Senior Production Executive

Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines; Ipswich; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

AXA Health

Life Assurance

Enhanced maternity/paternity pay

Discounted holidays and cruises

Retail discounts

Boost Benefits

Job summary

Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines is seeking a Senior Production Executive for its Ipswich Head Office. The role is full-time (35 hours/week) with hybrid working, delivering high-quality visual and audio content to support brand storytelling and campaigns.

You will manage briefs, production schedules, and asset delivery across in-house and external production partners, ensuring brand and governance standards across channels.

Qualifications

• Experience producing video content in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience with basic storyboarding and scripting.
• Production management across stills, video and drone shoots including planning and budgeting.
• Understanding multi-channel formats and asset governance.
• Experience with AI tools for efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Deliver end-to-end video production on small to medium projects from brief to final cut.
• Coordinate with Marketing to meet technical requirements and share assets via the DAM.
• Act as central point of contact for video requests, advising on approach, costs and timelines.
• Manage editing and production schedules, escalating risks and resourcing as needed.
• Create briefs for photographers, videographers and drone operators.
• Oversee post-production and final delivery of stills and footage, including color grading.

Skills

Video production

Storyboarding

Project management

DAM

AI tools

Driving licence

Cross-team collaboration

Education

Degree in Media Production or related

Tools

DAM (Digital Asset Management)

Video editing software

Job description

Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines is a family-run business that has been offering exceptional cruise experiences for over 170 years. With a fleet of ships that provide intimate, friendly, and immersive voyages, we are committed to delivering world-class service with a personal touch. Join us and be part of a proud heritage that is all about making lasting memories for our guests.

As we continue to grow, we are now strengthening our Marketing team with a Senior Production Executive in our Ipswich Head Office. Working on a hybrid basis, you will support the delivery of high-quality visual and audio content for Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines, including brand storytelling videos, FAQs and short animations. Working across projects of varying scale, this role executes in-house productions and supports agency-led work, ensuring all content is delivered efficiently, consistently and to a high standard, supporting brand storytelling and wider business goals.

Key Duties & Responsibilities:

• Deliver end-to-end video production on small to medium-sized projects, from initial brief through to final cuts, including scripting and storyboarding.
• Work with the wider Marketing team to support the delivery of video projects, ensuring technical requirements are met and assets are shared and stored via the DAM.
• Act as the central point of contact for all incoming video requests, advising on approach, feasibility, costs and timelines.
• Project manage video edits and production schedules across filming and post-production, providing regular updates and proactively escalating risks or resourcing challenges, while ensuring deadlines are met and stakeholders are kept informed.
• Create and manage clear creative and practical briefs for photographers, videographers and drone operators, ensuring brand standards, outputs and deliverables are fully understood.
• Oversee post-production and final delivery of stills and footage, including selects, video edit outputs, image selection, retouching guidance, colour-grading requirements.
• Support the social media and PR teams with production planning to ensure the smooth delivery of shoots, events, live radio coverage and other outputs.
• Co-ordinate the ongoing updates of three-sixty virtual tours, including shoot logistics, supplier management and stakeholder sign-off.
• Ensure contracts, licensing and usage rights are secured for all assets (music, imagery, talent and locations).
• Co-ordinate and collaborate with external production companies, photographers, videographers and drone pilots to deliver high-quality content that meets brand and business needs.
• Work creatively and collaboratively with video editors, both on-site and within a wider freelance network.
• Support the Brand Ops & Creative Lead on large-scale photoshoot projects, including model shoots and TVC production, in collaboration with creative and production agencies.
• Oversee the use of audio across the customer journey, championing sonic branding and the consistent use of approved brand audio and stock libraries to ensure a cohesive, on-brand experience across all touchpoints.
• Deliver radio creative through appointed agencies, providing scripting support when needed and managing approvals with senior leadership to ensure outputs meet campaign requirements.

Skills & Experience Required:

• Experience producing video content in a fast-paced environment, managing multiple deliverables and stakeholders.
• Experience with basic storyboarding and scripting.
• Production management skills across stills, video and drone shoots: planning, logistics, scheduling, budgeting and supplier management.
• Understanding of formats and specifications for multi-channel delivery.
• Experience with Digital Asset Management (DAM) and content governance.
• Experience with AI tools and a strong drive to deliver efficiency through evolving technology.
• Degree or equivalent professional experience in Media Production, Film, Television or Broadcast Production, Creative or Digital Media, Marketing or Communications.
• Commercially minded, striving for continual performance and financial efficiency improvements.
• Able to prioritise and work to demanding deadlines under pressure.
• Able to build strong relationships across departments and with external companies.
• Full UK driving licence, including the ability and willingness to travel onboard and work weekends as required.

This is a permanent, full-time role, working 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday on a hybrid basis.

Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines offer a wide range of benefits including AXA Health medical, Life Assurance, enhanced maternity and paternity pay, discounted holidays and cruises, plus retail discounts and cash back incentives through our Boost Benefits scheme. Attached to this advert you will find a full job profile and details of our Company benefits on offer.

Our Values:

• We are caring - “We trust and care for each other, our guests and our environment”
• We are positive - “We live and share a positive attitude”
• We are real - “We are always ourselves and respect others”
• We are a team - “We are more than a team; we are a family”

As an equal opportunity employer, we celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.