Skip to content
CV Rocket
Get started
How it worksThe enginePricingBlogContactSign in

Open nowPosted 19 days ago

Associate Production Director

Workable (global search)107,990 open roles

Where
London, England, United Kingdom
Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

Your applicationOpen nowAssociate Production DirectorWorkable (global search) · London, England, United Kingdom

  1. YouYes, apply to this one.

  2. CV RocketCV written for this posting.

  3. 25 readersRecruiter, hiring manager, skeptic. Round after round.

  4. CV RocketApplied on Workable (global search)'s own form.

The reply lands in your private mailbox

3×more interviews than doing it yourself with ChatGPT.

The clock on this job

Early applications get read.

7.9% of postings close within 7 days. Measured by our own scanner across the market. Workable (global search) postings stay open a median of 6 days.

Share of postings closed within
  1. 1.6%1 day
  2. 3.6%3 days
  3. 7.9%7 days
  4. 14.9%14 days
  5. 34.0%30 days
This job: posted 19 days ago

Workable (global search) median: 6 days open

The posting

StudioXAG creates bold spaces that tell big stories.

We create evocative brand worlds, crafting immersive experiences that spark surprise, delight, awe and emotional connection, with Strategy, Creative and Production all under one roof at our East London HQ.

We're looking for our next Production leader to help shape and strengthen the team as we grow.

The Role

The Associate Production Director is a key leadership role reporting into our Head of Production. You'll lead and develop our Production Management team, helping them deliver ambitious work confidently and independently while owning the standards, strategy and commercial thinking behind how projects are costed, scoped and run.

You'll coach and mentor Production Managers, set the standard for how we work and maintain strategic oversight across the project portfolio. You'll use your own strong project delivery experience to support the team with costing, scheduling, production strategy and risk, particularly on our biggest and most complex projects.

A strong understanding of in-house fabrication, workshop processes, materials and making is fundamental to the role. You'll use this knowledge to challenge and develop production strategies and support better decision-making.

You'll also help grow our supplier network, develop new production capabilities and shape where Production Management goes next at StudioXAG.

Requirements

What We're Looking For:

  • An experienced Production Lead or Director with a strong track record in creative production
  • Strong in-house fabrication and workshop knowledge, with a good understanding of materials, manufacturing processes and making
  • A confident estimator and production strategist who can quickly understand an opportunity and develop the right approach
  • Experienced in planning and oversight, not just single-project delivery
  • A natural coach who develops others through clarity, support and accountability
  • Commercially sharp, with a strong understanding of project costs, production strategy and risk
  • Well connected to suppliers and the wider creative production industry
  • A strong communicator who can build trust across Technical, Workshop, Project Management and Creative
  • Comfortable operating at a senior level and contributing to wider business strategy
  • Someone who enjoys being close to the work and the team, and is motivated by making both better

Responsibilities:

Costing & Production Strategy

  • Lead and support rapid costing and scoping on live opportunities
  • Develop production strategies, sequencing and options to deliver projects effectively and commercially
  • Use strong fabrication and workshop knowledge to challenge and improve production approaches
  • Support Production Managers in developing their own strategic and commercial thinking

Team Leadership

  • Lead, coach and develop Production Managers across scoping, costing, strategy and delivery
  • Set clear standards and expectations for how we work
  • Own the development, progression and performance of the team
  • Build a culture of confidence, accountability and continuous improvement

Production Oversight

  • Maintain a view across live production, schedules, sequencing and resourcing
  • Identify risks, clashes and blockers before they impact delivery
  • Provide senior support and challenge without taking ownership away from the responsible Production Manager
  • Ensure projects are being delivered to the right creative, technical, commercial and production standards

Complex Project Input

  • Provide senior production input on our biggest and most complex projects
  • Support costing, scheduling, sequencing, risk and production strategy
  • Use your experience to critique and develop the best approach for a project
  • Step in where needed to help resolve complex production challenges while maintaining clear project accountability

Systems & Supplier Development

  • Develop production standards, systems and ways of working that enable the team to operate more effectively
  • Build strong supplier relationships and expand our production network
  • Identify new capabilities, technologies and approaches that strengthen Production
  • Help shape the future structure and capability of the Production Management function

Benefits

Location & Hours

Full-time, in-house at our East London studio (E10).

This role works closely with a Production team and workshop operating from the studio, so regular in-person presence is an important part of the role. The expectation is that you'll be in the studio alongside the team, particularly for key production and workshop meetings.

Standard hours are 8am–5pm, aligned with the wider Production team.

Some of Our Benefits

  • Gross profit-related annual bonus scheme
  • Workplace pension
  • 22 days holiday + bank holidays + 3 days Christmas closure + your birthday off
  • 0.5 paid days/month to get inspired
  • International research budgets and trips
  • YCN creative learning membership
  • Spill mental health support
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Fitness discounts

Salary: £60,000 - £70,000 DOE

From $25, paid onceGet the CV for this job

What happens when you press

One press. We do the rest.

  1. A CV for this posting

    Written against Workable (global search)'s own wording, from every piece of relevant proof in your profile.

  2. 25 readers review it

    Recruiter, hiring manager, skeptic and more read every draft, round after round. You get the best round.

    The review screen in CV Rocket: how each CV was read, round by round.

  3. We apply on Workable (global search)'s form

    Our application engine gets through the hardest forms there are. Where a question needs you, AI suggests the best answer. Don't want us applying from our IP addresses? Use our Chrome extension: we apply straight from your own browser.

    An application in CV Rocket: every answer filled in on the employer's form.

  4. Every reply, sorted

    Workable (global search)'s answer lands in your private mailbox, and we classify it on arrival: interview, question, rejection.

    The CV Rocket inbox: each employer reply classified as an interview, an action or a rejection.

  5. Reply with AI

    AI helps you write the email, checks it and sends it. We show you whether the recruiter read it.

  6. The interview in your calendar

    Full integration with your calendar. The invitation goes straight in.

    An interview invitation in the CV Rocket inbox, added to the candidate's calendar.
Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

Why it works

3×

more interviews than doing it yourself with ChatGPT.

ChatGPT writes a CV and never learns what happened to it. We see every reply. For each CV we know:

  • How it was written, and how the review scored it
  • When we applied, and how long after the posting went up
  • Which posting, which company, which city
  • Who got the interview, and who heard nothing

That is how we know which CVs get called.

Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

The numbers game

More applications. More interviews.

Every application goes out with its own CV, written for that posting and paid once. Send enough of them and the law of large numbers finds you the job.

Get the CV for this job
By hand5–10
With CV Rocket100
applications a day

Nearby

Live postings like this one

Same employer first, then the same role elsewhere.

Before you press

Straight answers

Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

What if my background isn't good enough?

We make the most of the background you have. The CV uses every piece of relevant proof your profile holds, and one of the 25 readers reads your whole profile and flags what the CV left out.

Do you really apply for me?

Yes, on the employer's own form, the hardest ones included. Where a question needs you, you answer it right there and AI suggests the best answer. Don't want us applying from our IP addresses? Use our Chrome extension: we apply straight from your own browser.

Is it a subscription?

No. You pay once per CV, from $25. Every application goes out with its own CV, written for that posting.

One job. One CV.
Paid once.

Pick the posting you want. We write for it, apply for you and catch the reply.

Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.