Production Manager - Retail, Events + Experiential
1 day ago
Battersea
Production Manager 📍 Battersea Power Station / Hybrid | 💷 Competitive salary | 🗓 Full time Scratch Creative designs and delivers refined retail, experiential, and live environments for some of the world’s leading brands. From concept through to build, we operate at the intersection of creativity, craftsmanship, and production excellence. Our work spans flagship retail, pop ups, exhibitions, and large scale brand activations across the UK and internationally. We partner closely with our clients to translate brand vision into physical spaces that are considered, immersive, and commercially powerful. Grounded in execution and obsessive attention to detail, materiality, and finish, we create environments that feel elevated, purposeful, and memorable. We create moments that endure. As we continue to grow, we are seeking a highly capable Production Manager to strengthen our delivery team and help execute projects to the highest possible standard. The Role As Production Manager, you are responsible for translating approved concepts into precise, commercially controlled and flawlessly executed builds. Working closely with Producers, Designers and external partners, you will manage the technical and operational delivery of retail environments, experiential activations and live events. You understand construction, materials and fabrication. You are confident managing suppliers and budgets. You ensure that what we design is built properly, safely and to an uncompromising standard of finish. Reporting Into Head of Projects Key Responsibilities • Interpret creative concepts and technical packs into deliverable production scopes, • Lead costings and supplier negotiations in collaboration with fabrication and production partners, • Manage value engineering processes while protecting design intent, • Conduct detailed site visits, surveys and feasibility assessments, • Develop build schedules, installation programmes and logistics plans, • Oversee access requirements, venue compliance and local authority coordination, • Prepare and manage Health and Safety documentation including RAMS, • Supervise installation and de rig phases onsite, • Manage storage, transport logistics and asset tracking, • Lead post project reconciliations and supplier wrap ups, • Maintain commercial control across budgets and production expenditure About You You are technically strong, commercially aware and solutions focused. You have a solid understanding of both live event production and permanent or semi permanent retail construction. You are confident speaking with fabricators, contractors and venue teams, and you understand how to balance ambition with practicality. You are detail driven and calm under pressure, particularly during installation phases. You take ownership, communicate clearly and ensure nothing is left unresolved. You take pride in delivery quality and understand that execution defines reputation. Essential • 4 to 8 years experience in production delivery across events, experiential or retail fit out, • Strong technical understanding of structures, materials and fabrication processes, • Experience managing budgets and supplier negotiations, • Working knowledge of Health and Safety compliance and documentation, • Excellent organisational and scheduling capability, • Confident overseeing onsite installation teams Nice to Have • Experience delivering international projects, • Knowledge of container builds, touring structures or modular systems, • Familiarity with permanent retail fit out processes, • Relevant production or construction qualifications What We Offer • Competitive salary plus discretionary annual bonus, • Unlimited holiday entitlement, • Flexible working hours and hybrid setup with Battersea HQ and remote, • Personal development allowance for training courses of your choice, • Choice of hardware and software packages If you are ready to help deliver refined, technically exceptional retail and experiential environments for ambitious global brands, we would love to hear from you. Apply now. No recruitment agencies, please.