EC have an opportunity for a Senior Producer to join our Projects Team. Our Senior Producers are at the heart of making it happen, leading on the development, production and delivery of our largest agency based projects, from conception to execution, managing budgets of £500k-£1m and/or projects that are global or highly complex. Reporting into the Project Director, the Senior Producer works side-by-side with our Client Director and Account Director(s), acting as the key driver and main client contact on projects from scoping stage to reconciliation. At EC, we blend creative event agency thinking and production company doing to deliver extraordinary events and everlasting experiences. Enabling our clients to deliver lasting experiences that matter, for the people that matter to them. Our partnerships with our clients underpin everything, because when they dream big, so can we… but it’s our amazing team that turn those dreams, into reality. Our client promise is to make the extraordinary, everlasting. We want to make your time with us extraordinary and everlasting too Who are you? You’re an experienced producer with significant experience within a similar role within event or production agencies, or in an extended freelance capacity in the same sector, with creative conferencing/B2B experience as your primary focus. You’re are comfortable with being the primary contact for day to day client communications on your projects as well as being the main project driver. You’re a collaborative worker, you naturally gravitate to other discipline specialists, acting as the linchpin pulling all elements of a successful event together efficiently and effectively. You have extensive creative production, live show and event management knowledge. You have a solid understanding of the full lifecycle and process of a project – from pitch and creative concept through to on site delivery – with the ability to manage all of the elements in-between. You’re a passionate project manager and a strong communicator, both in person and in written content, with excellent attention to detail. You don’t get phased under pressure, you’re the consummate professional. Even when something isn’t going quite accordingly to plan, you remain calm and get the situation sorted. You’re not afraid to push boundaries but also understand there will always needs to be a natural balance between creative and delivery. You’re comfortable with clients. You are experienced in speaking with them and analysing a brief to ensure that what we produce for them meets, or better still exceeds, their requirements. You are comfortable juggling multiple projects at once and can effectively manage your time while ensuring your team and communicated with and understand your workload. You’re happy to share ideas for new initiatives and ways of working and equally happy to hear other people’s ideas. You’re commercially astute. You push boundaries, whilst keeping the project budget in mind and can weigh up the best solutions to maximise impact for our clients. You have a strong black book of suppliers, freelancers and fixers and are confident in managing relationships with them including project briefing, negotiating budgets, and driving timelines. You care about the planet and are interested in finding more sustainable ways of doing things. You’re committed to our 2030 Pledge. Responsibilities Exploring, interpreting and understanding client briefs, working alongside the Client Director/Account Director/Strategist on proposals and RFQ's from pitch and scoping stage. Actively taking part in live pitches alongside our Client Director/Account Director. Sitting as a core part of the projects team, leading projects of all sizes and complexities but primarily focusing on the large and/or complex. Providing clients with best practice and cutting edge solutions for their projects, be that live, digital or hybrid. Running the project from start to finish, you’ll develop and drive the event from the initial concept through to the final reconciliation, making sure KPIs are met and that deliverables stays true to the overarching strategy. Main point of contact for client teams during pre-production, production and live phases, acting as the day to day client lead, and owning all communications, calls and meetings. Ownership of our project management tools such as project packs, decks and trackers. Driver of the main experience design, working closely with creative teams on all design elements as well as ownership of floor plans/layouts, guest journey and programming. Leading project teams comprising of Producers, Production Managers, Creatives, Technical Directors and Project Co-Ordinator's as required depending on project needs. Line management and/or mentorship of junior members of the Projects team (Producers/Project Co-Ordinator's), supporting and training the team to be the best that they can be in their role and give them the tools they need to move upwards and onwards in their careers. Ownership/approver of all project disciplines including production, creative/experiential, live show elements, event management etc. Establishing clear communication and review channels, ensuring that the brief, scope and budget are fully understood by everyone involved. Project budget management and ownership, ensuring we are delivering to clients' budgets with proven commercial nous, as well as hitting required profit markers on project return. Scheduling, progress tracking and post event reporting. Actively contributing to the team and the Agency, providing input on process, workflow and structure and always looking to improve efficiencies. Bridging the gap between experiential and B2B in your approach, equally at home working in either sector and skilled at bringing the best elements from both into the other, in line with our agency mission. Team management High level overview of your team's work including decks, drawings, plans, proposals and supporting the Project Director to ensure accuracy and value add. Ensure all internal processes such as time-sheets and expenses are followed and actioned in a timely fashion. Acting as an escalation point on projects as required. Collaborating with HR on recruitment, performance cycles and following company HR process. Line Management responsibility of direct reports Regular 1-2-1s and open dialogue, ensuring your reports feel supported and have a clear understanding of their roles, responsibilities and measures of success. Following internal people process such as probation reviews and annual appraisals, ensuring timely responses and ensuring engagement in internal surveys. A working knowledge of our People processes, ensuring that your direct reports know where to locate them in Trainual and that they understand to come to you with questions. Being an active and engaged member of the Line Manager community including attending Line Manger meetings and forums and keeping a close eye on the Line Manager teams channels to ensure you are informed of the latest updates from the people team and cascading messages to your reports. Engaging in recruitment for hiring within your team, acting as the Hiring Manger where appropriate and following our standard people processes. Leading in onboarding new team members and collaborating with the People Team to ensure learning plans, required training and support structures are in place. Taking an active interest in your teams’ health and wellbeing, monitoring workload and reaching out to the People team for support where needed. Playing an active role in managing any issues with performance or conduct. Living our values and leading by example. Governance & Process Working with the Operations Director to ensure health and safety processes are complied with. You’ll be a champion for RAMS and HSE and ensure none of it gets dropped when we are busy. Why EC? We create experiences that matter for the people that matter to our clients, but nothing we do is possible without our people. When we ask our people ‘what is it you love about working at EC?’ the top answer is always the same “the people” We teach each other, we learn from each other and there will always be someone who has your back. We make the extraordinary, everlasting. Your voice. Your growth. Your experience. YourEC