Cheltenham Festivals
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Job: Production Manager
Job: Production Manager
Organisation: Cheltenham Festivals
Postcode: GL50 1HX
- Job Title: Production Manager
- Salary: £30k-£40k
- Hours:
Full time - Artform: Charity
- Role: Technical & Production
- Contract: Permanent
- Closing date: Mon, 04 Nov 2024
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Location:
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Job Description
We are looking for an experienced and knowledgeable Head of Production who will lead the in-house Production team, manage production budgets across all our activities and provide advice across both internal departments and external partners. The postholder will deliver all day-to-day production requirements to support the technical infrastructure, specification & design of the 4 annual festival sites, to include both temporary and fixed venues, and support year round activities. With inclusion, equity and sustainability driving the charity’s strategic future planning, the postholder will work closely across internal creative teams to fulfil CF’s vision; a world in which everyone can create and explore culture.
This salary is based on flexible working days/hours across the year. This role can be a mix of remote home working and working from our offices based in Cheltenham. Evening and weekend work will be required during the lead up to a festival site build, across live festival days and then the get out, de-rig of festival sites.
You will be well organised, have excellent project management, budgetary IT and CAD skills and enjoy immersing yourself in the production of world-class live events.
Job Requirements
In collaboration with the wider teams, the Production Manager will deliver on all day-to-day production requirements to support the technical infrastructure and production design of all festivals and year-round digital and live activities. With inclusion, equity and sustainability driving the charity’s strategic future planning, the postholder will work closely across internal teams to fulfil CF’s vision; a world in which everyone can create and explore culture.
The post-holder will build relationships with all CF suppliers and contractors and work closely with colleagues in a matrix structure to achieve all the success criteria to achieve inclusive, accessible and safe events for a diverse range of audiences
The post-holder reports into the Head of Production, and alongside a Technical Manager, and works closely with the Operations team and external Production companies.
Job Responsibilities
See Cheltenham Festivals website for full details but to include:
- In consultation with the Head of Production and Technical Manager agree technical specifications eg lighting, sound, AV, staging and air-conditioning etc, gather quotes and place orders with external contractors and suppliers to fulfil the agreed site plans (CF use CAD) and other infrastructure requirements eg power distribution, tracking, fencing for temporary and fixed venues and purpose-built venues used during festivals and year-round activities
- In consultation with the Head of Production maintain and monitor the production budget lines allocated to this role to include raising purchase orders and following financial processes through to final stage of invoice reconciliation.
- In collaboration with CF’s external Production Companies who build our festival sites, create the production schedule, crew requirement and security schedule for each festival working within the local council’s Land Use Agreement.
How to Apply
Please go to the Cheltenham Festivals website where you will find a link to the job and how to apply.
https://www.cheltenhamfestivals.org/jobs/production-manager
- Contact name: Nicola
- Contact email: [email protected]
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