Freelance Post-Production Project Lead

Inspired Thinking Group; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 590,000 - 959,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Time off: 25 days + holidays

Smart Working up to 40% from home

Work abroad after 12 months up to 90d/

Pension scheme

Corporate Medical Cash Plan

Electric car salary sacrifice

Charity payroll giving

Professional qualifications funding

Employee of the Month £250 bonus

Referral bonuses up to £1,500

Wellbeing workshops

Job summary

Inspired Thinking Group is seeking a freelance Post Production Producer to coordinate creative post-production projects from photography handover to final asset delivery. You will work with Shoot Producers and Creative teams to manage timelines, briefs and approvals, ensuring high standards and smooth transitions into post-production.

You will oversee print proofing, asset delivery, and supplier/talent management, building a network of retouch partners and ensuring milestones are met in a

Qualifications

• Experience coordinating creative or post production projects within a studio, agency or in-house creative environment.
• Strong understanding of photography, image retouching and creative production workflows.
• Excellent project coordination and organisational skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Excellent attention to detail and problem-solving ability.
• Experience using project management and workflow tools.
• Good working knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite and digital asset workflows.

Responsibilities

• Attend production planning meetings with Shoot Producers to gain visibility of upcoming campaigns and priorities.
• Develop an understanding of project objectives, creative requirements and delivery milestones.
• Identify upcoming post production workload and potential scheduling considerations.
• Support a smooth transition from production into post production through effective planning and communication.
• Take ownership of projects as they enter post production.
• Review and interpret creative briefs, ensuring post production requirements are clearly understood.
• Monitor project timelines, milestones and delivery dates across multiple concurrent projects.
• Track progress throughout the retouch process, ensuring work remains on schedule.
• Identify and communicate risks or delays, working collaboratively with the wider team to resolve issues.
• Ensure retouch work remains aligned with the approved creative brief.
• Coordinate review sessions with Art Directors and Creative teams.
• Collate and communicate feedback, amendments and approvals to post production teams in conjunction with the Creative PPCs.
• Manage approval milestones and amendment cycles to maintain delivery timelines.
• Ensure final creative sign-off is obtained before assets are released.
• Coordinate the transition of approved assets into the print proofing process.
• Schedule and manage print proofing resource requirements in line with project timelines.
• Work closely with stakeholders, Creative teams and external suppliers to book and facilitate proofing sessions.
• Host print proofing meetings, ensuring all feedback is captured, communicated and actioned.
• Coordinate approval cycles through to final print sign-off.
• Ensure print-ready assets are delivered accurately, on time and to the required technical and creative standards.
• Build and maintain a network of trusted freelance and external retouch partners to support business requirements.
• Source, assess and onboard new retouching talent, ensuring capability aligns with creative standards and business needs.
• Support the evaluation of supplier performance, quality and capacity.
• Work collaboratively with the Senior Creative Operations Manager to identify opportunities to strengthen the external retouch network.
• Maintain awareness of emerging retouch talent, industry trends and best practice to continually enhance the post-production function.

Skills

Post production coordination

Photography knowledge

Communication

Organisational skills

Workflow tools

Adobe Creative Suite

Stakeholder management

Education

None

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

Job description

Inspired Thinking Group is seeking a freelance Post Production Producer to coordinate creative post-production projects from photography handover to final asset delivery. You will work with Shoot Producers and Creative teams to manage timelines, briefs and approvals, ensuring high standards and smooth transitions into post-production.

You will oversee print proofing, asset delivery, and supplier/talent management, building a network of retouch partners and ensuring milestones are met in a