Junior Production Manager

Nova Sky Stories; Boulder (CO); Hybrid; USD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Nova Sky Stories as a Junior Production Manager, where you will oversee live event productions on-site, ensuring safety and logistical precision. This role demands 4+ years of experience in live event production, attention to detail, and organizational skills.

The role involves executing production plans, managing crew coordination, and maintaining project documentation, all vital for successful touring productions. If you're ready to support innovative drone entertainment and thrive in a dynamic environment, apply today!

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in live event production, touring, or comparable onsite production environments.
• Demonstrated onsite operational experience, including logistics coordination and crew management.
• Strong organizational skills with exceptional attention to detail.
• Comfortable executing within established systems, processes, and safety standards.
• Willingness and ability to travel extensively and work flexible schedules.

Responsibilities

• Serve as onsite Production Manager for repeatable touring productions.
• Execute pre‑defined production plans, schedules, and logistics.
• Manage onsite crew coordination, callsheets, load‑in, and daily show operations.
• Conduct site arrival checks and support airfield setup.
• Enforce exclusion zones, safety buffers, and show‑day safety procedures.
• Maintain accurate project documentation across various platforms.
• Support Senior Production Managers on complex productions.

Skills

Live event production

Logistics coordination

Crew management

Organizational skills

Attention to detail

Job description

At Nova Sky Stories, we empower artists and producers to bring awe and wonder to live audiences around the world. As the global leader in drone entertainment, we’ve been redefining live shows for over a decade—merging cutting‑edge drone technology with imaginative artistry.

With a veteran team of engineers and creatives, we design and operate lightweight, small, precise, and safe drones that perform in the most demanding environments—urban centers, extreme temperatures, and high winds. The result? Sky Stories that inspire, captivate, and transform the sky into a canvas of imagination.

Headquartered in the U.S. with teams across Europe and the UAE, Nova Sky Stories works with the world’s leading brands, venues, and events.

As a Junior Production Manager at Nova Sky Stories, you will be an onsite executor and owner of show execution. This role is responsible for delivering production plans in the field, primarily for repeatable touring productions, while supporting Senior Production Managers on larger, marquee shows.

You will serve as the onsite Production Manager for touring productions, ensuring Nova’s production systems, safety standards, and execution plans are implemented accurately and consistently. This is a hands‑on, detail‑oriented role for someone who thrives in live environments and takes pride in precise, reliable execution.

Touring Show Execution

• Serve as onsite Production Manager for repeatable touring productions.
• Execute pre‑defined production plans, schedules, and logistics with consistency and precision.
• Manage onsite crew coordination, callsheets, load‑in, strike, and daily show operations.

Onsite Operations & Safety

• Conduct site arrival checks, perimeter verification, and support airfield setup.
• Coordinate onsite with security, labor, power vendors, and venue contacts.
• Enforce exclusion zones, safety buffers, and show‑day safety procedures.
• Support front‑of‑house (FOH) operations and show calling in coordination with Pilots in Command (PICs) and Flight Operations.

Process & Documentation Discipline

• Maintain accurate and up‑to‑date project documentation across Notion, Google Drive, Slack, and reporting tools.
• Ensure call sheets, reports, expense tracking, and post‑show documentation are completed accurately and on time.
• Provide clear, timely updates and elevate issues to Senior Production Managers as needed.

Support on Marquee Productions

• Support Senior Production Managers on complex or large‑scale productions with scoped ownership of logistics, documentation, or onsite execution.
• Assist with planning, vendor coordination, and onsite execution as assigned.
• Submit post‑show reports, onsite observations, and lessons learned.
• Contribute feedback to improve touring systems, templates, and execution standards.

Required Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in live event production, touring, or comparable onsite production environments.
• Demonstrated onsite operational experience, including logistics coordination and crew management.
• Strong organizational skills with exceptional attention to detail.
• Comfortable executing within established systems, processes, and safety standards.
• Willingness and ability to travel extensively and work flexible schedules, including nights, weekends, and holidays.
• Valid driver’s license.

What Defines You

• Highly reliable, organized, and execution‑focused.
• Calm under pressure and effective in an onsite operating environment.
• A clear, proactive communicator who escalates issues early and appropriately.
• Team‑oriented, humble, and eager to learn.
• Motivated by operational excellence, consistency, and continuous improvement.
• Interested in growing into increased production ownership over time.

If you’re ready to play a key role in supporting the operational backbone of a company redefining storytelling in the sky, we’d love to hear from you. Apply now to help keep Nova Sky Stories flying high.