United Kingdom · Events Experiential Marketing · Principal/Manager (12-16 years)

Head of Production

Here is the whole job, in plain words. What it is, a real day, what you decide, how you're judged, how people get here and where they go next. Then the part no course gives you: twelve AI tutors who learn your work.

  • Experience bandPrincipal/Manager (12-16 years)
  • Direct reports10-25 reports
  • Reports toDirector of Production
  • UK framework levelUsually someone running a function, or a director

Also advertised as Technical Production Manager Manager · Principal Technical Producer, Events · Production Director (Events)

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1What this role really is

You'll run the entire technical production department, making sure every event we put on is technically brilliant and financially sound. This isn't about patching cables anymore; it's about setting the strategy for how we deliver world-class experiential marketing, managing a team of talented technical folks, and keeping a keen eye on the budget. Essentially, you're the orchestrator of all the technical magic.

2What you'd actually use

The tools this job runs on, and how well you'd need to know each one.

Vectorworks Spotlight / AutoCADStrategic/Architect

Setting agency-wide CAD standards, evaluating new design software for adoption, integrating CAD data with budgeting and inventory systems for strategic planning.

Disguise (d3) / Pandoras BoxStrategic/Architect

Designing enterprise-level media workflows, specifying server hardware for global tours or permanent installations, managing capital expenditure for advanced media technology.

MA Lighting grandMA3 / ETC EosStrategic/Architect

Developing lighting technology roadmaps for the agency, consulting on architectural and broadcast lighting integration for major clients, overseeing complex lighting system designs.

DiGiCo / Avid VENUE consolesStrategic/Architect

Specifying audio and comms infrastructure for entire festivals or multi-venue corporate events, managing spectrum licensing and large-scale comms deployments, setting audio quality standards.

Current RMS / Flex Rental SolutionsStrategic/Architect

Implementing and customising resource management platforms agency-wide, using platform data to forecast hiring needs and capital investment, optimising inventory utilisation.

Google Workspace / Microsoft 365 (including Sheets/Excel)Expert

Managing departmental budgets, creating complex financial models, setting collaboration best practices, and integrating project management tools with financial systems like NetSuite or SAP for real-time budget tracking.

3What you get to decide, and how that grows

Power in a job isn't your title. It's what you're allowed to decide. Here's how it grows as you move up.

The choiceComing inWhere you are nowThe step above
Departmental Budget AllocationNo authority. Follows assigned budgets.Manages project budgets up to £50K, escalating any overruns.Manages workstream budgets up to £250K. Makes recommendations for larger investments.
Hiring & Team StructureNo involvement.Provides input on junior hires.Interviews and recommends candidates for junior and mid-level roles. Mentors new hires.
New Technology InvestmentSuggests tools for personal use.Researches and recommends specific tools for project use (e.g., a new comms system).Proposes and pilots new technical solutions within a project or workstream. Budget up to £10K.

4How you'll be judged

The scoreboard, honestly: the hard targets, how often each one is actually looked at, and the quiet human signals that never make it onto a dashboard.

Department Profitability (Gross Margin)
The overall profit margin generated by the technical production department after direct costs.
Target · >30% gross margin on production services

If the department's revenue for Q1 was £1.5M and direct costs were £950K, your gross margin would be 36.7% – hitting the target.

Vendor Cost Savings
The annual savings achieved through renegotiating contracts, optimising purchasing, or finding more cost-effective suppliers for equipment and crew.
Target · >10% annual cost savings on key vendor contracts

Negotiating a new rate with our primary lighting supplier that saves us £150K over the year on a £1.2M spend.

New Technical Service Offerings Launched
The number of new technical capabilities or service lines successfully introduced and integrated into our client offerings.
Target · 2+ new technical service offerings per year

Successfully launching a dedicated virtual production studio offering and an advanced interactive tech capability within a 12-month period.

Equipment Utilisation Rate
The percentage of time our owned technical equipment (if applicable) is actively used on projects, rather than sitting in the warehouse.
Target · >75% average utilisation for owned high-value assets

Our new media servers were out on client projects for 25 out of 30 working days last month, giving us an 83% utilisation rate.

