Production Manager

Audio Always; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Audio Always in Manchester is seeking a Production Manager to keep multiple projects across podcasts, radio, audiobooks and campaigns on track. You’ll oversee scheduling, budgets and resourcing, ensuring plans stay on time and within costs.

This hybrid role requires strong organisation, experience in production management, and fluency with project tools such as monday.com and Productive. You’ll collaborate across teams, book freelancers, manage studio bookings in Manchester and London, and

Qualifications

• Strong production management experience in audio/TV/agency backgrounds welcome.
• Comfortable with project management and budget tracking systems like monday.com and Productive.
• Track record of delivering complex multi-project workloads to deadline and budget.
• Confident with schedules, forecasts, contracts and production risk.
• exceptionally well-organised and calm under pressure.
• Communicates clearly with producers, freelancers, talent and suppliers.

Responsibilities

• Maintaining a clear overview of active and future projects — deadlines, budgets, staffing, risks and delivery.
• Working closely with teams across the business to plan and manage resources across multiple concurrent projects.
• Building and managing production schedules and budgets, and keeping on top of any changes as they happen.
• Presenting resourcing plans as part of project kickoff meetings.
• Keeping production management systems current and accurate.
• Booking and managing freelancers, maintaining accurate records of availability, contracts and costs.
• Managing studio bookings across our facilities in Manchester and London.
• Ensuring all production-related paperwork is completed — contracts, compliance, rights and delivery documentation.
• Forward planning production capacity across the business, proactively identifying resourcing gaps and flagging them early.
• Supporting the wider team with the systems, trackers and workflows that keep a busy production company running well.

Skills

Production management

Project management

Budget tracking

Resource planning

Tools

monday.com

Productive

Job description

Great shows are made by people who love what they do.

If you’re as passionate about creative, high-quality content as we are, we’d love to hear from you.

Production Manager

Location— Manchester
Salary Band— C
Hybrid Working— Minimum three days per week in office

The Role

We’re a fast-paced company with multiple projects always running at once — across podcasts, radio, audiobooks and commercial campaigns. The Production Manager is the person who keeps all of it on track. This is a role for someone who loves the operational side of production: the planning, the systems, the detail — and who gets real satisfaction from a schedule that holds and a project that lands without drama.

What You'll Be Doing

• Maintaining a clear overview of active and future projects — deadlines, budgets, staffing, risks and delivery — so nothing falls through the gaps.
• Working closely with teams across the business to plan and manage resources across multiple concurrent projects.
• Building and managing production schedules and budgets, and keeping on top of any changes as they happen.
• Presenting resourcing plans as part of project kickoff meetings.
• Keeping production management systems current and accurate.
• Booking and managing freelancers, maintaining accurate records of availability, contracts and costs.
• Managing studio bookings across our facilities in Manchester and London.
• Ensuring all production-related paperwork is completed — contracts, compliance, rights and delivery documentation.
• Forward planning production capacity across the business, proactively identifying resourcing gaps and flagging them early.
• Supporting the wider team with the systems, trackers and workflows that keep a busy production company running well.

What We're Looking For

• Strong production management experience, ideally in audio, TV or an agency, though other backgrounds are equally welcome.
• Comfortable working on project management and budget tracking systems like monday.com and Productive.
• A track record of delivering complex, multi-project workloads to deadline and budget.
• Confident with schedules, forecasts, contracts and production risk.
• Exceptionally well-organised and calm under pressure.
• Communicates clearly with producers, freelancers, talent and suppliers alike.
• Good judgement — and knows when to flag something and when to just sort it.
• Takes a collaborative, practical approach and makes the people around them feel supported.

We are committed to equal employment opportunities and to ensuring a diverse and inclusive workforce. If you have a need that we can accommodate in our hiring process, please let us know.

In accordance with Home Office guidance, the successful candidate must evidence their right to work in the UK before commencement ofemployment.This is not arole we consider to be eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route based on our policy. Candidates are therefore encouraged to consider their own right to work options without the requirement for sponsorship.