Festival Production Lead (Arts & Events) - 2-Year Contract

Arts House Group; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Arts House Group in Singapore seeks a Production Lead to plan, coordinate, and deliver on a portfolio of festivals and projects, including the Singapore International Festival of Arts and Singapore Writers Festival. You will lead production delivery within a defined area, coordinating productions, contractors, and schedules across venues and partners.

The role reports to the Senior Production Manager and collaborates with managers, artists, venues and contractors to identify risks and ensure

Qualifications

• Minimum 5-7 years' experience in production operations, arts management, event operations, venue operations or related fields.
• Experience with procurement administration, financial tracking and workforce management.
• Experience working with contract-based, freelance or project-based workforces.
• Familiarity with performing arts, festivals or technical production environments preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assess production requirements for assigned productions.
• Develop and maintain production plans and schedules.
• Coordinate venue requirements, rehearsals, installations and operational activities.
• Manage production delivery from planning through close-out.
• Support artist, venue and stakeholder liaison where required.
• Ensure productions are delivered safely, efficiently and in accordance with approved plans.
• Coordinate schedules across productions within the portfolio.
• Align resource requirements including manpower, equipment and venue access.
• Monitor dependencies, clashes and operational pressures across projects.
• Coordinate contractors, vendors and production personnel working across multiple projects.
• Facilitate communication between project teams to support delivery.
• Identify conflicts early and implement operational solutions within delegated authority.
• Support onboarding and integration of production personnel and contractors.
• Provide guidance and mentorship to Production Managers, Coordinators and Assistants.
• Support consistency in production practices and documentation.
• Share operational knowledge and lessons learnt across projects.
• Contribute to continuity of delivery across festival cycles.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Project coordination

Time management

Team leadership

Tools

Microsoft 365 Suite

Production Scheduling tools

Excel

SharePoint

Airtable

Budget tracking systems

Project administration tools

Job description

Arts House Group in Singapore seeks a Production Lead to plan, coordinate, and deliver on a portfolio of festivals and projects, including the Singapore International Festival of Arts and Singapore Writers Festival. You will lead production delivery within a defined area, coordinating productions, contractors, and schedules across venues and partners.

The role reports to the Senior Production Manager and collaborates with managers, artists, venues and contractors to identify risks and ensure