Managing Director

Managing Director Non-Scripted Content

The Role and What Youll Do:

• You will report to the CEO of Done and Dusted North America Melanie Fletcher

• Responsible for leading the overall operations of DD USA productions.

• This role oversees many business functions spearheading production operations development finance legal and HR.

• The MD sets organizational priorities builds and nurtures strong teams across production technical operations and development.

• Provides decisive leadership to EPs EICs & administrative staff and cultivates long-term relationships with key clients broadcasters & streaming partners key business partners and teams across the wider Endeavor ecosystem

Operations

• Manage production calendars resource allocation and build internal production pipelines.

• Oversee and take responsibility for project management across each production.

• Own and manage multi-project financials and budget/track company overhead spending

• Managing existing processes systems and workflows and where improvement can be made to implement new methods.

• Work with EICs to ensure contractual compliance with legal finance Insurance Health and Safety.

• Act as senior point of escalation and client-facing representative for major productions.

• Oversee day-to-day company operations including management of the Santa Monica office facilities and amenities.

• Facilitate local contract management e.g. IATSE DGA SAG-AFTRA AFM WGA and IA.

• Champions the companys culture and values

Pre-Production

• Collaborate with the legal team to execute Production Services Agreements and Scopes of Work.

• Engage in client liaison.

• Facilitate project budgeting including closely monitoring and driving of recoupable staff draw downs.

• Build project timelines and milestones.

• Set up productions in Reback Lee systems and work through cash flow schedule approvals.

• Manage project key hires production teams crew and vendors.

• Negotiate deals and confirm crew accordingly.

• Facilitate project onboarding.

• Liaise with Executive Producers and drive decision making.

Day-to-Day Production

• Manage production teams including Executive producers EICs Production managers coordinators and freelancers

• Serve as the key production liaison for clients networks streaming partners sponsors and creative stakeholders.

• Monitor cost reports mitigate financial risks and provide budget updates to executive leadership and clients.

• Liaise between Production Legal Business Affairs HR IT Finance outside counsel union and guild representatives to ensure compliance standards and practices.

• Facilitate deal memos and contracts.

• Facilitate venue relationships vendor bidding and approval and post-production.

Production Close Down

• Supervise and manage the closing of any project.

• Obtain final versions of budgets ledger and distribution documents.

• Resolve estimates to completion.

• Manage debriefing of meetings note keeping and distribute accordingly.

• Ensure all contract deliverables have been completed.

• Ensure copies of all key assets are held on DD servers.

New Business

• Pitch Production Planning including

• Understanding/Unpacking RFP requirements

• Procuring freelance resources

• Budgeting

• Logistic analysis

• Location Advancing

• Legal Coordination attachment agreements etc.

Other Day to Day Operations

• Review approve and chase up Amex reconciliation

• Manage and track multi-million-dollar production budgets across multiple projects.

• Client & Stakeholder Management

• Translate creative briefs and client goals into actionable production plans.

• Lead production meetings and ensure all teams are aligned on expectations deliverables and timelines.

HR & Culture

• Manage negotiation process and confirm staff accordingly.

• Maintain and update all DD Employee HR documentation including but not limited to Deal Memos HR Handbook and Payroll packets.

• Manage onboarding of new staff members and ensure smooth integration with the existing team.

• Freelance data base

• Attract develop and retain top-tier talent across production technical creative and business teams.

• Foster a collaborative inclusive high-performance culture.

• Oversee HR functions including recruitment performance management train

• Ensure the company remains a sought-after place to work in the live events/broadcast industry.

• Oversee HR governance and compliance including Duty of Care and Safeguarding.

• Manage and mentor production teams including producers production managers coordinators and freelancers

• Foster a culture of collaboration accountability and continuous improvement.

• Oversee permitting location agreements and regulatory paperwork.

You Have

• 15 years of production experience in live broadcast live events or large-scale entertainment.

• Proven track record leading complex productions with broadcast/streaming components.

• Experience managing large teams union/non-union crews and simultaneous multi-venue multi-camera operations

• Experience with award shows concerts major brand activations or televised specials.

• Relationships with top-tier production vendors crews and technical partners.

• Very Deep understanding of broadcast workflows production operations event logistics technical production.

• Strong budgeting scheduling and project management capabilities.

• Strong financial acumen and business management skills.

• Exceptional relationship-building negotiation and communication skills.

• Excellent communication and leadership skills.

• Ability to thrive in fast-paced deadline-driven environments.

• Adept at problem-solving and crisis management.

• Experience scaling creative and operational teams

• Ability to lead through ambiguity solve complex challenges and manage multiple priorities.

• Experience working with global broadcasters streaming platforms rights holders and major brands.

• Network of trusted industry contacts (agencies vendors talent technical partners).

Success Metrics
Efficient cost-controlled production operations.
High client satisfaction and repeat business.
Strong team culture and retention.
Continuous improvement in workflows and production capability.
Consistent delivery of high-quality high-profile projects
Strong industry reputation and brand positioning.

How we work:
WME Group is at the center of sports media entertainment and fashion and is a largely relationship-based business. To foster an environment of collaboration develop our future talent and build on relationships across leadership peers and teams we work from the office 4 days per week. We see immeasurable value internally and throughout the core of the businesses we support.
Dont meet every single requirement We are dedicated to building a diverse inclusive authentic workplace so if youre excited about this role but your past experience doesnt align perfectly with every qualification in the job description we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Per local requirements and in the interest of transparency the rate shown below reflects the prevalent current hiring range for this position. Hiring pay rates are based on a number of factors including location and may vary depending on job-related qualifications knowledge skills and experience. The company strives to provide locally competitive rewards packages which include base rate along with as applicable short- and long-term incentives growth and developmental opportunities and robust benefits such as health care retirement vacation and other paid time off and additional offerings.

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