar CAD packages is essential.

Experience in virtual event production would be advantageous.

This role will have heavy client management element and pitch responsibility, therefore requires an individual who is client facing and has strong experience in client liaison, account management and pitching.

A full UK driving license is essential.

In return, you will get the chance to join an excellent company and be a part of a team that produces award-winning projects, as well as the opportunity to excel in your career in a business that has fantastic opportunities for talented professionals.

Live specialises in all disciplines (and at all levels) across events, experiential and exhibitions. If this position isn't quite what you're looking for please visit our website to view all of the opportunities, we are recruiting.

As a specialist events recruitment agency, we help our clients build the most talented and diverse teams in the UK. We encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds, embracing diversity across all intersecting dimensions, including ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, well-being, abilities, and neurodiversity.

We are dedicated to ensuring a supportive and accessible recruitment process. If you require any adjustments or accommodations for any reason, please do not hesitate to let us know.