Production Operations Lead, Social & Digital Content

McLaren Automotive Limited; Woking; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

McLaren Automotive Limited is seeking a Production Coordinator to support day-to-day operations, schedule planning, and resource management for premium, social-first content across McLaren Racing’s digital channels. The role lives within the Social Creative team, coordinating call sheets, equipment, and admin workflows to empower creators and designers.

You’ll work across the McLaren Technology Centre, on location, and trackside during race weekends, ensuring production needs are met on time and

Qualifications

• You’ll bring experience as a Production Coordinator, Junior Producer or Production Assistant within media, entertainment, sport, an agency or a digital-production environment.
• You’ll also have: Practical experience booking, onboarding and coordinating freelance crews and videographers; A solid understanding of the video-production lifecycle; Familiarity with tools such as Asana, Airtable and DAM systems; Excellent organizational and multi-tasking abilities; Strong administrative rigour in tracking expenses and invoices; Excellent communication and collaboration with internal and external teams; Calm, adaptable, and solution-oriented mindset in fast-paced production environments; A passion for sport, motorsport, digital content creation and social trends.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate productions spanning always-on social content, brand campaigns and partner activations, providing effective operational support across the team.
• Build and maintain production schedules, shooting timelines, call sheets and daily operational plans.
• Source, onboard and coordinate freelance videographers, editors, sound operators and local production crews globally.
• Manage equipment and production-kit logistics, including dispatch, transport, maintenance and trackside travel requirements.
• Coordinate rate cards, purchase orders, invoices and expense tracking with external crews, agencies, suppliers and Finance.
• Arrange location permits, media access, accreditation and rights clearances for shoots at MTC, on location and across international race environments.
• Provide real-time operational support during shoots, responding to logistical changes, schedule movements and resource requirements.
• Maintain production databases, contact lists, supplier rosters and project-management tools.
• Support metadata collection, archiving and asset retrieval for future campaigns and partner requests.
• Collaborate with Digital, Brand, Commercial, Partnerships and Publishing teams to meet platform specifications, audience needs and delivery deadlines.
• Help maintain production standards, scalable workflows and compliance with McLaren’s brand, health and safety, and operational requirements.
• Anticipate production challenges and implement practical solutions that protect creative quality, timelines and budgets.

Skills

Production coordination

Shoots logistics

Call sheets

Budget tracking

Communication

Organisational skills

Tools

Asana

Airtable

Digital Asset Management

Job description

McLaren Automotive Limited is seeking a Production Coordinator to support day-to-day operations, schedule planning, and resource management for premium, social-first content across McLaren Racing’s digital channels. The role lives within the Social Creative team, coordinating call sheets, equipment, and admin workflows to empower creators and designers.

You’ll work across the McLaren Technology Centre, on location, and trackside during race weekends, ensuring production needs are met on time and