Video Producer

Video Producer (Manchester)

Function: Production Management | Crew Leadership | Shoot Delivery

Responsibility: Own the production process from brief to delivery — on time, on budget, every time

Reports to: Senior Producer

Location: Full-time | Hambi Media MCR Studio, Central Manchester (1 day in studio / 3 days on set per week)

Overview

The Soar Group is one of the UK’s fastest-growing performance agency groups, home to three specialist agencies. On the inside, we work as one:

• Hambi Media: Performance creative agency for Meta, delivering High Production, UGC, and Static ads. The UK’s largest performance creative division in the UK.
• For You Advertising: The UK’s #1 independent TikTok agency, specialising in TikTok paid media, TikTok Shop, and creator-led content at scale.
• Soar With Us: Paid social and paid search, managing media buying and growth strategy across the group’s client portfolio.

Together, the group manages over £100M in ad spend, works with category-leading D2C brands, and operates the UK’s largest Creative Strategy department with design, production, strategy, and UGC all under one roof.

What Sets Us Apart

• Nominated for Meta’s Creative Diversity Award 2025, the only independent agency recognised.
• Highest independent agency spend on Meta in 2025.
• Official TikTok Agency Partner, Creative Partner, and one of the only TikTok Shop Partners across UK and US.
• Two production studios (London and Manchester)
• Creators of D2C Diaries, one of the UK’s leading eCommerce podcasts
• Partnered with Meta, TikTok, Foreplay, and Triple Whale.
  

The Role

We're hiring a Video Producer to own the operational engine behind our Manchester production output. This is a production management role - you'll be the person who makes shoots happen, ensures budgets are hit, timelines are met, and the creative team has everything they need to do their best work on set. If you get genuine satisfaction from a tightly run production that delivers on time and on brief, this role is for you.

Your job is to make sure the crew has everything they need to execute great work on every shoot - and to own the outcome.

• 2–4 years' experience in a production role, ideally within an agency, commercial, or branded content environment
• Strong organisational skills — you can manage multiple projects simultaneously without dropping the ball
• Proven experience managing production budgets and shoot schedules across multiple production simultaneously.
• Excellent communication skills across clients, crew and internal teams
• Calm under pressure with a track record of solving problems quickly on set
• A working understanding of social-first content formats (Meta, TikTok) and what makes performance creative effective
• Experience in D2C, advertising, or branded content production is strongly preferred
  

Preferred but not essential:

• Experience working with performance or direct-response advertising content
• Familiarity with production and project management tools (Notion, Frame.io, or similar)
  

Responsibilities

• Line-manage the Video Director and Videographer in your crew as direct reports — owning their schedules, wellbeing, development and performance accountability
• Run regular 1:1s with both crew members, focused on their performance, development and day-to-day experience in the team
• Give clear, timely feedback to both crew members - capture learnings from every shoot and feed them back into future productions, keeping the feedback circle moving
• Own brief intake and clarity: ensure every shoot brief is complete and production-ready before it reaches the crew
• Own pre-production end-to-end: budgeting, scheduling, casting, location sourcing, props, talent coordination and call sheets
• Attend Production Planning Meetings (PPMs) prepared with a full picture of your crew's workload, upcoming shoots, scheduling constraints and any delivery risks
• Manage shoot-day operations on occasion - keeping crew, clients and talent on schedule and on brief
• Actively gather post-shoot feedback from clients, Account Managers and crew - Sharing this with relevant team members to keep constructive criticism in circulation.
• Manage and track production budgets across multiple concurrent projects
• Build and maintain strong relationships with freelance crew, casting contacts and suppliers
• Flag delivery risks, crew issues or resourcing constraints to the Senior Producer before they become problems - never absorb risk silently

What Success Looks Like

In your first 90 days, you'll have run multiple shoots end-to-end, established tight pre-production processes, and be trusted by the team to manage client touchpoints independently. Within 6 months, you'll be a reliable operational partner to our Directors and Strategists - with a consistent track record of shoots delivered on time, on budget, and to brief.

Attitude

You're a natural problem-solver who finds real satisfaction in a smooth, well-run production. You take ownership of the logistics so the creative team can focus entirely on the work. You're proactive, detail-oriented, and thrive in a fast-moving environment where priorities can shift. You don't need to be the most creative person in the room - but you do need to care deeply about the quality and commercial impact of what you're producing.

• 28 days paid holiday including birthday leave, Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve. 
• Long-service holiday scheme: After 2 years’ service, you’ll receive 1 extra day of annual leave for every year of service.
• Flexible and hybrid working (2 days in office). 
• Regular team socials.
• Company Private Health and life insurance scheme.
• Company pension scheme.
• Work abroad for 1 month a year.
• Full-time Manchester-based role (1 day studio / 3 days on set per week).