PRODUCTION MANAGER

PRODUCTION MANAGER - FTC

Based in the heart of Shoreditch, we are an award winning digital content studio and media network who are currently on a quest to find a Production Manager to join our team at History Hit - History Hit is part of Little Dot Studios and is the UK’s biggest digital history brand.

As Production Manager for History Hit (SVOD & YouTube Productions) you will be responsible for the end-to-end management of production projects, ensuring timely and on-budget delivery. This involves comprehensive financial planning (budgeting, cost monitoring), logistical coordination (crew/kit hire, travel, permits), compliance (legal, clearance, risk management), and team oversight, including line management of a Production Assistant.

The ideal candidate will possess a strong knowledge of digital and broadcast production, excellent organisational skills, and have experience in managing client relationships and third-party archive material.

PERKS OF THE JOB

We are proud to be an award winning, B Corp™ Certified workplace with employee wellbeing at the heart of everything we do. We offer hybrid and flexi-time working, mental health and wellbeing programmes, enhanced gender neutral parental leave, interest free financial support and a digital nomad policy that allows you to work from abroad in two one week blocks a year. Plus all the usuals such as pension contributions, annual leave and office perks like free lunches, socials, and health treatments!

HOW YOU'LL SPEND YOUR TIME

• Supporting the production of programmes for History Hit’s SVOD and YouTube channels;

• Writing budgets (both internal purposes and clients), management of the annual production budget and project planning;

• Supporting a team with the smooth production of projects usually with multiple deliverables;

• Managing a variety of cost monitors, ensuring that delivery is achievable within the required timeframe and budget;

• Building and running production schedules

• Managing end-to-end production; incl. crew and kit hire, location arrangements, permits, travel and accommodation

• Booking International travel, organising visas and other supporting documents such as ATA carnets

• Creating call sheets and risk assessments

• Recruiting staff and freelancers

• Management of people and resources, and assessing and reporting production risks

• Risk management and integration of safety protocols into productions

• Managing compliance and legal requirements of original video content including Location Agreements, Talent Contracts and Third Party Archive Licencing/Clearances

• Line managing a Production Assistant

WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED
Skills matter, experience is useful, attitude is everything.

• Thorough understanding of all stages of production;

• Experience in broadcast and digital production;

• Strong knowledge of staffing, talent and production contracts (as well as business affairs processes) ;

• Ability to juggle multiple projects;

• Excellent communication, organisational and logistical skills;

• Experience in legal, clearance and compliance issues;

• Experience in digital and innovative content production, delivering content for broadcast clients and brands, and post production paperwork and programmes (including Silvermouse);

• Experience of working with 3rd Party Archive material, and client management (including maintained and cultivating good relationships with clients).

• Be proficient using G-Suite inc. Sheets and Microsoft Office inc. Excel.

LITTLE DOT, BIG HIT 🔥

History Hit is one of the UK’s biggest digital history brands, with a global reach, across podcasts, Video on Demand, social media and the web. Its podcast network, including Dan Snow’s History Hit, has millions of listens each month. Alongside History Hit, Little Dot Studios’ digital history brands form part of an integrated history offering and include Timeline, Real Royalty, Odyssey, War Stories and Absolute History, generating millions of video views a day globally across OTT and social video platforms including Samsung, Roku, TikTok and Instagram, with Timeline amassing over 5.5m subscribers on YouTube alone.

WE ARE COMMITTED

We are committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace at Little Dot that reflects our diverse digital audiences and communities we work and live in. We are committed to ensuring every employee feels valued and empowered to contribute their unique perspectives. We welcome candidates of all backgrounds, experiences, and identities to apply to our vacancies, and we strive to create an environment where differences are celebrated, and everyone has equal opportunity to thrive.

Learn more about us, our values and our commitments please visit our website for more information.