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About the Role

Role Details

We are looking to meet Project Producers & Lead Producers to oversee and run future contracts with our teams. We have some great long-term relationships, but as our portfolio grows we're looking to build our networks and meet new collaborators that can co-deliver our next stage of projects.

We're interested to hear from people with direct experience delivering ambitious projects in experience design, installation, audience interaction, exhibition and/or immersive contexts, and from those who work in project specific fixed term contracts and/or freelance contracts. To manage expectations we are not looking to work with Assistant Producers or early career Producers on a project basis, and we are not looking for Producers with experience of live performance, at this particular time.

You will be able to work regularly within London - we're unable to consider applications from those working remotely for this opportunity.

Key Responsibilities 

The essential functions include, but are not limited to the following:

Projects, Clients & Delivery  

• Oversee complex projects across a wide range of experiential design techniques ensuring that good process is followed and project reporting is accurate and timely.
• Ensure that you are playing a key role in the team developing their best design work and sustaining meaningful client relationships.
• Provide effective communication, project management and meeting delivery and quality objectives.
• Oversee all budgets within your team, focusing on delivering full scope within target margins.
• Negotiate contracts and balance risk appropriately for the business.
• Identify & mitigate potential risks to the business/projects.

New Business & Business Development  

• Own creative pitch briefs, attend pitch briefings and guide on scoping, pricing and structure where required.
• Allocate appropriate team member to work on the pitch and reviews response ensuring appropriate to business objectives and project scope.
• Presents the project to clients in pitches or supports others in doing so.  

Production Leadership  

• Maintain consistency over the management of all projects and leads regular reviews ensuring client objectives are met balanced with creative requirements.
• Evaluate the current status of the industry and the market to ensure delivery of relevant and useful products, messages or branding.  
• Anticipate the future direction of the industry using both research and own insight and brings the company into the fore of that trajectory, contributing and leading in project shareouts, industry shareouts and any internal strategy.  

Other

• Line manage others and contribute to wider team professional development as required

 

Candidate Qualifications & Skills

Required

• A number of years direct experience as a Project Producer working in an interdisciplinary design context:
  
  • Producer Roles - approximately 3-7 years professional experience
  • Senior Producer Roles - approximately 7-12 years professional experience
  • Lead Producer Roles - approximately 12+ years professional experience
• Proven success launching large scale campaigns or experiential projects  
• Experience across all aspects of the production cycle  
• Demonstrable experience being able to manage ever changing variables and being decisive about next steps
• Experience working autonomously and proactively, with good judgment for escalation and/or seeking external oversight/decision making in your work
• Very experienced managing complexity and multiple priorities at once
• Demonstrable experience in constructive conflict resolution  
• Significant experience managing budgets, assessing financial risk, keeping budget accuracy and meeting margins
• Strong experience as a creative collaborator across design disciplines

Desirable 

• Experience in more than one design context within Journey's portfolio such as experience design, installation, architectural & exhibition design, interaction design and/or immersive experiences
• A network of partnerships to bring to the company - both strategic and/or creative

Application: Please share a CV of your experience - indicating the specific role you played in any projects cited and a cover letter outlining how your experience meets the required and desirable criteria of this listing. We will also ask you to indicate which level of seniority you'd like to be considered for as part of your application.

Location: This role is based within our London Studios. We value regular in-person collaboration because we think it leads to the best creative work however hybrid working is available around project commitments.

Contract: Contract Types & Salaries vary based on the role, with the below as a guide. Freelance rates to be discussed on a case by case basis.

• Producer: £40,000-£50,000
• Senior Producer: £50,000-£65,000
• Lead Producer: £65,000-£95,000