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Senior Production Lead

Lipton Media
Posted 2 days ago, valid for 12 days
Location

London, Greater London EC1R 0WX

Contract type

Full Time

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  • A leading global news agency in London is seeking a Senior Production Lead with a salary ranging from £60,000 to £70,000, plus a bonus of £10,000 to £20,000.
  • The ideal candidate should have significant experience in leading major global news and media events, particularly with strong editorial collaboration.
  • This role involves managing a flagship US event portfolio, engaging with high-profile speakers, and ensuring successful event execution while meeting revenue and attendance targets.
  • Strong commercial acumen, excellent project management skills, and the ability to communicate effectively with senior executives are essential for this position.
  • Candidates should have a proven track record of managing large-scale projects and driving commercial success, ideally with experience in a news agency environment.

Senior Production Lead

£60,000 - £70,000 Base + £10,000 - £20,000 Bonus

Hybrid (2 days in the office)

London

Industry leading global news agency seeks a highly accomplished Senior Conference Production Lead to join their business.

This is a unique opportunity for an outstanding senior conference producer / senior production lead who has strong commercial experience of working alongside an editorial team within a news focused business.

The successful client will be working on a flagship US event portfolio which proudly boasts some of the biggest named speakers including presidents, CEO’s of investment banks, CEO’s of elite brands such as Ferrari etc.

Crucially, we want someone who is an expansive / creative thinker, has experience working with top level CEO's and business leaders, can take a broad view / has good working knowledge of key markets (banking, markets, technology, sustainability).

As a Senior Production Lead, you will:

  • Lead the success of their flagship live journalism event to deliver a market-leading product.
  • Manage production timelines and deliver against revenue, attendance, and marketing targets for the entire project.
  • Lead the recruitment and relationship management of A-list speakers, in collaboration with editorial colleagues.
  • You will likely be asked to mentor other Conference Producers including deadline management, monitoring event performance, planning (strategic, financial and operational) and providing guidance and coaching.
  • Be the central driver for event execution, working with a cross-functional team to build the full event product, including agenda, speaker faculty, audience and other elements.

About YouTo be our Senior Production Lead, you will most likely:

  • Have demonstrable experience in leading major global news and media events, or events with a high level of editorial collaboration.
  • We are crucially looking for someone who has strong conference production experience and has worked with an editorial team to curate agendas. Ideally, you will have worked within a news agency type organisation.
  • Have a track record of commercial success, excellent project and time management skills, and the ability to work in changing circumstances.
  • Have strong communication skills and be comfortable engaging with senior-level executives to manage speaker and sponsor relationships.
  • Have managed entire projects at scale and/or grown commercial events/products from scratch.
  • Be commercially driven first and foremost - you should understand the commercial drivers behind our customers decisions, as our job is to help them make smarter ones!
  • Be someone with the ability to identify new and interesting business trends coupled with the drive to develop great events that senior business people can’t afford to miss.

Lipton Media is a specialist media recruitment agency based in London. We specialise in all forms of b2b media sales including conferences, exhibitions, awards, summits, publishing, digital, outdoor, TV, radio and business intelligence. Our clients range from small start-up companies to FTSE 100 and 250 businesses.

We work with people at every stage of their career from undergraduates looking for their first entry point into sales to senior managers and directors looking for their next challenge.

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.