Responsibilities :

• Planning, Budget, and Strategy
  •    Minimum 5 years in global production experience essential
  •    Bilingual with fluent English and fluent Arabic language skills
  •    Suggest and implement specific production management procedures for external producers to enable efficient production and a positive experience.
  •    Build budget templates for rebate incentive
  •    Calculate incentives for incoming productions on any budget
  •    Production manage and line produce productions that come to NEOM and facilitate on ground logistics and requirements
  •    Facilitate all production management responsibilities for the screen office for producers
  •    Produce any given content when requested from media sector
  •    Track all production management support documentation to support the media sector
  •    Establish and build key relationships in KSA with suppliers for all production requirements at NEOM including sub aqua/aerial landscape
  •    Advise all external partners on permitting procedure for location filming.
  •    Fully support regional and international producers in all aspects of production within NEOM
  •    Drive NEOM’s established production incentive and encourage adherence to NEOM’s policies and procedures.
  •    Design specific agreements alongside lawyers to protect the environment & labour law.
  •    Develop budgets as and when required across the Media Sector
  •    Keep track of expenditures and invoices allocated to productions
  •    Offer range of production solutions for all production genres coming to the region and facilitate in all areas of production management and advise on production incentive.
  •    Advise producers on budgetary demands for any production filming in NEOM
  •    Liaise with all departments to ensure that incoming productions have a positive experience in NEOM

   

  People Management

  •    Mentor, develop and guide local talent in all aspects of production and production management with a view to targeting vocational training on location and throughout productions.
  •    Build an on-ground production team (Production Manager, Coordinator, Admin Staff and Production Assistant) to support production unit at NEOM
  •    Streamline production management duties for the NEOM screen office

Educational requirements:

Experience requirements:

•   5+ years’ experience in a Film Production Management role internationally and in multiple countries
•  Experience in managing film budgets of $5M and above
•  Experience working in the Middle East

Desired Skills:

• Track record of successful end-to-end delivery of Film and TV/Commercial projects and programmes on the ground, from creative briefing and scouting and script discussions through to on-site management, execution, and evaluation.
• Strong stakeholder management skills across all levels
• Third-party and supplier management
• Experience working in the Middle East
• Fluency in Arabic and English

Qualifications:

•     5+ years in Global Film Production
•     Relevant industry qualifications

Benefits:

Will be negotiated

Incentives:

Will be negotiated

How to Apply for NEOM?