Production Lead / EP - Inhouse content Studio

The Industry Club; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 92,000 - 166,000; Full time

Job summary

The Industry Club, a leading in‑house content studio, is seeking a Production Lead or Executive Producer to establish and lead a European production capability on a 12‑month freelance basis in London. The role starts January 2027 and is inside IR35, with 3 days in the office each week.

You will determine the best production approach per project, build networks of partners and freelancers across the UK and Europe, and oversee budgets, timelines and risks while guiding a Content Producer into a

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Production Lead or senior production role.
• Delivery across campaigns, social content and larger productions.
• Strong commercial mindset balancing quality, speed, and cost.

Responsibilities

• Build and shape the organisation's production capability, operating model and ways of working.
• Define the most effective production approach for each campaign, content and digital project.
• Develop and manage a network of production partners, freelancers and suppliers across the UK and Europe.
• Lead productions from planning through final delivery, ensuring high-quality and commercially effective execution.
• Manage production budgets, timelines, resources and risks.
• Partner with creative, account and client teams to advise on production strategy and delivery.
• Identify opportunities to improve production processes, efficiency and scalability.

Skills

Production leadership

Strategic planning

Budget management

Supplier network

Cross-market coordination

Job description

Production Lead / Executive Producer - Europe for a leading in-house content studio

This will be a 12 month freelance role starting in January 2027

Inside IR35

3 days a week in the office - London

We are looking for an entrepreneurial Production Lead or Executive Producer to establish and lead a modern production capability across Europe for an in-house content studio.

This is a newly created role with a clear mandate: to identify the most effective production solution for every project, balancing quality, speed, creativity and cost.

The Production Lead will be the central point of leadership for production, determining the right approach for each project and deciding when work is best delivered through an internal studio, freelance talent, production partners or external suppliers.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and shape the organisation's production capability, operating model and ways of working.
• Define the most effective production approach for each campaign, content and digital project.
• Develop and manage a strong network of production partners, freelancers and specialist suppliers across the UK and Europe.
• Lead productions from initial planning through to final delivery, ensuring high-quality, efficient and commercially effective execution.
• Manage production budgets, timelines, resources and risks.
• Partner closely with creative, account and client teams, providing expert guidance on production strategy and delivery.
• Identify opportunities to improve production processes, efficiency and scalability.
• Lead, support and develop a Content Producer
• Scope of work: Work spans always-on social, paid social craft, smaller productions, and larger external productions. Examples include mobilizing videographers, set designers, prop or art departments, animatronics specialists, 3D printers, and other local suppliers for work in markets such as Rome, Porto, Berlin and Spain.

What We're Looking For

• Extensive experience as a Production Lead or in a comparable senior production role with a Production company background or/and social first agency experience.
• Strong experience across content and social (social first experience ideal)
• Proven ability to build production frameworks, supplier networks and effective ways of working from the ground up. Supplier and freelancer network across European markets
• Excellent problem-solving, planning and decision-making skills.
• An established network of production contacts across the UK and Europe.
• A strong commercial mindset, with the ability to balance creative ambition, quality, timelines and budget.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, evolving environment and building new capabilities from the ground up.
• A collaborative and entrepreneurial approach, with the confidence to influence senior stakeholders and shape how production is delivered.

What Success Looks Like

• Establishing a scalable and effective production model across Europe.
• Building a trusted network of high-quality production partners, freelancers and suppliers.
• Improving production quality, speed and cost efficiency.
• Ensuring each project is delivered through the most appropriate and commercially effective production solution.
• Creating a flexible production model that can adapt to changing project needs and creative ambition.
• Establishing the organisation as a leader in modern, agile and efficient content production.

We're looking for someone who doesn't simply manage productions, but designs the system behind them; creating a smarter, more flexible and scalable approach to production.

We are committed to ensuring and supporting representation from all backgrounds across the creative industry, irrespective of race, religion, belief, ethnicity, age, gender, sexual orientation, disability or socio-economic background.

With this in mind, we welcome applications from all areas of the community. Please do get in touch and let us know if there is any additional support or reasonable adjustments we can cater for, to ensure our process and roles fit your needs and creates a comfortable & enjoyable recruitment process