Creative Producer

Role: Creative Producer

Hours: Full-Time (32-40hrs/week)

Contract Type: Permanent

Salary: £36,000-£39,000 p.a. Pro rata (subject to experience)

Start Date: Feb 2023

Location: Wake the Tiger, 127 Albert Road, Bristol, BS2 0YA

Reporting to: Managing Director

VISION 

We create raw, unbounded experiences that challenge and inspire us to transform the world we live in.

OUR BELIEFS

NURTURING Caring for ourselves and each other. Together we can be better.

CREATIVE Artistic freedom and the art of the impossible; that creativity will help solve the challenges of the world.

INCLUSIVE Building a world where we embrace one another regardless of our differences.

WAKE THE TIGER

Wake The Tiger is the world’s first Amazement Park®; a cross between an interactive immersive art experience and a detailed film set, which provides an alternative to the traditional art gallery.

Visitors of all ages embark on a journey into the world of Meridia; diving through a portal into the magical realms of an ‘alchemist’s dream’ where they will explore 27 unique artistic environments in this amazing parallel universe. Discovering the stories and secrets of the four Guilds and how they uncovered the answers to their world’s greatest problems. The longer-term vision is to build on offering just the experience to include bespoke music events, inspirational talks, story-telling, food events and exclusive venue hire, to name but a few things.

THE ROLE

An opportunity to in an exciting creative role in a brand new, cutting-edge, creative led business. The Creative Producer will work closely with the Creative Production team (Managing Director, Creative Director, Creative Producer & Technical Manager) to coordinate the ongoing creative development of the business. 

As well as being experienced in creative development, the successful candidate should be passionate about their work, be a genuine team player, be confident in communicating with a wide range of people and happy to work to tight timescales.

The role involves working alongside the existing Creative Producer and liaising with the Directors and other members of the Senior Management Team. The focus of the role will be on the existing park, The Dream Factory, while the other Creative Producer will be focused on Phase 2, Transcend. The role will include the following duties:

• Development of narrative structure with Creative Strategy team
• Development of park interaction briefs to enhance visitor journey on an ongoing basis and liaison with Production team to deliver on interaction briefs
• Development of park explorer briefs and liaison with Ops team to train staff on explorer briefs
• Development of merchandise concepts including sourcing of suppliers before passing to retail team
• Ongoing costume design and creation in conversation with Ops team
• Work with Production team on sourcing relevant props to land the narrative
• Creation of WTT branded event creative briefs for marketing, ops and production teams – branding/theme/decor/performance
• Work closely with the Ops & Production team to ensure the delivery of the overall creative vision. 
• HR management of team when required – Rotas, Reviews, Holiday management (no current reports)
• General administration of tasks

SKILLS & ATTRIBUTES

Essential

• Experience (5+ years) working as Creative Producer or Production Manager within a team.
• A sound knowledge of production and creative design process.
• Experience is storyboarding and narrative development
• Knowledge of VR/AR experiences and other techniques to maximize visitor experience.
• Understanding of creative merchandising
• Extensive experience managing budgets.
• Good leadership skills.
• Excellent Excel skills.
• Good attention to detail.
• Ability to work well under pressure and manage multiple projects.
• Excellent communication, organizational, writing and interpersonal skills.
• Experience working with production planning software (eg. Asana/Yes Plan).

Desirable

• A database of creatives and designers.
• Interest in location based entertainment including immersive experiences, theme parks, theatre. 
• Full UK driving license

This job description is a guideline and does not aim to detail every possible task and expectation. The role may change from time to time in line with business requirements.

DIVERSITY & INCLUSION

At Wake the Tiger we prioritise inclusive and fair recruitment practices with equality and diversity issues integral to all applications considered. We actively encourage the recruitment of a diverse workforce and will ensure any accessibility needs are facilitated. Inclusion is at the core of our values and philosophy both with our staff recruitment, public comms and throughout the visitor experience.

FURTHER DETAILS

Suitable candidates with equivalent qualifications and more or less experience can apply. Rates of pay and salary ranges are dependent upon your experience, qualifications and training. If you wish to apply, please read our Privacy Notice describing how we may process, disclose and store your personal data (https://www.wakethetiger.com/privacy-policy/).

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