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Senior Production Manager - AV/Live Events - Herts/Hybrid

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Senior Production Manager - AV/Live Events - Hertfordshire/Hybrid
Salary: £60-65k

Would you like to play a key role in bringing some of the largest and most exciting projects to life, working with a vibrant, collaborative team to deliver innovative, creative and technically excellent projects? Have you got what it takes to work across a variety of exciting brands in both hybrid and live events, managing multiple projects simultaneously? If you've answered yes, then continue reading below!

DNA Recruit is working with a highly creative and innovative experiential agency which brings the 'WOW' factor to every single project, event, campaign and activation! Specialising in Strategy and Creative, Sustainability, Content, Physical and Digital Experiences, it's an agency you'll absolutely want to be part of in the role of Senior Production Manager to lead on world class experiences. We're looking for a Production Manager with experience delivering large-scale, live events to lead projects, from pitch to delivery, overseeing all aspects of project management including communicating with the client, issuing technical drawings, creating action plans and timelines, regularly briefing the production team, managing health and safety etc.

Main Responsibilities:
In this role you will work in project teams across all project phases from pitch to delivery as the senior lead, attending and leading client briefing as well as project kick-off and regular production meetings.

Previous experience leading and managing a team on large scale, complex events will be mandatory in order to be successful in this role.

You will create and manage production budgets, oversee H&S compliance, manage supplier arrangements and manage all aspects of on-site production across build, live and de-rig.

On digital and hybrid projects you will be involved in assessing the scope of client briefs, working with the digital leads to identify appropriate platforms.

The person..
Commercially and technically savvy, with a self-starter, upbeat and enthusiastic personality will be excellent traits to have, along with the ability to lead a strong team offering a mentorship approach. Ideally, you will have worked on large-scale events, with budgets of at least £200k and a background in a similar event agency or theatre/tv productions. A solid understanding of both scenic and technical requirements of any project would be key.


This is an incredible opportunity for an experienced Senior Production Manager to join a fantastic company and be part of some truly incredible events. If you are interested, then please send me your CV via the "link" to be considered and I can then get in touch with you should your skills and experience be what our client is looking for.

Please note you must have the right to work in the UK for your application to be considered.
Job Reference: GK10615

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