Team Development & Retention
How well you're building, mentoring, and retaining your team of Technical Production Managers and specialists.
  • Low voluntary turnover within your direct reports
  • observable growth in their capabilities
  • positive feedback in 360-degree reviews about your leadership and support
  • successful internal promotions from your team.
Strategic Technical Innovation
Your ability to identify and integrate new technologies and methodologies that keep us ahead of the curve in experiential marketing.
  • Regular proposals for new tech investments (with clear ROI)
  • successful pilot projects for emerging technologies
  • positive feedback from Creative and Account teams on your innovative solutions
  • industry recognition for our technical delivery.
Cross-Departmental Collaboration
How effectively you and your team work with other departments (e.g., Creative, Accounts, Finance) to ensure seamless project delivery.
  • Account Directors consistently praise your team's responsiveness and problem-solving
  • Finance reports smooth budget reconciliation
  • you're proactively involved in early-stage project planning, not just brought in at the last minute.
Risk Management & Contingency Planning
Your oversight of robust risk assessment and contingency planning for all major events, minimising on-site issues.
  • Zero major show-stopping technical failures under your watch
  • comprehensive pre-mortem reports for complex projects
  • clear, documented contingency plans for critical systems
  • positive feedback from external safety consultants.

5Would you like it

The honest version. What people enjoy, and what grinds them down.

What people enjoy
Building and Mentoring a High-Performing Team

You'll spend a good chunk of your week coaching your managers, helping them solve complex people problems, and identifying training opportunities. You get a real buzz from seeing your team members grow and take on bigger challenges.

Successfully developing a Senior Technical Production Manager into a Lead role, or seeing a junior team member you championed excel on a complex project.

Strategic Impact and Organisational Transformation

You'll be involved in long-term planning, setting the technical roadmap for the agency, and making decisions that shape our capabilities for years to come. You love seeing your vision for the department come to life and directly impact the company's success.

Implementing a new agency-wide resource management system that dramatically improves efficiency and profitability, or spearheading the adoption of a new, game-changing event technology.

Solving Complex, Multi-faceted Business Problems

This isn't just about fixing a broken cable; it's about figuring out how to deliver a technically ambitious project with a tight budget, a demanding client, and a challenging venue. You thrive on these big, messy puzzles that require a blend of technical, financial, and people skills.

Designing a technical solution for a global event series that needs to be scalable, cost-effective, and consistent across multiple continents, navigating different local regulations and vendor landscapes.

What frustrates people
  • The constant tension between creative ambition and technical/financial reality – you'll often be the one saying 'no' or 'how about this instead?'
  • Dealing with underperforming team members or personality clashes, which takes up valuable time.
  • The slow pace of organisational change when you know there's a better way to do things.
  • Budget cuts impacting your ability to invest in new tech or talent.
  • The sheer volume of administrative tasks that come with managing a large department.
What this role does not give you
  • Daily hands-on technical operation of equipment (that's what your team does).
  • A purely creative role with no financial accountability.
  • A predictable 9-to-5 schedule (events rarely are).
  • A quiet, solitary work environment (it's often busy and collaborative).

6Who you work with

This role directly impacts our reputation for technical excellence, our profitability on events, and our ability to attract and retain top technical talent. You're shaping the future of our technical delivery.

Inside the business
  • Director of Production (your boss)
  • Account Directors (who bring in the client work)
  • Creative Directors (who dream up the concepts)
  • Finance Team (who watch the pennies)
  • HR (for all things people-related)
Outside the business
  • Key Equipment Vendors (our suppliers for big kit)
  • Freelance Crew Agencies (who staff our shows)
  • Major Clients (sometimes you'll be the senior technical point of contact)
  • Industry Bodies (for best practice and safety standards)

7What you need before you start

Not a wish list. The things you would be expected to already have.

  • Proven track record of leading and managing technical production teams for complex, large-scale events.
  • Demonstrable experience in managing significant departmental P&L and achieving financial targets.
  • Extensive practical experience across multiple technical disciplines (e.g., audio, video, lighting, rigging) to inform strategic decisions.
  • A strong network of industry contacts, including vendors, freelance crew, and technical specialists.
  • Experience in developing and implementing operational processes and technical standards.
  • A deep understanding of event safety regulations and best practices in the UK.

8What to practise next

Where the job is going, and what to do about it starting this week.

