Production Manager, World Productions

In-House Production Manager

High End Television

Office Location: London

Closing Date: Sunday 15th May 2022

World Productions is one of the UK’s leading television production companies. Our productions include LINE OF DUTY, VIGIL, SHOWTRIAL and BODYGUARD for BBC1; ANNE and THE PEMBROKESHIRE MURDERS for ITV; and SAVE ME for Sky. We also have projects in development for Amazon, Netflix and Disney. World Productions is an ITV Studios Company. At World Productions we are committed to equality of opportunity and we want our workforce to be representative of all sections of society. We strongly encourage applications from candidates from all backgrounds, and due to the underrepresentation in the industry, applications from the Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities and Disabled people would be particularly welcome.

This role entails…

We are looking for a great organiser and communicator with hands on production experience to join our in-house team in London. You will have a good understanding of the production process in high-end television, be numerate and computer literate, have a keen eye for detail and be fabulous at multitasking. If you want to be part of a team who are creative, hard-working and supportive of each other and make an important contribution to our award-winning drama productions we would love to hear from you. We will discuss with you and support opportunities for career progression.

Key responsibilities:

• Assisting Head of Production with all productions from Greenlight through to final delivery.
• Work closely with production teams to ensure productions are following all correct procedures and overseeing Albert & clearances on production.
• Liaising with post-production teams to ensure projects are staying on their delivery time frames and alerting Broadcasters & distributors when these change.
• Assisting awards entries with the Junior Production Coordinator.
• Helping with the day to day running of our busy London office.
• Checking crew availabilities for upcoming projects.
• Cutting together awards reels. Basic knowledge of final cut pro or similar useful.
• Assist our in-house business affairs team in providing documentation and information for broadcasters, producers, financiers, and distributors.
• Checking though productions credits for spelling and accuracies with contractual obligations.

To be considered for this opportunity you will need to demonstrate the following skills:

Minimum role criteria:

• Experience working in a production company or on set as a Production Coordinator or experienced Production secretary in high end television and ready to step up.
• Experience dealing with confidential information.
• Passion and interest in continuing your career and succeed within TV Production Management.
• Able to use systems and adapt to new technologies.
• Respond quickly to new circumstances and remains focused on the task in hand. Maintain a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail.
• The ability to Coordinate many tasks simultaneously and not get easily overwhelmed by multiple demands.
• For this role you will be required to work with a wide spectrum of individuals within the Production company.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills are vital, both written and verbal.
• Good IT Skills including Word/Excel/PowerPoint and industry related software.
• Budgeting and budget management.

World Productions strongly encourages applications for this role from disabled people and as a Disability Confident Leader if you meet the minimum criteria for a role and you have declared that you are disabled, we’ll guarantee you’ll get to the next stage* (minimum criteria above).

The Key role criteria is as follows:

• Passion and interest in pursuing a career within TV Production Management.
• Be a confident team leader and an approachable team player.
• Excellent organisational and time management skills.
• Proactive approach to personal development.
• Possess a creative approach to problem solving and responds positively and proactively to challenges under pressure.
• Budgeting and budget management.
• Able to influence, negotiate and motivate others.

We’re happy to discuss any support/personalisation you may need during our application & selection process as part of our reasonable adjustments approach. So we encourage you to get in touch with us if you require anything... our email is talkingcareers@itv.com.

We want to be the most flexible employer in Media. We offer Smart working and we will support you and provide you the right environment and work/ life balance

We reach millions of people everyday, that’s why having diverse talents and being an organisation where colleagues feel included is crucial to us. We have various networks who celebrate and support our colleagues. We try to embed an inclusive mindset in everything we do.

* There may be a few exceptions where we are not able to take all eligible candidates to the next stage due to the volume of applications.