Senior Production Lead

Job Summary

The Production Lead is responsible for the day-to-day management of the relevant team members of the wider Production team planning resourcing needs booking freelance staff as required ensuring consistency in all projects and taking overall responsibility for the delivery of all relevant projects. Whilst there is a focus required on overall team management and future planning the Senior Production Lead will also perform a hands on production role on the bigger and more complex projects. This is a client facing role and it is expected that the Lead will be able to present project budgets pitch budgets programme budgets and other material as necessary to client groups and purchasing teams. The Lead is also expected to adopt a proactive client-facing role as needed to support client services and business development facilitating local client acquisition and strengthening existing client relationships.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure projects are delivered on budget and on-time to the highest possible standards for all projects.
• Manage the workflow and resourcing of projects within the role remit in combination with the other Directors & resourcing personnel.
• Ensure the production team are working to Imagination standards profi table business practise health and safety standards are met projects commercially sound appropriate documentation & supplier best practice.
• Help drive constant process and delivery improvements across delivery teams.
• Motivate guide and support the wider production team and contribute to their development of all team members.
• Create practical working solutions to creative proposals turning the vision into reality.
• Budgeting of projects and programmes of work ensuring best value pricing negotiating with suppliers and making contractor selection.
• Oversee fi nancial control of 3rd party spend ensuring any other Production Managers plan and deliver all aspects of assigned projects within the agreed timeframe and budget.
• Capable of wholly creating and managing large scale complex budgets.
• Negotiate favourable costs and terms with all suppliers and freelancers to deliver value to Imagination and its clients. Unrestricted 1
• On project completion work with the Project Director/Manager to ensure a timely and precise fi nancial reconciliation of all production budgets.
• Specification of technical equipment and manufacturing in conjunction with Imagination specialist teams (lighting and sound teams design production etc).
• Collaborating with the creative production team to develop solutions for live event (all streams) situations;
• Scheduling of all trades throughout pre-production and delivery phases.
• Produce overall project time plan with Project Management & Creative and ensure all Imagination processes are adhered to.
• Liaise with venues and carry out site visits as appropriate reporting back as to suitability for required event mode..
• Developing and maintaining relationships with suppliers and ensuring new and innovative products and services are introduced.
• Manage Health and Safety on all projects in conjunction with the Imagination H&S Manager including creation of all documentation to UK/appropriate global / regional standards.
• Fulfilling the role in compliance with company policies and procedures for example (but not limited) ISO documentation Information Security training.
• Ensure the production team works in compliance within Imagination policies and guidelines.
• Ensure debriefs are undertaken on all projects and results are communicated best-practice and learnings are shared with the production team.
• Build on existing supplier and provider relationships and actively seek new ones across all production and technical delivery streams.
• Strengthen and expand on relationships with key entities (Civil Defense GEA SCEGA etc) to help facilitate a compliant production process efficiently.
• Build on and further develop venue database and venue managers relationships.
• Enhance and manage Riyadh storage facility to ensure items and provisions are prepared pre-event and reset post-event.
• Build on existing in-country resources that are already in play across key disciplines (site managers IT experts printing specialists gifting vendors etc).
• In time build a Riyadh based production team across all skill levels.

Skills Knowledge and Expertise

• Educated to degree level/professional qualifi cation or qualifi ed by experience;
• Solid relevant experience in similar industries and at an appropriate level including international and multidisciplinary work;
• Proven experience of managing a team of Production / Technical Managers;
• Broad understanding of technical elements including digital staging AV and construction processes;
• Confident and experienced with budgeting and negotiating large scale projects roadshows and exhibitions;
• Flexible and adaptable to new challenges and requirements;
• Must be able to communicate well and build relationships with clients other departments / colleagues;
• Interest in general industry and technologies;
• Computer literate in the Microsoft Offi ce suite of programs;
• Ability to generate understand and interpret technical drawings;
• Working knowledge of international / regional Health and Safety and Compliance regulations.

Benefits

• Comprehensive paid time off benefits
• Hybrid work model where our team comes into the office a minimum of 3 days per week
• Comprehensive health insurance
• Public profile and exposure increase as a thought leader and prominent talent for the office featured in publications and as a panellist speaker and judge in select events
• Monthly breakfasts and monthly social sessions
• Select educational support for growth and upskilling

Required Experience:

Senior IC

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