Project Director

4 days ago

London, UK, United Kingdom Wise Productions Full time

Job title: Project Director

Company: Wise Productions (UK) Ltd

Location: London, United Kingdom (hybrid)

Hours: 9:30-5:30pm, Monday to Friday with events taking place on evenings and weekends

Salary: Negotiable – to include commission, paid overtime or time off in lieu


Who We Are

Wise Productions is an employee-owned creative events production company based in West London, with a talented team of over 60 Co-Owners. With a longstanding commitment to innovation, excellence, and a client-centric approach, we pride ourselves on delivering unforgettable event experiences in the UK’s most beautiful venues. Our core values of enthusiasm, dependability, collaboration, and a client-first mentality are at the heart of everything we do, and our recruitment process is designed to zero-in on candidates who truly share these core values. For the right person, this is an exciting opportunity to join a highly regarded event production company, and be part of our future success as we leverage our employee-ownership model to drive further growth.


Position Overview

Reporting to the Director of Events, Wise is looking for an experienced Project Director to join the team to deliver some of our largest, high-end, creative productions in London’s unique and historic venues as well as throughout the UK and internationally. Advanced technical knowledge is essential, and the individual must exemplify exceptional customer service, diligent budgeting across complex projects, whilst being a role model and mentor to the rest of the projects team.


Key Accountabilities

  • Project delivery of events, with some production budgets exceeding £250,000
  • To achieve the revenue target set by the Director of Events
  • To maintain our desired target margins through diligent budgeting
  • Venue champion of an allocation of our core accredited venues
  • Supporting our marketing and new business development function
  • Training & mentoring the projects team
  • Ensuring client retention through excellent customer service


Day-to-Day Responsibilities

  • Pitching to new prospective Wise clients
  • Taking the initial brief and being the key point of contact for clients from consultation to completion
  • Briefing internal teams across all disciplines to develop ideas and accurate costings
  • Prepare production schedules for complex shows and brief technical departments/lead operators
  • Planning and delivering some of our largest projects both in the UK and internationally
  • Oversee the event installation and live event delivery to ensure all teams produce exceptional service
  • Nurturing and retaining relationships of Wise’s biggest clients
  • To build up a portfolio of their own high value clients
  • Maintain strong relationships with accredited venues and suppliers
  • Supporting with venue tenders and attend promotional events
  • Support & mentor junior members of staff within the Projects function
  • Promoting Wise culture and values throughout every aspect of the job


Who Are You?

  • A minimum of eight years of live event industry experience – preferably from an agency, technical/creative production or venue role
  • Confidence in pitching and presenting to a wide range of clients
  • Strong leadership and mentoring skills
  • An advanced understanding of lighting, sound, video and scenic
  • The ability to effectively project manage production budgets exceeding £250,000
  • To confidently run complex events with multiple technical disciplines such as award shows, large conferences, and high-net-worth private events
  • The ability to manage complex projects simultaneously
  • Strong financial understanding of budgeting, profit margins and cost control
  • Strong communication, work ethic and meticulous attention to detail
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills as well as exceptional organisation and time management skills
  • Calm under pressure and the ability to work in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
  • Willingness to attend evening networking events
  • Confident user of Microsoft applications (Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, Teams)


Company Benefits:

  • Opportunity of profit share dependent on company performance (including the first £3,600 tax free per annum)
  • EO business model - benefits include becoming a company Co-Owner, Employee Voice and business transparency
  • 30 days annual leave inclusive of Bank Holidays
  • Additional annual leave linked to length of service
  • Hybrid, flexible working arrangements (role dependent)
  • Paid overtime or time off in lieu
  • Opportunities to apply for unpaid leave
  • Enhanced maternity, paternity adoption leave
  • Extra holiday pay calculated on average overtime earnings
  • Enhanced sick pay
  • Health Assured Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
  • Medical Cash App (Medicash)
  • Development and training opportunities to enable progression within the company
  • Pension scheme
  • Employee Assistance Scheme
  • Bike2Work Scheme
  • Octopus Electric Vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
  • Eye care vouchers for VDU workers



Interested? We’d love to hear from you The closing date for this role is Friday 20th December.


Please note: we do not require any help from agencies to recruit for this role.


Wise Productions is proud to be an equal opportunities workplace and supports requests for flexible working arrangements subject to the needs of the business. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, origin, sexual orientation, age, disability, marital status, or gender identity.

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