The Role
We’re looking for an organised, proactive and people-focused Stage Manager. This role is primarily focused on coordinating and developing the stage team, managing workloads and priorities, and ensuring the stage is well organised, properly resourced and ready for production. You’ll work closely with Production, Technical, Post and Virtual Production teams to plan and coordinate stage requirements, shoots, oversee physical builds and reconfigurations, and maintain high standards of health and safety. Strong leadership, communication and planning skills are essential, alongside a practical understanding of how a studio or stage environment operates. Direct motion capture experience is beneficial but not essential; we' re more interested in someone with the right organisational and leadership skills, a collaborative approach and an eagerness to learn.
People & Leadership
⚬ Manages and coordinates the stage team
⚬ Allocates people and responsibilities across projects.
⚬ Delegates effectively and follows up on tasks.
⚬ Sets clear expectations and holds people accountable and sets deadlines.
⚬ Supports team development and performance.⚬ Creates a calm, organised and collaborative working environment.
⚬ Listens and learns from others.
⚬ Create and rolls out a career progression plan.
Stage Operations & Infrastructure
⚬ Good practical understanding of a studio and its physical infrastructure. Direct motion capture experience
is valuable, but not necessary.
⚬ Experience with inventory management and organisation of a stage at a large scale.
⚬ Working with the ADs to plan and coordinate the physical build requirements of different productions.
⚬ Understands the requirements around rigging, equipment, staging, props and other physical elements.
⚬ Coordinates with the appropriate technical specialists rather than needing to personally carry out technical work.
⚬ Ensures the stage is properly prepared and ready for production.
⚬ Experience working on a stage or a set, and understands how things run.
⚬ An understanding of stage builds, breakdowns and reconfigurations, and an eagerness to learn.
Health & Safety
⚬ Strong understanding of stage health and safety requirements.
⚬ Responsible for ensuring appropriate H&S processes are followed by the stage team.
⚬ Comfortable identifying hazards and escalating risks.
⚬ Experience with risk assessments, method statements, safe working practices and emergency procedures.
⚬ Coordinates with relevant H&S personnel and production teams where required.
⚬ Ensures the team maintains a safe and professional working environment.
⚬ Liaising with Operations Manager and H&S support team to ensure H&S practices are rolled out to the
company and followed.
Planning & Organisation
⚬ Owns the stage team's workload and priorities.
⚬ Plans ahead for upcoming productions.
⚬ Creates clear task lists and prepares schedules.
⚬ Ensures responsibilities are assigned and followed through.
⚬ Coordinates handovers and makes sure information isn't lost between teams.
⚬ Spots gaps and potential problems before they affect a production.
⚬ Plans for hiring of freelancers as necessary.
⚬ Learns processes and works with the team to create documentation to ensure consistency. Always
updates as processes are revised.
⚬ Ensures shared project documentation is always complete with Stage updates.
Communication
⚬ Acts as the main organisational point of contact for the stage team to all other departments, for general
updates. Works with the project lead for any project-related issues.
⚬ Work with production to roll out documentation that clearly outlines plans.
⚬ Works closely with Production, Tech, Post, and Vprod teams.
⚬ Clearly communicates requirements, deadlines and changes.
⚬ Escalates issues appropriately.
⚬ Makes sure the right people are involved at the right time.Required Skills and Experience
⚬ 3+ years’ experience in stage management, studio operations, live events or a similar environment.
⚬ Experience coordinating people, delegating tasks and managing competing priorities.
⚬ Excellent organisational, planning and communication skills.
⚬ Good understanding of health and safety and safe working practices.
⚬ Health and safety training, including risk assessments and method statements.
⚬ Proactive, solutions-focused approach with the ability to identify risks and resolve issues.
⚬ Experience with stage builds, rigging, equipment and physical reconfigurations.
⚬ Experience managing and developing a team, coordinating freelancers or improving operational
processes.
Desired Skills and Experience
⚬ Experience working in a motion capture or performance capture studio.
⚬ Practical understanding of physical environments, equipment and infrastructure.
