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Closing date for applications: 1 September 2025Salary: Total package up to £50kLocation: This role is based in Southampton with occasional travel required. Hours of work will be varied and will include evening and weekends, so flexibility is essential.Department: ProducingReporting to: Creative directorResponsible for: Nationally produced and co-produced workGrade: Leadership team Take the lead on ambitious national productions and drive the partnerships that bring inspiring theatre to life.Mayflower Theatre is the largest theatre on the south coast, welcoming more than 500,000 visitors a year. With a trusted reputation for presenting an eclectic artistic programme including the best in musical theatre, dance, opera, live music, drama and comedy our 2,270-seat venue attracts the world’s best touring productions. Mayflower Theatre is an independent charitable trust, working to the vision of ‘Inspiring Experiences’, ensuring theatre is accessible to all and that our 1928 Grade II listed building is maintained for generations to come.We are seeking a dynamic senior producer to be a key contributor to the creative output of Mayflower Theatre and Mayflower Studios. This is a leadership role that requires a thorough understanding of how to collaborate with innovative artistic teams to create productions and co-productions. Applicants should have demonstrable experience of negotiation and partnership management on a national scale with a track record of producing within the theatre industry.&nbsp;The purpose of this role is:<ul><li>To lead the delivery, development and evaluation of all national producing.</li><li>To develop and deliver co-producing opportunities.</li><li>To ensure that both venues play a full part in the cultural ecology regionally and nationally.</li><li>To contribute to delivering the producing programming objectives.</li></ul> ResponsibilitiesRelationships and reputation<ul><li>Develop the reputation of the company ensuring that quality is maintained across all produced and co-produced work.</li><li>Attend first nights and company events when required and ensure artists are formally welcomed.</li><li>Represent the organisation at partner, stakeholder and industry meetings as required.</li><li>Keep abreast of industry news, developments and maintain a professional network and use this knowledge and connections to inform producing proposals.</li><li>Manage and maintain excellent relationships with our partners, stakeholders, funders, producers, artists and internal teams to continue to develop the produced and coproduced programme and maximise net revenue for the company.</li><li>Ensure that Mayflower plays an active role in the regional and national arts sector and is seen as a contributor to the cultural ecology.</li><li>Promote the produced programme for advocacy purposes.</li></ul>Producing<ul><li>Manage all aspects of the national, new midscale and large-scale touring produced projects, designing activities and managing events that achieve Mayflower’s business plan and ACE funding objectives.</li><li>Seek and negotiate project/production enhancement and co-production deals.</li><li>Employ excellent communication skills ensuring clarity and timely and efficient responses in all correspondence, keeping creative teams informed and supported throughout projects.</li><li>Manage the production and store supervisor to support in the delivery of all producing projects.</li><li>Manage producing budgets and ensure best value is achieved in all projects.</li><li>Ensure all activity within the producing programmes are delivered to the highest quality and are undertaken safely.</li><li>Collaborate with colleagues and external partners to source new work that fulfils the artistic vision and business plan.</li><li>Plan and manage projects that use arts activity to promote Southampton stories.</li><li>Evaluate all productions to help inform future work.</li><li>Help develop and implement a suitable audience development strategy to support the midscale and some large-scale work.</li><li>Maintain show budgets ensuring that box office income is maximised and artistic costs are controlled.</li><li>Contribute to the collation of statistics for management reports and funders.</li><li>Ensure that systems are in place so that all produced work meets all its Health and Safety requirements.</li></ul>Leadership team<ul><li>Ensure excellent communication to assist in creating a positive working environment for all employees and freelancers and to establish a sense of unity, purpose and engagement.</li><li>Protect the sustainability, income and reputation of Mayflower.</li><li>Manage the operational delivery of organisational objectives.</li><li>Ensure all administrative procedures are in place so that the department meets deadlines and disseminates necessary information efficiently to all internal departments and external stakeholders.</li><li>Contribute to business planning, corporate strategy and annual budgets.</li><li>Attend leadership, senior management and operational meetings, chair and be minute taker as per rota.</li><li>Assist head of department in the preparation of quarterly board reports.</li><li>Take responsibility for the strategic planning of team holidays and days off to ensure adequate operational cover.</li><li>Ensure team appraisals are completed and logged in a timely manner.</li><li>Embrace, promote and ensure the implementation of Diversity and Inclusion policies. Demonstrate a commitment to the broadening of cultural diversity and access across all areas.</li><li>Minimise the company’s environmental impact wherever possible with particular reference to the Environmental Policy and Theatre Green Book 2.</li><li>Take an active role in the Health &amp; Safety activities of our venues.</li><li>Support the delivery of team away days.</li><li>Represent the organisation at a city and national level at appropriate forums.</li><li>Investigate and act upon CSI responses for your department.</li><li>Positively lead, support and develop staff to encourage an effective work force.</li><li>Uphold the Leadership Team Contract of Commitment. Any other duties commensurate with the role and responsibility.</li></ul> Knowledge, skills and experienceThe role requires an excellent communicator with a proactive approach, in particular:<ul><li>Experience of delivering ambitious and dynamic professional theatre productions with competing priorities.</li><li>Proven ability to build partnerships and manage effective relationships with other organisations and stakeholders.</li><li>Excellent knowledge of BECTU and Equity guidelines with further knowledge of Society of London Theatre and UK Theatre policies desirable.</li><li>Experience of working in a theatrical producing organisation.</li><li>Strong financial management skills with an understanding of contracting and attention to detail.</li><li>Strong leadership skills.</li><li>Excellent communication skills with the ability to liaise with multiple stakeholders and departments effectively.</li></ul> We welcome and encourage applications from candidates who are under-represented in the creative industries.Please state in your application that you found this role through Creative Access.