Virtual & Hybrid Event Architectures

Hybrid events are here to stay, and the technology is constantly evolving. You'll need to be an expert in designing integrated technical solutions that seamlessly connect physical and virtual audiences, covering everything from broadcast quality streaming to interactive remote participation.

Broadcast Workflow & Infrastructure · Interactive Platform Integration · Remote Production & Collaboration Tools · Audience Engagement for Hybrid Formats

  • This month: Watch a few 'behind the scenes' videos of large-scale hybrid events.
  • Next quarter: Attend a virtual event tech expo or conference.
  • Within 6 months: Lead the technical planning for a complex hybrid event, focusing on the seamless integration of physical and virtual elements.
  • Within 12 months: Develop a standard 'Hybrid Event Playbook' for the department.

Quick win: Experiment with a free streaming software like OBS to understand the basics of broadcast mixing and encoding.

Advanced Immersive & Interactive Technologies

Experiential marketing is all about immersion. You'll need to understand the strategic application of technologies like advanced projection mapping, large-scale LED installations, augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), and haptic feedback systems to create truly unforgettable experiences.

Generative AI for Content Creation · Real-time 3D Engines (e.g., Unreal Engine, Unity) · Sensor & Tracking Technologies · Spatial Audio & Haptic Feedback

  • This month: Research case studies of award-winning immersive experiences.
  • Next quarter: Visit an immersive art installation or experience to see the tech in action.
  • Within 6 months: Work with the Creative team to brainstorm a concept for an immersive client activation using new tech.
  • Within 12 months: Lead the technical specification for a complex interactive installation.

Quick win: Follow key industry innovators and tech companies on social media to stay abreast of the latest developments.

9Staying current once you are in

What people here do to keep up
  • Regularly attending industry trade shows (e.g., PLASA Show, ISE, Event Tech Live) to stay current with new equipment and technologies.
  • Participating in leadership and management training programmes, particularly those focused on coaching, change management, and financial leadership.
  • Engaging with industry associations and forums (e.g., Production Services Association, ISES) to contribute to best practices and expand your network.
  • Mentoring junior members of the team or participating in cross-departmental development initiatives.

10How the AI economy is changing work like this

Before we ask anything of you, here's what we can already say about AI and work of this kind:

The new skill this role is being asked for: Sustainable Event Production Leadership

Clients are increasingly demanding greener events, and regulations are tightening. Being able to lead and implement truly sustainable production practices isn't just a 'nice to have' anymore; it's a competitive differentiator and a business imperative.

We'll only ever tell you what we can actually back up. No hype, no scare tactics.

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Built for Head of Production

5 units that map to this job, from the qualifications that cover it.

  1. Stage ManagementPearson Education Ltd · covers 1 of 10 standardsLevel 5
  2. Contribute to the technical production of a live performanceAIM Qualifications · covers 6 of 10 standardsLevel 2
  3. Supervising getting in and getting out in technical theatreAIM Qualifications · covers 6 of 10 standardsLevel 3
  4. Assist with the running of an ongoing productionPearson EDI · covers 5 of 10 standardsLevel 3
  5. Production Management for Live PerformancePearson Education Ltd · covers 4 of 10 standardsLevel 3
These are the real units behind this job, in the order they rank for it. Nothing here is marked done, because this plan has not been started by anyone yet. Yours would fill in as you go.

The rising capability

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What's rising in its place

This is where the work is heading, and the higher pay with it. Get fluent here and the shift stops being a threat and starts being your edge.

Sustainable Event Production Leadership

Clients are increasingly demanding greener events, and regulations are tightening. Being able to lead and implement truly sustainable production practices isn't just a 'nice to have' anymore; it's a competitive differentiator and a business imperative.

  • Circular Economy Principles in Events
  • Carbon Footprint Measurement & Reduction
  • Green Technologies & Materials
  • Supply Chain Sustainability

Data-Driven Decision Making for Event ROI

Clients want to know their investment in experiential marketing is paying off. As Head of Production, you'll need to move beyond just delivering a show to helping prove its value, using data to optimise technical elements for audience engagement and measurable outcomes.

