Production Manager Production

1stdecember; Mumbai; On-site; INR 446,000 - 737,000; Full time

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Job summary

1stdecember in Mumbai is seeking a production cost controller who runs the shoot day on the ground and keeps the budget in check. You’ll assemble crew, cast and equipment, keep the day on schedule, and call overtime before it happens.

You’ll track every cost against the line budget, confirm vendors, and return a clean wrap report to accounts. The role offers exposure to live films and the opportunity to shape how productions are run, from brief to delivery.

Qualifications

• Have run floors on large ad shoots
• Can say no to an extra and keep the crew on side
• Count everything twice

Responsibilities

• Get crew, cast and equipment on set on time
• Keep the day to the schedule with the 1st AD, and call overtime before it happens, not after
• Track every cost against the line budget, and send the Producer a cost report each evening
• Approve and record every extra: vehicles, meals, equipment, overtime
• Confirm every vendor the day before, and check what arrived against what was ordered
• Make sure the set is safe: stunts, heights, water, electricals, children on set
• Keep the permissions on set and ready to show
• Return everything, close every vendor bill, and hand a clean wrap report to accounts
• Shoot days on schedule
• Overtime approved before it happens: every hour
• Wrap report delivered within three days
• A hot seat. We're setting up our processes right now, so your work shapes how they turn out
• A real view of how a production company runs, from brief to delivery
• You learn from the best in our system, and you help build it
• A house with more than 150 international creative awards, Cannes Lions among them

Job description

• Our shoots are getting bigger and more frequent, and the floor needs someone who controls time and money minute by minute

THE JOB IN ONE LINE

• You run the shoot day on the ground and control the costs behind it

WHAT YOU'LL OWN

The shoot day

• Get crew, cast and equipment on set on time
• Keep the day to the schedule with the 1st AD, and call overtime before it happens, not after

Cost control

• Track every cost against the line budget, and send the Producer a cost report each evening
• Approve and record every extra: vehicles, meals, equipment, overtime
• Confirm every vendor the day before, and check what arrived against what was ordered

Safety and compliance

• Make sure the set is safe: stunts, heights, water, electricals, children on set
• Keep the permissions on set and ready to show

Wrap

• Return everything, close every vendor bill, and hand a clean wrap report to accounts

HOW WE WORK

• Chase the last 5%. We only hire people who pursue excellence. Most work stops at good enough. The last 5%, the detail nobody asked for, is where our films are made
• Move first. Start before you feel ready. A rough version today beats a perfect one next week
• Lead with the answer. Be clear, give the context, then say what you need
• Update before anyone asks. "Done", "doing it by [date]" or "stuck, here's my suggestion" are all fine. Silence never is
• Plan for the obstacle. If X goes wrong, then Y, decided in advance
• Show the number, not the story. Results over effort
• Raise the hard thing early. Flag the risk on the day you see it

THIS ROLE IS FOR YOU IF YOU

• Have run floors on large ad shoots
• Can say no to an extra and keep the crew on side
• Count everything twice

THIS ROLE IS NOT FOR YOU IF YOU

• Discover overtime on the bill
• Leave the wrap report for next week
• Treat safety as someone else's job

HOW WE'LL MEASURE YOU

• Shoot days on schedule
• Overtime approved before it happens: every hour
• Wrap report delivered within three days

WHAT YOU GET

• A hot seat. We're setting up our processes right now, so your work shapes how they turn out
• A real view of how a production company runs, from brief to delivery
• You learn from the best in our system, and you help build it
• A house with more than 150 international creative awards, Cannes Lions among them

THE DETAILS

• Freelance. Paid per project or on a monthly retainer, agreed in writing before you start
• Starts immediately, on live films
• Mumbai, at our office in Andheri West and on set