Mayflower Theatre

Senior producer - national

Closing date for applications:&nbsp; 24 August 2025Salary: £33,000 - £43,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights. London weighting may be applicable for this role.Location: Scotland – hybrid. We're happy to discuss flexible working.Contract: Permanent/continuing contract, full timeDepartment: MarketingJob band: C From radio and podcasts to sport and entertainment, use your creativity and storytelling skills to produce audio campaigns that promote BBC Scotland's diverse content.This role reports into the head of creative, devising and producing creative audio campaigns to support the BBC’s slate in Scotland, covering BBC Radio Scotland’s content, station imaging, podcasts and the production of cross promotional campaigns for our video, news and sports content.The creative team creates brand and content campaigns in support of the BBC’s portfolio of content and services and the role is varied in its output spanning drama, comedy, sport, factual and entertainment, investigative journalism and podcasts including true crime, sport and news. A typical end to end content campaign could cover key art, social assets, TV and radio trailers, iPlayer and Sounds pre-roll and for wider scale campaigns, out of home design and paid media. Recent campaigns produced by the team include TRNSMT, Scottish Cup, Only Child, The Agency Unfiltered, and Murder Trial plus podcasts Dead Man Running, Inside Murder Trial and Who Killed Emma?The audio creative role would work both in support of our audio slate and our wider slate joining up with the creative team to ensure consistency across the audio elements of our campaigns. The role is varied and flexible in projects and could include designing an audio treatment for the BBC at the Edinburgh Festivals' promotion on radio, to creating impactful audio campaigns for external platforms. Be part of a dynamic and creative team producing campaigns for high-profile BBC content. Collaborate across media touchpoints and contribute to campaigns that reach diverse audiences. Enjoy a varied role with opportunities to innovate and grow in a supportive environment. Responsibilities<ul><li>Devise and script targeted trailers and campaigns for BBC content</li><li>Edit programme material to create compelling audio promotions tailored to different audiences</li><li>Record and edit original audio content, directing voice over artists, presenters, and contributors</li><li>Liaise with marketing, media planning, and content producers to deliver high-quality campaigns</li><li>Manage projects from brief to delivery, ensuring timely and budget-conscious execution</li></ul> Knowledge, skills and experienceEssential<ul><li>Proven experience in creating and script-writing conceptual and clip-based audio campaigns</li><li>Awareness of BBC audio network styles and station imaging</li><li>Proficiency in self-operating digital audio editing (e.g. Adobe Audition)</li><li>Skills in directing/interviewing/recording presenters, voice over artists, and contributors</li><li>Strong communication and planning skills with attention to detail</li></ul>Desirable<ul><li>Experience with digital audio platforms and campaign development</li><li>Understanding of technical audio delivery requirements for BBC Sounds</li><li>Passion for broadcast content and awareness of audience habits</li><li>Ability to work collaboratively across creative teams</li><li>Familiarity with BBC branding and promotional standards</li></ul> We welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief.Please state in your application that you found this role through Creative Access.

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