Head of Production in London

On Board Experiential (OBE) is an award-winning, full-service, experience-led agency that creates meaningful brand experiences worldwide, with office locations in London, San Francisco, Los Angeles and NYC. We help brands to cut through the noise, capture consumer attention and leave lasting impressions that live beyond the shareable, streamable, screamable moment. We are specialists in creating extraordinary brand events – immersive, engaging and unrivalled.

The London office is the most recent to open its doors in the OBE family, making us the new kids on the block, but backed by years of experiential experience. Boasting a heavy-hitting portfolio of incredibly active brands and a range of well-established partners, we’re well set for an exciting future. We are looking to add to our Leadership team to work across our most high-profile accounts, as we continue to define experiential marketing and help achieve targeted growth.

We work with brands that care. Brands that value meaningful relationships. Brands that are prepared to challenge what’s gone before. Brands that aren’t prepared to settle for OK. Brands that want the competitive advantage. Brands that act. We are OBE and we’re a team of experiential playmakers.

The Head of Production is the leader of OBE London’s event production capabilities, ensuring the quality of our event delivery output is to an industry high standard and exceeding our client expectations. They understand the operational elements of experiential work at the very highest level within both a B2C and B2B environment, with vast experience across projects of scale and for high-profile brands. Their stamp will be seen across our full portfolio of work through shaping and leading the OBE London production team.

The Head of Production will have strong industry connections throughout the industry and will own the agency production methodology of how we deliver events. They will be meticulous in their planning, an outstanding manager of people and will thrive under the pressure of large-scale big-budget events. Their impact on the business will result in market-leading experiential campaigns that fuel agency growth.

Reporting into the Managing Partners, the Head of Production will also play a key role in the agency’s Senior Leadership Team (SLT), helping to define and realise the long-term internal and external business strategy with a specific focus on building a high-performing collaborative team and culture.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Ultimate owner of our operational delivery output across the agency’s portfolio of work.
• Ultimate oversight and the central point of escalation for all agency production needs.
• Effectively communicating operational delivery requirements internally and externally.
• Proven presentation skills both internally and client-facing.
• Extensive and expanding knowledge of industry suppliers and freelancers.
• Infectious passion about the experiential industry and the technical expertise in how to deliver at scale.
• High-level technical production knowledge, including but not limited to operational AV and fabrication expertise.
• Strong working knowledge with CAD and design software.
• High-level Health and Safety knowledge and expertise.
• Internal leadership of the OBE London production team and wider external freelance talent.
• Ensuring continued knowledge growth and development of all members of the production team.
• Oversight and management of all production resourcing requirements across the agency’s portfolio of work.
• A problem solver with an innate ability to present solutions rather than issues.
• Leading the operational delivery of major agency projects, being the most senior production representative through the planning phase and during on-site execution.
• Leading the internal project team to ensure that all production deliverables are to task, to time and to budget.
• Design, develop and oversee project meeting infrastructure, both internally and externally to drive executional transparency and find efficiencies.
• Effective delegation and intuition to know when to empower and when to get into more detail.
• Strong budgeting skills and ability to oversee large scale sections of overall project budgets.
• Working collaboratively at a high level with multi-agencies as required by the client.
• Being a creative leader across the full production portfolio to help develop client responses and conceptual output.
• Ensuring a culture of creativity and innovation exists across all production work.
• As a fast-paced growing agency, all members of the OBE SLT are required to support across other departmental areas.
• Day-to-day management and upskilling of your production team.
• Line management of key members of the team, up to SMT level and up to a maximum of 3 direct reports.
• Effective management of resource across the team and understanding the importance of giving time to support your team’s learning and development.
• Creating outstanding working relationships with all teams across multiple areas of specialism.
• Providing timely and accurate quality reports to the SLT.
• Contributing to company culture creating a positive working environment.

ABOUT THE PERSON

• Are passionate about brand and experiential marketing in the sports, entertainment & Corporate space.
• Have a minimum of 10 years managing and executing live event productions, with at least 5 years in a department leadership role.
• Have a track record of operationally delivering major brand campaigns.
• Have high-level technical operational knowledge.
• Have exceptional communications skills both internally and externally.
• Have strong leadership skills.
• Can lead a high-performance team.
• Can lead or oversee multiple projects, of scale.
• Are exceptionally organised and administratively strong.
• Are a high-level problem solver and solutions driven, underpinned with a calm and methodical demeanour.
• Have the vision and the ability to see the big picture.
• Approach all of your work with creativity at its heart.
• Have an exceptional eye for detail.
• Have flexibility in working non-traditional hours as needed around live event deliveries.
• Thrive under pressure and are approachable at all times.
• Have outstanding knowledge of experiential marketing.

PACKAGE

• Contract: Permanent
• Hours: 37.5 hours a week
• Location: Hybrid (Ability to attend Soho Works, 180 The Strand at least three days per week)
• Salary: £75,000 - £85,000
• Holiday: 25 days annual leave, Bank Holidays & time off in lieu for every weekend day worked
• Benefits: Pension contribution, Bonus scheme, Birthday entitlement, Move in day, Flexi Friday and working policy, Sabbatical opportunities, Professional development and training, Cycle to work scheme, Approaches to wellness and physical activity, Quarterly team outings.

THE APPLICATION PROCESS

We treat all applications on a level playing field, we are striving to create a diverse team that share different cultures, backgrounds and experiences to inform and enhance the campaigns we create. To apply for the role please submit your CV and covering letter outlining why you are right for the role. The closing date for applications is 31 January 2026.