Location: Soho, London Salary: Circa £350/day Description: Are you highly organised, calm under pressure, and looking for your next role as a Head of Production? BAFTA is looking for a Head of Production (Freelance) to help deliver our high-profile Film, Games, Television and Television Craft awards. You will be working in a fast-paced environment, alongside our production teams to play a vital role in making sure we deliver our awards. This is a 6 month freelance contract position. What you’ll do: - Manage the team to ensure resource requirements and individual productions meet the budget brief or all awards and production projects year round - Alongside the Exec Director hire freelance Exec producers for Craft & Games Awards - Oversee contracting of external production company for Film and TV Awards - Oversee the delivery of all broadcast/long form content and all other content deliverables - Manage Production Insurance for all projects - Sign off of all call sheet and RAs for all productions - Oversee the delivery of the awards for International buyers - Sign off all International content and filming requests to ensure that promos produced meet all technical and branding specifications - Overall responsibility for budgeting for the production elements of Awards Ceremonies What we’re looking for: - Budgeting and financial management skills– must demonstrate experience in running production budgets - A can do attitude, but with the ability to be pragmatic and manage the expectations of the team. - Problem-solving skills – ability to identify and resolve complex issues - Strong communication skills – on all levels including external stakeholders, technical crews and with all departments at BAFTA. - Legal and rights clearance knowledge – familiarity with legal matters, including clip and usage licenses - Health and safety knowledge – Understanding of all current health and safety regulations and best practices. - Production experience – significant experience in content and/or television production, ideally live production experience Why join us? The Head of Production will oversee all logistical aspects of the production of all the BAFTA Awards, broadcast and events, managing all stages from development to broadcast/distribution/delivery including managing the team, budgeting, scheduling and quality control. Please apply here: https://recruit.smb.co.uk/vacancy.aspx?id=T8sute6HX87aCuWS