SENIOR PRODUCTION MANAGER/LINE PRODUCER - WHISPER CREATE

SENIOR PRODUCTION MANAGER/LINE PRODUCER – WHISPER CREATE

London, United Kingdom Posted on 22/11/2024

SENIOR PRODUCTION MANAGER/LINE PRODUCER – WHISPER CREATE

Whisper is a leading global production company, specialising in sports, unscripted and branded entertainment. Our diverse team of over 270 team members work in offices across the UK and beyond, producing top-level sports such as Formula One, UEFA and The Paralympics, as well as branded content, prime-time documentaries and entertainment quiz shows for a raft of broadcasters. In 2023 Whisper won a BAFTA and was nominated for an International EMMY. It’s co-owned by Sony Pictures Television and is a seven-times Broadcast Best Places to Work.

We are looking for a Senior Production Manager / Line Producer to join the team in Whisper Create.

Whisper Create is a division of Whisper working with international brands such as Peloton, Red Bull, UBS and NEOM. The dynamic team produces high-level TVCs and a range of branded content. The post would suit a Senior PM / Line Producer with a strong background in working in TVC and Branded production with significant foreign filming experience. Must also have significant experience managing a number of projects concurrently in a fast-paced, busy environment. There will be foreign travel, including work in the Middle East.

Whisper is proud to be an equal opportunities employer, and we actively seek candidates from diverse backgrounds and communities.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Providing direct support to the HoP, assisting with the communication of key production information to the editorial team and the wider Production Management team.
2. Planning and contracting staff, managing PCs and mentoring junior members of the team. Actively seeking new junior and senior talent from diverse backgrounds.
3. Planning the fast turnaround shoots including booking crews and travel arrangements in locations across the UK and worldwide.
4. Working alongside Business Affairs to ensure productions are compliant, including contracting staff, freelance and talent.
5. Budgeting, including constructing budgets for new clients, revising existing budgets and running cost managers.
6. Working alongside the Managing/Creative Directors, Heads of Productions, Executive Producers and Commercial Director to execute projects.
7. Face to face client liaison and facilitating client requests as required. Working alongside Senior Producers to attend client meetings and be a key point of contact for projects.
8. Overseeing the delivery of complex call sheets with accurate and detailed movement orders.
9. Overseeing staffing and post schedules for each shoot.
10. Understanding and distributing accurate client requirements to ensure that all deliverables and rushes are completed in a timely manner, in order to fulfil the brief.
11. Maintain the vision and ethos of Whisper and promote a positive working environment where production talent can grow and gain opportunities in the business.

Please note that responsibilities may be amended, added to, or removed to reflect the changing needs of the production or organisation.

Requirements:

• Experience of the advertising market and TVC production, especially a strong background in big budget international productions.
• Confident working independently using own initiative while being prepared to take guidance on appropriate matters.
• Excellent team player; organised and able to work quickly without losing attention to detail.
• Ability to quickly assess, prioritise and act with a creative and flexible outlook.
• Integrity – able to look after the interests of the company while building effective working relationships with colleagues and outside contacts (including clients, directors and talent management) gaining their trust & respect.
• Must be able to work effectively in a complex environment with diverse stakeholders including Head of Production, MDs and Senior Management.
• Experience in casting, negotiating and booking talent, also working with stylists, production designers and hair and make-up artists internationally.
• Experience briefing, negotiating and contracting international service companies.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to effectively articulate complex issues in writing and verbally.
• You will have good prior knowledge of Ad clearance, rights & music clearance; post-production.
• Strong interpersonal skills, including the ability to work as a cooperative member of a team as well as interact with senior level executives and clients.

Location: The position is based at our Kew office, where we currently adopt a flexible working pattern of four days in-office and one day remotely.

Working Days: Monday – Friday. Whisper offers the option of flexitime hours. When weekend work is required, DOILS will be provided.