Closing date - 15 June 2026
Interview date - w/c 22 June
Salary - £ 40,000 per annum
Please feel free to contact us at recruitment@factoryinternational.org if you require any support in completing your application
Production Manager (Music) Job Pack - download here
Please note this is a 12-month fixed term role
Aviva Studios is a multi-purpose, highly flexible venue with two main performance areas, The Warehouse and Hall, that can be reconfigured into various formats with a range of capacities up to 4,500 standing. Since opening in summer 2023, we have hosted touring artists, multi-stage festivals, live-streamed concert series, corporate showcases, one-off special performances, and in-house produced concerts.
The Production Manager (Music) will take the lead on liaising with promoter representatives and artist teams to advance shows, while also working with the in-house technical team to ensure all productions are delivered to the highest standard. We are looking for an experienced, organised, solutions orientated, and client focused person with good commercial instincts and an interest in working in a unique environment.
The key responsibilities for the Production Manager (Music) include;
- Liaising with promoter’s representatives and artist teams to fully advance shows and events, collating all relevant information and documents such as production schedules, riders, stage plans, rigging plots, and staffing requirements and distributing this information to the in-house Technical Team and Event Managers.
- Work with internal Factory International departments, external suppliers, and clients to ensure consistent and high-quality levels of service to all incoming artists and event organisers and to develop and foster relationships to ensure repeat business.
- Work with the Music Department and other stakeholders to develop new set ups, layout and special one-off projects.
- Work closely with Event Managers to ensure successful delivery of each event, communicating costs, schedule and staffing updates accurately and on time.
- To be the venue representative on production rehearsals, load-ins, and show days, leading teams and overseeing production related work taking place. (Due to the nature of the events that we deliver, early morning, late night, and weekend working will be required.)
- Examine the booking diary with the Music and Scheduling Teams to ensure that proposed events work within the schedule of operation of the wider organization. Contribute to the planning and delivery of venue format changes.
- Effectively forecast and monitor event budgets, ensuring that events are delivered to requirements, within the allocated budget, identifying opportunities to maximise profit whilst remaining competitive and maintaining quality where applicable.
- Establishing a good working relationship with the key departments within Factory International.
- Attend site visits and production meetings as required. To work with the Music and Commercial Events Teams to help showcase the venue to new promoters and prospective clients.
- Ensuring that all production elements are delivered to the highest Health and Safety standards and within all current legislation. Creating risk assessments, method statements, and floor plans as required.
- Work on other productions and events as required by the Senior Production Manager (Commercial)
The person specification for the Production Manager (Music are;
ESSENTIAL
- Extensive experience of live music production management in a music venue, festival or touring environment.
- Strong working knowledge of technical production (e.g. lighting, sound, video, rigging, staging, etc).
- Strong organisational and planning skills with proven experience of communicating technical requirements to production colleagues and other non-technical stakeholders.
- Experience developing and working to budgets.
- Excellent interpersonal skills with an ability to build and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders (including music promoters).
- Experience of working with and leading teams, remaining calm under pressure.
- Practical knowledge of Health & Safety legislation, guidance and implementation.
- Excellent software literacy and fluency with tools such as Microsoft Excel, Monday.com etc.
- Experience working with CAD software like AutoCAD, Vectorworks, etc, including reading and adjusting plans.
- Commitment to championing representation and inclusion at every level of the organisation with a proven ability to work with people from a wide range of backgrounds
- Willing to undertake relevant statutory checks e.g. DBS (Factory International can support with processing and payment)
DESIRABLE
- A demonstrable passion for live music.
- Experience of working within a commercial events setting.
- 3 day rigging for the events industry qualification.
- IOSH Managing Safely qualification.
- NEBOSH qualification.
- Advanced CAD experience with the ability to create plans.
- IPAF, PASMA, telehandler and forks accreditation, etc
- Enthusiasm for training, mentoring and support of emerging talent
When applying please do not rely solely on ChatGPT/AI software for your answers as it may not fully reflect your skills and experience and how they align with this role and we may decide to discount your answer if we believe it is solely generated by AI.
Inventing tomorrow together. New art and music – at our venue Aviva Studios, online, across our city, around the world and at Manchester International Festival.
Factory International will commission, produce and present an ambitious year-round programme of original creative work, music and special events by leading artists from across the globe.
Drawing on MIF's track record for premiering bold productions that defy convention, artists will be encouraged to create work in new ways, to collaborate across disciplines and blur the boundaries between art and popular culture.
Built with flexibility in mind, the design of our venue Aviva Studios is led by Ellen van Loon of the world-leading practice Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA). The 13,350 square-metre venue is based around large, open, ultra-flexible spaces that can be constantly reconfigured, enabling large-scale artistic work of invention and ambition that isn’t possible anywhere else in the world.
The organisation will continue to stage MIF every other year, at Factory International and other venues and spaces across Greater Manchester.
Building on the festival's record of working with communities, as audiences and as participants, Factory International will be a space where local people are actively involved – from participating in flagship commissions, co-designing programmes of activity, to shaping the organisation through involvement in its public forums. Through the Factory Academy, it will also become a major training centre for local people, equipping them with the skills needed for careers in the creative industries and helping to build the technicians, producers and other creative talent that will bring the future alive.
