Producer
Salary: £70,000-£90,000 per annum Dependent on experience
Terms: Full Time
Reports to: Exec Producer
Works with: Exec Producer, Head of Licensing
Responsible for: Assistant Producer
Hours: 40 hours per week
Annual Leave: 20 Days, plus 8 public holidays per annum pro rata
Probation: 3 Months
Benefits Include: Pension, Season Ticket Loan Scheme, Cycle to Work Scheme
Notice: 4 weeks during probationary period; 3 months thereafter
Location: Lightroom, 12 Lewis Cubitt Square, N1C 4DY
ABOUT LIGHTROOM
Lightroom is a new permanent projection-based arts venue which opened in Kings Cross, London in February 2023. Created through a joint venture between 59 Studio and London Theatre Company, Lightroom creates remarkable artist-led shows for audiences in London and across the world.
We invite the world’s leading creative minds to use our vast space and revolutionary technology to create something completely new. We launched in February 2023 with Bigger & Closer (not smaller & further away), a collaboration with artist David Hockney. Our second critically acclaimed show, The Moonwalkers: A Journey with Tom Hanks, about the Apollo and Artemis missions to the moon was created, co-written and narrated by Tom Hanks. In November, 2024, we launched Vogue: Inventing the Runway, made in collaboration with the esteemed publication and Anna Wintour. In summer 2025, we will open Prehistoric Planet: Discovering Dinosaurs in collaboration with Apple TV+. Lightroom aims to be the home of stories from the world’s most exciting voices across all disciplines of the arts, music, popular science or beyond, with an extensive slate of remarkable talent and IP in development.
Lightroom is located in King’s Cross on Lewis Cubitt Square, adjacent to Coal Drops Yard and Central St Martin’s. The innovative showspace was designed by 59 Studio in close collaboration with Haworth Tompkins, who designed the venue as a sister space to the award-winning Bridge Theatre. Along with a generous Foyer and gift shop, the space also contains a bar and seating area in collaboration with St John. In late 2023, Lightroom Seoul opened in the South Korean capital. The Moonwalkers will open in January 2025 in Houston, Texas at the Johnson Space Center for a two-year installation and numerous sites are under agreement for international expansion.
ABOUT THIS ROLE
We are looking for a highly experienced Producer to deliver new shows for Lightroom during a dynamic stage of growth and as we further innovate with the form of Lightroom experiences. The person will drive the projects day to day and have a 360-degree role across all areas of producing, from concept and script development to licensing negotiations to budgeting, scheduling and creative production.
You’ll deliver creative and commercial excellence in a fast-moving and evolving sector, marrying an understanding of the production process with diverse commercial and licensing models and an appreciation for exemplary visitor experiences. We expect you to be an experienced and effective senior producer who nevertheless has a “no task too small” mentality. You will combine a passion for great storytelling with a love of getting things done. You will have exceptional people skills, analytical excellence, and a creative and collaborative approach to producing. If that sounds like you, we’d love to meet you.
Because the role requires close working relationships with our core London team, it is expected that you will be based on site within our London home with occasional travel in the UK and overseas as required by the scope of production
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- In collaboration with the Executive Producer, support
- Concept and script development.
- IP and talent negotiations.
- Creative show development.
- Ongoing production relationships with IP/creative partners.
- Lead project delivery day to day, overseeing
- Budgeting and forecasting.
- Rights clearances and licensing.
- Production scheduling.
- Line producing of required show elements, where appropriate.
- Contracting and negotiating creative team members such as sound design and music.
- Acting as the key liaison between Lightroom, 59 Studio and IP/creative partners, managing overall creative team and production process and ensuring creative milestones and deliverables are met.
- Support Lightroom’s marketing and operational teams on all integration with show-making, ensuring creative production meets marketing, press and merchandise needs and timelines.
- Manage Lightroom’s Assistant Producer who works for Lightroom full time and additional temporary staff attached to individual productions. Work closely with Lightroom’s Head of Licensing to ensure international licensing and IP contractual obligations are synchronous, setting up projects from the outset for international expansion.
PERSON SPECIFICATION
- Significant experience producing complex creative projects in relevant sectors (film, theatre, digital/tech, immersive), working in a fast-paced environment.
- Experience working with high-level stakeholders and/or brands and top-tier talent.
- Knowledge of rights clearance and experience of negotiations and licensing.
- Highly collaborative and able to work well with diverse teams and disciplines to lead a creative production process.
- Execution-oriented and “own it” mentality that means that you can work autonomously and be trusted to deliver excellence wherever you are.
- Structured working method that means you can keep track of multiple projects in a start-up environment.
- Numerate and commercially minded with strong skills to budget, forecast and build spreadsheets.
- A creative thinker always looking for what is missing in a rapidly growing and changing industry.
- A talent for building strong working relationships quickly with multiple stakeholders.
- Detail-oriented with strong administrative and project management skills.
- Ability to act as a strategic sounding board for colleagues across the business.
- Flexible approach where you’re comfortable to set your working hours to accomplish your goals, including international travel at short notice and work commitments at evenings and weekends (e.g. events or client dinners).
- Passion for arts, culture, and creativity.
HOW TO APPLY
Please submit your CV and Cover letter to this link HERE. Your covering letter should detail how you meet the criteria within the person specification and why you would like to be considered for the role.
We also kindly request that you fill in an Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form via this link. The survey is anonymous, only takes 2 minutes and helps us with our data monitoring.
Should you wish to reach out for an informal conversation about the nature of the role, please contact our Stage Door team via 0330 500 2148 who will schedule a call from 6 January onwards.
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS
Please submit your CV and Cover Letter by Monday 20 January, 12:00 PM UK time. Should you wish to apply, please do so as soon as possible.
Should you require any special assistance with your application, please reach out via email to recruitment@lightroom.uk or call 0330 500 2148.
We look forward to receiving your application.
We are an equal opportunities employer and value diversity. We encourage applicants from different backgrounds and different experiences.