Show Producer, Secret Cinema London, England
TodayTix Group
Full Time
London, England
40000 - 50000 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description
Overview Secret Cinema has been thrilling audiences for 15 years, delivering deeply unforgettable experiences, fusing the world of cinema and site-specific immersive entertainment. Audiences get the chance to experience their favourite characters and stories in a whole new way, and with titles like Moulin Rouge!, Blade Runner and Dirty Dancing, attracting over half a million visitors in the past 5 years alone.
Secret Cinema are looking for a Show Producer to develop and deliver a new show at the end of 2023. Working within the overall project led by the Event Producer the Show Producer will have responsibility for the Show; taking the concept and creating a fertile environment to bring it to life; motivating people to collaborate, share expertise, and make things happen.
Key responsibilities
- Overall
- Hold overall responsibility for the show development, delivery and budget management, providing context and priorities
- Understand the vision for the show as an audience experience, and its position in the marketplace
- Identify and manage project risks
- Commercial
- Hold accountability for show delivery to budget:
- Contracting and negotiation
- Budgeting Production and Operating costs in collaboration with the Production Manager
- Provide sound financial management across budgeting, forecasting, procurement, payments and reconciliation
- Approve POs and sign contracts
- Creative Collaboration
- Contribute to and support creative development, considering practical and pragmatic factors
- Provide firm and clear guidelines to the creative team and hold them to account
- Management & Leadership
- Devise show delivery strategy, and confidently motivate and lead the full production team to execute it
- Recruitment & Resourcing
- Plan and coordinate all required resources to deliver the show;
- Recruitment, negotiation, supplier management, and contracting
- Ensure all team members effectively and efficiently onboarded
- Line Manage and develop project team members, in particular the production team
- Planning & Delivery
- Hold accountability for show compliance, including Health and Safety, Safeguarding (as relevant) and aligning with industry best practice
- Work to ensure the inclusivity of the Show, for audiences and teams alike
- Devise sustainable and efficient show operation practices
- Solve problems and lead crisis recovery as required
- Communication & Learning
- Successfully manage and navigate complex relationships, often with competing objectives
- Represent Secret Cinema and the project
- Broadcast project updates in a timely manner to relevant internal stakeholders
- Contribute to the project debrief
Key Skills & Experience (Essential)
Experience
- Substantial experience of large-scale live productions as Producer, with a demonstrable record of on-time delivery to budget
- Strategic planning for project delivery
- Negotiating and contracting suppliers and partners
- Problem solving in a live environment
- Project management, including day-to-day task management and delegation
- Experience facilitating and collaborating with creative teams
- Experience working with demanding external stakeholders
Skills
- Strong instincts on what is key to the audience experience when creating events
- Excellent communication and negotiation skills including ability to secure the best deals for the project
- Excellent project management skills; highly focussed and organised, and able to grasp and wrestle with complex challenges
- Thorough understanding of the H&S regulations surrounding events of scale and a proven track record of delivering events safely
- Sound judgement and a proven ability to manage and be comfortable with a dynamically changing environment.
- Excellent budgeting and IT skills, including Excel/Sheets
Attitude
- Inspirational with an ability to motivate and project authority
- Positive and friendly with a passion for Secret Cinema’s work
- Proactive and able to remain motivated while working independently
- Thorough and dedicated, with a high attention to detail
- Able to think outside the box and learn fast, with the desire to pick up new skills and develop new approaches
- Calm under pressure
Desired
- Wide network of suppliers, talent, artists and vendors across all mediums
- Experience activating and re-purposing sites for public use
- Experience of or exposure to building construction projects
- Qualifications including First Aid and Safety Management
Key Details
- Role Type: FTC
- Start Date: June 2023
- End Date: 31 January 2024
- Hours: June: 3 dpw / July: Full time / Aug & Sep: 3 dpw / Oct-Jan: Full time
- Standard hours 9-6. Evening and weekend work will be required during Production Period
- Location: London - Office & On-site
- Application Deadline: 5 June 2023
- Interviews Scheduled for: Rolling
Production Period
Secret Cinema takes seriously our obligation to provide a sustainable working environment, however, given the nature of live event production, there will be periods in the run up to the delivery of the project, where evenings and weekend work are required as a matter of course.
Secret Cinema welcomes applications from all sections of society. We are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other basis as protected by applicable law. If you have a disability or additional needs that require accommodation please do not hesitate to let us know.
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TodayTix Group
https://www.todaytixgroup.com
New York, United States
Brian Fenty
$100 to $500 million (USD)
201 to 500 Employees
Company - Private
Ticket Sales
2013