  • Audience Tracking Technologies
  • Engagement Metrics & Analytics
  • A/B Testing in Experiential
  • Reporting & Visualisation Tools

What you’ll use

Skills this role draws on

Technical

  • Signal Flow & Systems Integration (Strategic Oversight)
  • Technical Drawing & Schematics (Standards & Review)
  • Power Distribution & Management (Risk Governance)
  • Rigging & Structural Integrity (Safety & Compliance)
  • Run-of-Show (ROS) & Show Calling (Process Standardisation)
  • Vendor Sourcing & Management (Strategic Partnerships)

The pathway

How you actually get there, here

How you become one varies far more by country than what one does. This is the UK route. Most people take one of these ways in; the right one depends on where you're starting from.

  1. 1

    From Lead Technical Producer / Technical Director (L4)

    3-5 years in previous role

    Skills to master

    • Moving from project-level leadership to departmental oversight, mastering P&L management, strategic vendor negotiation, and advanced team development.

    You're ready to move on when

    • Consistently delivered multi-million pound projects within budget and to exceptional technical standards.
    • Successfully mentored and developed junior technical staff, showing a natural aptitude for leadership.
    • Demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive technical innovation on major projects.
    • Proactively identified and implemented process improvements that benefited multiple projects.
  2. 2

    From Senior Technical Production Manager (L3) with significant leadership experience

    5-8 years in previous role, often with a secondment or acting manager role

    Skills to master

    • Developing strategic thinking beyond individual projects, taking on full P&L responsibility, and building a comprehensive understanding of organisational dynamics and talent management.

    You're ready to move on when

    • Managed all technical aspects of numerous large-scale events, often with complex client demands.
    • Consistently received excellent feedback on client-facing technical problem-solving and communication.
    • Taken on informal leadership roles, stepping up to manage teams or complex technical workstreams.
    • Actively sought out opportunities to understand the commercial side of event production.

11Where this role leads

The long view:This role isn't just a job; it's a significant step in a rewarding career. We're looking for someone who wants to leave a lasting mark on our technical capabilities and help shape the future of experiential marketing. If you're ready for the challenge, we'd love to hear from you.

Pay & demand

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The ten Future Fluencies

Zavmo analysis

The credential is what you can do today. These are what keep you valuable.

A qualification proves you can do the job as it's defined today. These ten are what decide whether you're still the obvious person for it in five years. They're the capabilities employers are now writing into senior roles faster than people are learning them. Zavmo weaves them through whatever you study, so you come out with both: the credential and the fluency.

The highlighted ones are the Fluencies your role leans on hardest, from how Head of Production is actually changing. In about two minutes, the free confidence check asks where you stand on each of the ten. That's the whole check, and it's what makes the plan yours rather than generic.

12The team that's yours

No two people are taught the same way. This is one-to-one, not one-to-many.

Zavmo is a hyper-personalised AI learning platform. Twelve virtual tutors, each with a different way of teaching, and one orchestration agent that picks the right one for the moment. So every single lesson is shaped around you, your role, and the way you learn. Not a course everyone sits through. A conversation built for you, and no one else.

…and nine more, matched to you after your first chat. Meet all twelve

13What it feels like

A conversation, not a course

Because your tutor knows your role, your projects and your last session, learning sounds like this. And it's different for every single person:

Stage ManagementLevel 5

Applied to your work in Head of Production

This unit aims to equip learners with the knowledge and skills to explain the responsibilities of a stage manager, produce accurate stage management paperwork, undertake the role of stage manager effectively, and analyse the success of the stage management role for a live production.

How the thinking builds
  1. Remember
  2. Understand
  3. Apply
  4. Analyse
  5. Evaluate
  6. Create
An illustration of a Zavmo lesson, built from this role’s own route. The unit, its objective and every criterion above are the awarding body’s own words, not an example.

One to one, not one to many

No two people run this the same way

A course is written once and handed to everyone. This is assembled around you, and keeps changing as it learns you. Five things it reads, and what each one changes.

  1. Your actual work Every lesson is taught against a live piece of your own work, not a worked example from a textbook.
  2. What you already know The first conversation finds your starting point, so you skip what you can already do and spend the time on what you cannot.
  3. The conditions you learn under Not a learning-styles quiz. The evidence does not support those. The dimensions the research does back, read once and used to shape the plan.
  4. How far you got last time It picks up mid-thought. The tutor knows what you said, what you struggled with, and what it asked you to try.
  5. Which tutor suits the moment Twelve of them, each for a different kind of thinking. The one who walks you through a first idea is not the one who stress-tests it.

