Production Manager

About the Job

We are seeking a Production Manager to start straight away with minimum of 2 years of senior PM experience.

You will have solid experience in broadcast factual documentary, branded content, short-form, digital, promo, or ads.

Rate- £1300 per week PAYE full time to start as soon as possible.

Partly remote but in the office minimum 2-3 days a week based in a major International brand office in Waterloo.

This person needs to have strong leadership experience, be able to juggle multiple projects, and work at speed to deliver to quick turnaround deadlines.

You must have great knowledge of cost books and excel, excellent people management skills, extensive experience running shoots in the UK and worldwide, and strong budget/schedule management skills.

You will be comfortable with:

• Enforcing health and safety/ data protection/respect at work/ NDAs/ holiday charts etc
• Finance inc credits cards, petty cash, expenses, cost books, invoicing, payroll allocation, excel formulas, cost reports
• Working with Coordinators to delegate call sheets, travel , permits, and risk assessments
• Shoot safety, insurance covers, legal rights, copyright issues and releases, workplace training, contracts
• Working to secure and contract talent with talent bookers
• Creating schedules and populating cost books and writing small budgets
• Negotiating, budgeting, and managing with graphics, music, and archive companies
• Supervising post-production workflow with tech manager and edit team
• Good knowledge of post-production paperwork
• Corporate client liaison in persona and via zoom-type calls
• Be happy to work with clients requiring strict corporate safety rules and regulations
• Corporate client liaison in person and via zoom-type calls
• Additional knowledge of running live broadcast would be a plus


We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation, or age.

Whilst we would love to reply to everyone, we can only contact those who are shortlisted

Please contact us via ProductionHive with your CV, your contact details, a cover email, your possible start date, and your rate.