Senior Production Lead

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