See how you learn, free. Eight questions, no sign-up. A directional taster; the diagnostic inside Zavmo goes deeper and keeps adapting.

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Evidenced on your work in Head of Production

You do not finish by watching something. You finish by showing it on the work you already do, against the measures this job is judged on.

  • Department Profitability (Gross Margin)The overall profit margin generated by the technical production department after direct costs.If the department's revenue for Q1 was £1.5M and direct costs were £950K, your gross margin would be 36.7% – hitting the target.>30% gross margin on production services
  • Vendor Cost SavingsThe annual savings achieved through renegotiating contracts, optimising purchasing, or finding more cost-effective suppliers for equipment and crew.Negotiating a new rate with our primary lighting supplier that saves us £150K over the year on a £1.2M spend.>10% annual cost savings on key vendor contracts
  • New Technical Service Offerings LaunchedThe number of new technical capabilities or service lines successfully introduced and integrated into our client offerings.Successfully launching a dedicated virtual production studio offering and an advanced interactive tech capability within a 12-month period.2+ new technical service offerings per year
  • Equipment Utilisation RateThe percentage of time our owned technical equipment (if applicable) is actively used on projects, rather than sitting in the warehouse.Our new media servers were out on client projects for 25 out of 30 working days last month, giving us an 83% utilisation rate.>75% average utilisation for owned high-value assets
These are this job's own measures, with its own targets. Nothing is marked evidenced, because nobody has started this yet. Yours would fill in from the work you bring.

Your passport

This isn't a certificate you file away. It's a passport to the life you're designing.

Every credit you earn and every fluency you build adds up: evidence where it counts, carried with you. Zavmo keeps the map: where you are, where you're heading, and the next step, at your pace, around your life. From Head of Production to Director of Production / VP, Technical Operations (L6), and whatever you decide comes after.

Level 6 · in progressAI Fluency→ Director of Production / VP, Technical Operations (L6)→ your design
Where this takes you

This role isn't just a job; it's a significant step in a rewarding career. We're looking for someone who wants to leave a lasting mark on our technical capabilities and help shape the future of experiential marketing. If you're ready for the challenge, we'd love to hear from you.

See Your Progress GrowIllustration
Head of Production
  • Signal Flow & Systems Integration (Strategic Oversight)
  • Technical Drawing & Schematics (Standards & Review)
  • Power Distribution & Management (Risk Governance)
  • Rigging & Structural Integrity (Safety & Compliance)
  • Run-of-Show (ROS) & Show Calling (Process Standardisation)
  • Vendor Sourcing & Management (Strategic Partnerships)
This is your Mind Palace on learn.zavmo.ai. Every skill above comes from this role's own record, not an example borrowed from another job. A node lights up when you evidence it, and what you build stays yours between jobs. That is the part a course cannot do.

14The detail, folded away

Everything else the record holds

The career branches in full, how AI is already showing up in the day-to-day, and the questions people ask about this job. Here when you want them, out of the way while you decide.

Where it leads next, rung by rung

Where it leads

The career path, and where it branches

Head of Production is a start, not a ceiling. Each step below asks for new skills and hands back more autonomy.

  1. Director of Production / VP, Technical Operations (L6)

    3-5 years as Head of Production

    This is a significant step up, moving from managing a department to shaping an entire business unit's technical strategy and operations, often with a P&L of £2M-£10M+.

    • Developing and managing a multi-year technical roadmap for the entire agency.
    • Building and nurturing strategic relationships with global vendors and technology partners.
    • Leading significant capital expenditure projects and technology infrastructure upgrades.
    • Overseeing diverse technical teams, including potentially virtual production or R&D units.
Working with AI on the job

Working with AI

Where AI is starting to help

Let's be real, managing a busy production department means you're constantly juggling. Budgets, schedules, team development, vendor negotiations – it's a lot. What if you could offload some of that heavy lifting to smart tools?

AI isn't here to replace your strategic brain, but it's brilliant at crunching data, spotting patterns, and drafting documents faster than any human. For a Head of Production, that means less time on tedious admin and more time focusing on what truly matters: your team, your clients, and the future of our technical capabilities.

