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About the Role

SIDE is seeking a Production Manager to oversee dialogue-production projects from brief to delivery, working across games, technology, and digital media. This role involves managing multiple projects, stakeholders, schedules, and budgets to ensure successful delivery against milestones and quality standards.

Responsibilities

• Manage the full lifecycle of each project, from understanding client requirements and defining the budget and timeline through to successful delivery.
• Set and manage the overall delivery of projects, including the allocation and effective management of work across multiple departments.
• Assess changing project requirements and adapt production plans and timelines accordingly.
• Manage a high volume of work flexibly and reactively, prioritizing workload and time effectively.
• Ensure all necessary project administration is completed accurately.
• Communicate problems or issues to management in a timely manner.
• Prepare recording scripts for actors, directors, and studio engineers.
• Track the progress of recording sessions and adjust schedules as required.
• Manage script updates, production changes, and asset drops throughout the project.
• Track the progress of final audio-asset deliverables by liaising with the Post-production team.
• Work with clients daily and manage client relationships.
• Ensure client needs are met or clearly explain where pushback is required.
• Prepare initial quotations based on the client’s early brief.
• Communicate cost variations and project changes effectively to all relevant stakeholders.
• Handle queries and issues arising throughout the project.
• Manage third parties, including negotiating fees with freelancers and external vendors.
• Assist and support the Casting team with actor selection and auditions.
• Promote the safety and comfort of colleagues, freelancers, talent, clients, and vendors.
• Undertake general ad hoc business responsibilities as required.
• Follow company security, confidentiality, and health and safety procedures.
• Follow company IT and HR procedures.
• Understand ethical behaviour and business practices.

Requirements

• In-depth knowledge of the games industry and/or audio-production processes.
• Experience gained within broadcast, commercials, post-production, a developer, or a creative agency.
• Experience in a role requiring a comparable overall project-management skill set.
• Solid knowledge of project management.
• A process-oriented approach, combined with the ability to adapt within a growing company.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• A responsible approach with clear ownership of work delivered.
• Ability to manage multiple deadlines, accounts, and stakeholders while prioritizing work appropriately.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong client-relationship management skills.
• Experienced knowledge and use of Microsoft Office, particularly Microsoft Excel.
• Confidence using formulas such as SUMIFS and COUNTIFS to produce statistics relating to dialogue scripts is ideal.

Skills

• Project management
• Client relationship management
• Microsoft Office
• Microsoft Excel
• SUMIFS formulas
• COUNTIFS formulas

Location

• London

Work Type

• Hybrid working
• Full-time
• Contract

Experience Level

• 12-month fixed-term contract

About the Company

• SIDE is a company that works across projects ranging from independent mobile games to AAA console titles, as well as voice production for other technology and digital media.