HEAD OF PRODUCTION

• An experienced production leader with a strong background in design, motion, animation and creative production.

• A supportive and generous people manager who knows how to get the best from Producers and help them develop.

• Commercially minded and confident with budgets, margins, forecasting and the financial realities of running creative productions.

• An excellent scoper – able to turn ambitious creative briefs into realistic teams, schedules and budgets.

• A trusted partner to clients, comfortable building strong relationships and handling difficult conversations when needed.

• Calm under pressure, with the experience and judgement to find a way through complex production challenges.

• Highly organised, with the ability to maintain oversight across multiple projects, teams and priorities without getting lost in the detail.

• Strategic and forward-thinking – able to spot risks, resource requirements and opportunities before they become urgent.

• Collaborative, positive and low-ego; happy to lead from the front and step in wherever needed.

• Passionate about great creative work and creating the conditions for teams to do their best work.

• Well connected within the creative industry, with a strong network of production and freelance talent.

• At least 10 years’ experience in creative production, including significant experience in a senior production leadership role.

PRODUCTION LEADERSHIP

• Take overall responsibility for the smooth running of production across Art&Graft.

• Lead and develop the Producer team, maintaining visibility across live and upcoming projects and providing oversight, support and clear direction.

• Act as the senior production escalation point and ensure consistently high production standards across the studio.

PRODUCER MANAGEMENT

• Line-manage and develop the Producer team through regular 1:1s, feedback and support.

• Create an environment in which Producers can operate with autonomy, develop their skills and take ownership while knowing when and how to escalate issues.

PROJECT OVERSIGHT

• Maintain a studio-wide view of live and upcoming productions, identifying risks, capacity issues and potential problems early.

• Where needed, step in to directly produce or provide additional production cover during periods of high workload, Producer absence or particularly complex projects.

BUDGETING, SCOPING & COMMERCIAL MANAGEMENT

• Oversee the scoping and budgeting of new productions, working with Producers and creative leads to establish the right approach, team, schedule and cost.

• Review Producer budgets and take particular ownership of larger, more complex or commercially sensitive scopes.

• Maintain visibility of project margins across the studio, supporting Producers with overages, extensions, scope changes and commercial negotiations and ensuring projects remain commercially healthy throughout delivery.

RESOURCING

• Maintain a studio-wide view of production capacity and upcoming resource requirements, working closely with Producers and Team Leads to ensure projects have the right teams at the right time.

•  Help identify opportunities to move resources effectively between productions as schedules and priorities change.

FREELANCE PRODUCTION

• Lead the sourcing, booking and management of freelance Producers when additional production capacity is required.

• Maintain and develop Art&Graft’s network of freelance production talent and help ensure consistency around freelance rates, bookings and ways of working.

ACCOUNT & CLIENT LEADERSHIP

• Act as the senior production contact across Art&Graft’s key client accounts, providing continuity across multiple projects and Producers and ensuring knowledge and learnings are carried from one production to the next.

• Take ownership of incoming production briefs from existing clients, helping define requirements and allocating projects to the appropriate Producer and team.

• Support Producers with senior client conversations, negotiations, escalations and difficult project situations, ensuring clients experience Art&Graft as one joined-up production team.

REVENUE & PRODUCTION FORECASTING

• Maintain an accurate view of secured and highly probable production revenue across the studio.

• Work with Producers to ensure project values, schedules, extensions and changes are accurately reflected in production forecasts and maintain visibility of how contracted revenue is distributed across the year.

• Provide accurate and timely production information to senior leadership and Finance, identifying potential gaps, peaks, resource requirements and changes in the production pipeline early.

NEW BUSINESS

• Join new business conversations where detailed production expertise is required and help ensure opportunities transition smoothly from new business into production.

EVALUATON

• Ensure completed projects are reviewed to understand performance against budget, capture lessons learned and identify opportunities to improve future scopes, workflows and commercial performance.

STUDIO CULTURE

• Promote a calm, collaborative and solutions-focused production culture and effectively contribute to wider studio culture through participation within the Art&Graft Guilds.

We are committed to creating a truly inclusive culture to not only make Art&Graft a better place to work but to foster an environment where everyone experiences a sense of belonging and career progression.

Salary — £80k-95k

Full-time, permanent, not open to remote only applications

Reporting to — Senior Leadership, Art&Graft

Location — Bankside, London UK

Start date — ASAP

Closing Date — 31st October 2026

To apply please use this form.