Purpose of the Role:

As Senior Production Manager at WildBrain you will be responsible for providing an essential production management function across all in-house and co-production activity (incl. pre & post-production). You will be responsible for all organisational aspects of production including scheduling and budgeting and will ensure all content is delivered on-time and on-budget. This role reports directly to the Head of Production.

- Working with the producers, overseeing the efficient arrangement of resources, facilities and budgets for all content produced.
- Working with producers and Finance to agree, log and manage all production budgets for content produced.
- Managing the overall production budget.
- Negotiating with talent/crew/agencies/suppliers to get the best deals for 3rd party services needed by production.
- Ensuring all administration and paperwork is in place (contracts, licenses, clearances, releases) for productions.
- Responsible for adherence to all aspects of health & safety, safeguarding, and any relevant guidelines and codes with respect to content production.
- Overseeing the WildBrain Spark studio facility and equipment.
- Working with the Head of Production and Head of Post-Production to manage resource allocations across production and post-production.
- Plays a key role in the transformation of our production activities ensuring we adopt an efficient and dynamic approach to creating multi-platform content.

Skills & Experience:

- You have a proven track-record of successfully delivering multiple complex projects with knowledge of all aspects of production, design and post-production.
- Highly numerate with experience of budget creation and management.
- A strong team-player and manager with the ability to influence cross-functional teams.
- Experience of production management systems, processes and regulations.
- A strong team player and collaborator
- Leads by example in delivering excellence in organisation, prioritisation and working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
- Analytical, with ability to communicate to internal/external parties when required
- A motivated attitude with a strong desire to learn, grow and succeed
- Professional and proactive

Benefits

We care about work/life balance here at WildBrain Spark. With this in mind we offer 25 days' holiday that rises with service, plus bank holidays and a 35-hour working week. We are open to discussing flexibility in respect of working hours and the use of technology to support regular remote working, dependent on role. We also offer subsidised gym membership, free breakfast and fruit, great socials, private medical cover, life assurance, enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption and shared leave and an Employee Assistance Programme offering free and confidential advice on all aspects of life and work.

We are committed to supporting diversity in our workforce and ensuring an inclusive environment where all individuals can thrive. We seek to employ a workforce representative of the markets that we serve and encourage applications from all.