Head of Production

2 weeks ago


Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom Cut Media Full time
About the Role

Cut Media, a leading sports content agency, is seeking a highly experienced Head of Production to provide maternity leave cover. This temporary role will involve leading our production team and overseeing the delivery of projects from concept to completion.

Key Responsibilities
  • Lead the production team and ensure the successful delivery of projects on time and on budget.
  • Manage and lead productions from concept to delivery, serving as the primary point of contact for new leads and RFPs.
  • Produce and manage budgets with a keen eye for detail, ensuring cost-effectiveness and efficiency.
  • Mentor and support production team members, fostering a collaborative and productive work environment.
  • Allocate and oversee projects to the rest of the Production team, ensuring seamless execution and timely completion.
  • Manage the project slate and forecast production support, taking the lead on resourcing projects as needed.
  • Work closely with the Creative team from pitch stage to manage client expectations, budget, and schedule parameters, presenting proposals alongside the Creatives and Director when required.
  • Utilize budgets creatively, negotiating crew rates and ensuring best use of internal and external resources, keeping a close eye on the bottom line.
  • Manage local and international shoots and crews both on location and remotely, ensuring legal, contractual, insurance, and safety processes are implemented and documented accordingly.
  • Collaborate with Post Production team to plan edit schedules and delivery of assets.
  • All aspects of Production-related admin, including budget reconciliation, target margins, and client invoicing, as well as project forecasting and future planning.
  • Edit and produce projects alongside our Creatives and support the post-production team during the final stages of a project.
  • Work with the Senior Leadership Team to ensure contractual, legal, and insurance obligations are fulfilled for all productions.
About You

We're looking for a highly experienced and skilled Head of Production who can bring their expertise and passion for sports content to our team. As a key member of our close-knit team, you'll be working on your own projects as well as overseeing the output of the Production team. Reporting to our CEO, you'll excel at bringing the best team for the project together, number crunching budgets, and being able to keep one eye on the little details while the other is focused on the bigger picture.

You'll be a born organiser, calm under pressure, and be able to embrace change to keep things moving forward. Ideally, you'll also have:

  • 3 years+ in a Head of Production role, or 5+ years experience as a Senior Producer in a production company/agency setting.
  • Experience creating and managing budgets, with past responsibility for delivering projects on budget.
  • Proven experience in managing international shoots and crews.
  • Proven experience of on-set production of branded, commercial, and documentary shoots.
  • Experience producing branded content.
  • Good technical knowledge of post-production processes, archive, and music clearance, permits, insurance, contracts, and safety, as well as demonstrable experience with asset deliveries, ideally for both online and broadcast.
  • A great diary of contacts and relationships within the industry.
  • Demonstrable experience of working with athletes and/or sports brands and have a keen personal interest in sports.
  • A positive attitude and drive to create great work with great people - you'll be adept at collaborating as part of a team and multi-tasking across multiple projects.
About Us

Cut Media is a leading sports content agency based in Glasgow. We're an innovative end-to-end creative agency, taking projects from creative development to post-production and delivery. We're looking for a talented and experienced Head of Production to join our team and help us deliver exceptional sports content.

We offer a range of benefits, including:

  • 28 days annual leave, with a full studio closure between Christmas and New Year.
  • Private healthcare and benefits with Vitality Health Core Cover.
  • Annual Summer Out of Office Festival.
  • Additional Adventure and Giving Back days.
  • Regular company-wide social activities.
  • Hybrid working options - 3 days in studio, 2 at home.
  • Cycle to Work scheme.
  • On-site indoor bike parking facilities.
  • Kitchen stocked daily with snacks and potent coffee.
  • Development and training programme.
  • Dog-friendly office.

To apply, please submit your CV and a short cover letter telling us a little about yourself and why you'd like to work with us. Please also include any notice period details and answer the following question: Tell us about your dream sport production - think location, talent, discipline, and type of client.


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