Strategic Resource Optimisation

Imagine an AI that analyses all your upcoming projects, your team's skill sets, individual availability, and even travel logistics. It then spits out an optimised crew schedule and load-in/out plans, cutting down on overtime and making sure everyone's in the right place at the right time. This isn't just scheduling; it's strategic resource allocation, saving you hours of complex 'crew Tetris' every week.

Predictive Financial Modelling

Stop guessing on those initial budget estimates. Train an AI on hundreds of our past project budgets, vendor rates, and technical riders. Now, when a new RFP lands, the AI can instantly generate a highly accurate preliminary budget, flag potential cost overruns, and highlight technical challenges based on the client's brief. This means faster, more accurate proposals and fewer uncomfortable conversations with Finance later on.

Technology Scouting & ROI Analysis

Keeping up with new event tech is a full-time job in itself. Use an AI assistant to rapidly research and compare the technical specifications, market prices, and user reviews of emerging equipment (think new LED tech, interactive systems, or media servers). It'll summarise the pros, cons, and potential ROI into a concise recommendation, helping you make smarter investment decisions much faster.

Automated Policy & Process Documentation

You're the architect of our technical processes, but writing all that documentation is a grind. Leverage AI to draft the first pass of standardised documents like departmental policies, safety guidelines, crew briefing templates, and post-event reports. Input key parameters, and the AI produces a structured document ready for your expert refinement, freeing up your time for strategic oversight.

Common questions

Common questions

How do you become a Head of Production?

Common routes in include From Lead Technical Producer / Technical Director (L4) (3-5 years in previous role) and From Senior Technical Production Manager (L3) with significant leadership experience (5-8 years in previous role, often with a secondment or acting manager role). Times vary with prior experience.

Where can a Head of Production progress to?

This role can lead on to Director of Production / VP, Technical Operations (L6) (3-5 years as Head of Production), depending on the skills you build.

What level is a Head of Production in the UK?

This role aligns to RQF Level 6 on the UK framework, a guide to the depth of qualification it maps to, not a hard entry bar.

What new skills matter most for a Head of Production?

Increasingly, Sustainable Event Production Leadership and Data-Driven Decision Making for Event ROI. These are the areas where the higher-paid, future-proof work is heading.

The honest bit

You’ve started things before

Most of them were built for a room full of people who aren’t you. A cohort moves on whether or not your week allowed it, and by the third week the thing you’re behind on becomes the reason you stop opening it.

There’s no cohort here, and no timetable to fall behind. Before anything starts, Zavmo asks when you’re sharpest and how long you can realistically sit down for, then builds the sessions around those answers. A bad fortnight changes your pace. It doesn’t put you behind.

And you only pay once you start learning. Searching and planning are free, and you can cancel any time — so the cost of finding out is an afternoon, not a year.

What it costs

Less than one coaching session. Every month.

A single career-coaching hour costs more than a month of this, and it ends when the hour does. Zavmo doesn't. It's £70 a month, about £2.30 a day, for a companion that knows a Head of Production, works on the job you actually do, and keeps going at your pace rather than a timetable's.

  • Searching and planning stay free. You only pay when you start learning.
  • Your credits are yours. Regulated, and they don't vanish when a subscription ends.
  • Cancel any time and billing stops. No notice period, no minimum term.

Your path, personalised

You have the map. Walking it is the part we do together.

This route runs to 10 national skill standards. That is a real journey.

Zavmo shapes a learning experience as unique as you are. It fits how you learn, your pace and the work you already do. Every step stays benchmarked to recognised national standards. That’s the plan for becoming a Head of Production: personal to you, and it still counts. The first steps are free.

Independent research finds well-designed intelligent tutoring performs nearly as well as one-to-one human tutoring: VanLehn (2011), Educational Psychologist.

A private tutor in the UK averages £35–40 an hour . Zavmo is £70/month.

A real plan on learn.zavmo.ai: Ofqual-regulated units, credits, and a three-month run at your own pace.
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15Where to go from here

Other roles at Level 6

Same depth of qualification, different job. Useful if the work appeals but this particular role does not.

Other roles in Events Experiential Marketing

Stay in the field you know and move sideways rather than up.

If you leave this industry

The skills you gain as Head of Production are highly transferable. You could move into senior operations roles in other creative industries (e.g., film/TV production, large-scale theatre, theme park technical operations) or even into consultancy, advising other businesses on their event production strategies and technical infrastructure.

Not sure this is the right direction?

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