Vice President, Sea Production

Job Details

Job Title: Vice President, Sea Production (UK)

Reports To: Executive Vice President, Sea Production

Working Hours: Normal office hours are 09:30 to 17:30, Monday – Thursday, 09:30 to 17:00 Friday

Place of Work: UK HQ, Mill Court, Featherstone Rd, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire MK12 5EU

Other: Full Time, Mobile (3x days/week in MK HQ)

As the world’s largest producer of groundbreaking live entertainment, RWS Global creates meaningful connections and customized experiences spanning from theatrical productions to events, multimedia and more. In 2024, the entertainment leaders expanded capabilities into live sporting events with the introduction of RWS Global Sports. Headquartered in New York, London, Cincinnati and Sydney with dedicated RWS Studios in NYC and the UK to serve its vast talent pipeline and client base, RWS Global serves major brands and corporations, theatres, cruise lines, sports properties, live venues, parks, resorts and more.

Offering end-to-end services from ideation to operations, RWS Global’s team of world-class designers, creators, producers and visionary talent provide unrivaled scale, producing over one million live moments every day and employing over 8,000 individuals worldwide. The RWS Global roster of clients includes Apple, Azamara, The Coca-Cola Company, Commonwealth Games, Crayola, Europa-Park Resort, Ferrari World Abu Dhabi, The FRIENDS™ Experience by Original X Productions, Hard Rock Resorts, Hershey Entertainment & Resorts, Holland America Line, Iberostar Hotels & Resorts, International Cricket Council, Invictus Games, Lionsgate, Marella Cruises, MSC Cruises, Roompot, Rugby World Cup, Six Flags, Space Center Houston, TUI Group, Vera Wang, Warner Bros.,

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Reporting to the EVP, Sea Production, the VP, Sea Production (UK) has responsibility across a growing client list in the global sea production department, particularly focused on client account management, systems integration, financial strategy & execution and global alignment of processes & platforms. This role is also responsible for studio operations for the sea production studios in Milton Keynes, as well as wardrobe operations and technical operations for their client base.

As an industry leader in cruise, this role is expected to establish new relationships in the industry that result in new business for RWS Global. They serve alongside the VP, Sea Production (US) as the #2 to the EVP, Sea Production, stepping in to lead the global department, as required.

• Oversees client budgets, delivery and standardization, tracking and reporting; responsible for building sea financial reports to present to executives and the sea department
• Strategic planning, organizes workload, road map, blueprint for ongoing project management, directly managing Director/Account Leads, to ensure success
• Oversees global policies & procedures for Sea Production department, in partnership with VP, Sea Production (US)
• Ensures department leaders execute effective onboarding & training for full time and Seasonals/Freelancers, as needed
• Identifies and implements efficiencies in process, with particular focus on systems and platforms (i.e. Wrike, Air Table, Box, etc)
• Positively impacts long-term department growth by connecting with potential clients through innovative outreach, attending vendor trade shows and connecting via trade associations
• Effectively works in short timelines to create necessary reporting on projects for leadership team
• Partners with VP, Sea Production (US) to oversee Sea changeover schedule and staff tracking
• Positively impacts overall morale and develops team into effective, accountable professionals
• Continually manages workload distribution within their team resulting in excellent project execution and equitable workloads across team
• Involved in Sea new build to assess feasibility of remounts and know what is needed
• Initially creates Sea new build budgets in collaboration with Executive Creative team and other internal…