Production Manager

Checkatrade; City Of London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading home improvement platform is seeking a Production Manager to organise and deliver engaging social media shoots. The ideal candidate will manage shoots from start to finish, handle talent with confidence, and ensure timely delivery. Strong organisational skills and a deep understanding of TikTok and Instagram content are essential. This role offers a competitive salary, annual bonus, and comprehensive benefits including health support and gym membership.

Benefits

Competitive salary + annual bonus

Health and well-being support

Gym membership

Special day leave

Buy & sell holiday scheme

1 week's paid charity leave

Qualifications

• Proven experience running shoots, ideally for short-form, social-first video.
• A calm, go-getter attitude with good judgement.
• A solid grasp of TikTok, Instagram, and Facebook content.

Responsibilities

• Owning shoots from start to finish, planning, scheduling, and budgeting.
• Sourcing talent, locations, and props for shoots.
• Leading on set, managing talent and supporting crew.

Skills

Proven experience running shoots

Stellar organisation and timekeeping

Understanding of social media content

People skills

Health and safety mindset

Job description

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Join us as a Production Manager

Want to do work that really matters? At Checkatrade, we're building the UK's go-to home improvement marketplace. Every day, we help millions of homeowners find the right tradesperson for the job, fast, fair, and without the faff.

As our next Production Manager, you'll bring that promise to life on screen - organising, running and delivering smooth, impactful shoots across TikTok, Instagram and Facebook. You'll be the one turning loose ideas into tight plans, finding the right locations, managing talent, and keeping the wheels turning on set so our creators can focus on telling the story.

This role's ideal for someone who's calm under pressure, thrives on ownership and lives and breathes short-form social content. You'll need a bit of flexibility too, you'll be out on location, handling talent, and sometimes shooting at short notice.

Forget long lists, here's what you'll actually spend your time on:

• Owning shoots from start to finish, planning, scheduling, booking, budgeting and delivering
• Sourcing what's needed to make it flow, talent, locations, permits, props, and last-minute fixes
• Crafting clear paperwork, from call sheets to risk assessments, all shared on time and easy to follow
• Leading on set, managing talent, supporting crew, keeping things safe, calm and on schedule
• Partnering closely with our videographer, keeping logistics moving and the kit where it needs to be
• Feeding the idea machine, bringing social-first shoot formats and creative inspiration to team ideation
• Learning and improving as we grow, wrapping shoots properly, sharing insights, and suggesting ways to level up

It's not about ticking every box. It's about turning up curious, ready to crack on. You'll do well here if you bring:

• Proven experience running shoots, ideally for short-form, social-first video
• A calm, go-getter attitude, with great judgement and a plan B always in your back pocket
• Stellar organisation and timekeeping, no detail missed, no shoot overrun
• A solid grasp of TikTok, Instagram and Facebook content, especially vertical formats and trending styles
• People skills, from agents to homeowners, you know how to handle talent with confidence and kindness
• A health and safety mindset, risk-aware and confident in managing compliance on set

We believe great work deserves great rewards. Here's just a taste:

• Competitive salary + annual bonus
• Health, well-being and learning support
• Gym membership, Smart Tech Scheme and Cycle Scheme
• Birthday/Special day leave
• Buy & sell holiday scheme
• 1 week's paid charity leave and much more!

How we'll get to know each other:

• Screening call with one of our Head of Brand Marketing
• 1st stage interview with our Social Media Lead and Head of Brand Marketing
• 2nd Stage interview will involve a live case study exercise with stakeholders

If you require any reasonable adjustments during our interview process, please discuss them with your Talent Acquisition Partner.

If this sounds like the place where you can do your best work, we'd love to hear from you, even if you don't tick every box

About us We're Checkatrade - the UK's leading platform for finding a tradesperson. With more than 50,000 trades listed and over 6 million reviews, we help homeowners get jobs done right and help tradespeople grow their business.

We're growing fast, with big plans to become the go-to brand for home improvements. If you care about great work, take pride in the details, and want to make an impact, you'll fit right in.