Production Executive

This is a Full Time Job

Location: London, United Kingdom

Location: Bristol/London

Department: Twenty Twenty Productions
Reports to: Director of Production
Contract: Permanent

Your New Role

We are looking for a Production Executive to join our team to oversee all assigned productions, ensuring that all programmes deliver maximum value on screen.

This role could be based in either Bristol or London, and it will help maximise profitability and efficiency across all areas of the company.

The successful candidate will assist the DoP in managing the company's operations, especially relating to the planning, budgeting, scheduling and setting up of paid and un-paid developments and commissions.

Role Accountabilities

Production
• Overseeing the budgeting and scheduling of all assigned paid developments and productions
• Line manager to assigned Production Managers, who report to the role on all production matters (including but not limited to finance, people, access, insurance, music)
• Set up and maintain regular production meetings
• Ensuring on assigned productions that weekly cost reporting is provided for the management meeting
• Working with assigned Production Managers on health and safety (including overseeing risk assessments) as well as insurance, both standard production insurance and bespoke cover where required.
• Working with the development team on paid and unpaid developments
• Acting as a bridge between development and production, ensuring that productions, whether commissioned or not, transition smoothly from development into production
• Ensuring that all key senior production hires are approved
• Working with the DoP and Business Affairs on contract negotiations with talent and third party suppliers, including but not limited to significant production deals (e.g. post-production, camera deals) and having these approved by the DoP.
• Negotiating and setting rates for freelance staff
• To work on maximising commercial exploitation of IP
• Working with the DoP and Production Accountant to ensure efficient and prompt cost reporting on paid development and productions

Other
• Attending the weekly management meetings and reporting on the assigned developments and productions at these meetings, both in terms of finances and also production overview
• Monitoring company deals (e.g. car hire, couriers) and advising the DoP on improvements where available

Qualifications and Experience

Essential
• Previous experience working in a similar role in unscripted TV production
• Strong people management experience

Skills

• Possess strong attention to detail
• Be a team player
• Ability to build and maintain relationships
• Ability to interact at all levels and work effectively with all members of the production team, on screen talent, contributors and members of the public
• Ability to budget accurately and maintain control of budgets
• Problem analysis and decision-making skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• A strong understanding of the technical processes involved in television production, including camera, lighting, sound and editing
• Ability to conceptualise ideas



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