Senior Festival Producer
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£45,000 – £50,000/ year
About the role
Senior Festival Producer (Maternity Cover) - Rock Oyster Festival
Location: Hybrid, 1 day per week in Bath office
Type: Fixed term contract. Will consider 4 or 5 days per week
Reporting to: Managing Director
Salary: £45-50k (pro rata)
Basis: Maternity Cover, 9 month contract. From 1st Dec 2026 to 31st Aug 2027.
The Role
As Senior Festival Producer at Rock Oyster Festival, you will play a key role in delivering the festival venues and attendee experience. You will continue to programme the festival’s content and produce the venues, while building and maintaining strong relationships with artists, partners, suppliers and other key stakeholders. Working closely with the Managing Director and wider festival team, you will take ownership of your department, ensuring everything is delivered to an exceptional standard and with the attendee experience at the heart of every decision. As this is a maternity cover role, a number of programming decisions and bookings will already be confirmed when you join. The role will therefore involve a combination of managing existing plans, completing outstanding programming and developing the festival further.
Core Responsibilities
Programming & Content
Continue to develop and refine the festival programme and venues, always championing the attendee experience.
Manage and support the part-time Programming Coordinator (1-2 days per week).
Music - finalise all music programming and support freelance bookers where required.
Food - finalise food and chef programming, including demos, masterclasses, pop-up restaurants and banquets.
Family & Wellbeing - finalise all family and wellbeing content and experiences.
Talks - support the freelance booker with cross pollination from other stages to deliver a compelling talks programme.
Continue to commercialise profitable add-on experiences, tracking sales and managing P&Ls.
Artist & Venue Delivery
Work with the Programming Coordinator to advance all artists, chefs and performers.
Manage artist contracting, technical requirements, accreditation (Eventree), arrival information and event packs.
Deliver venues and stages - ensure each is appropriately procured with relevant departments, resourced and produced to a high standard.
Staffing - continue to recruit, brief and support venue managers, artist liaison, home ec and other relevant staff.
Work closely with the wider production teams to ensure programming and operational requirements are aligned and delivered effectively.
Creative Production
Support and oversee the freelance Creative Manager in the creative production of venues and site-wide décor.
Manage the creative budget, ensuring that all CAPEX and OPEX expenditure are accurately tracked and reconciled.
Ensure all venues, installations and décor are delivered to a high standard and are aligned with the festival’s brand, creative vision and overall attendee experience.
Other Responsibilities
Own and manage relevant budgets, ensuring expenditure is controlled and reconciled.
Provide clear and regular departmental status updates, risks, budget updates and key decisions.
Work collaboratively with the Managing Director and wider festival team to ensure all departments remain aligned.
Build positive, productive relationships with internal teams, freelancers, artists, suppliers, partners and other stakeholders.
Essential Experience
8+ years in events/festivals/live entertainment
Significant festival producer and programming experience
Budget and team management
Strong stakeholder and supplier management
Experience delivering events from concept through to live delivery
Desirable Experience
Food festival experience
Knowledge and network in Cornwall
Commercial partnership experience
Creative production/site décor experience
Working Hours
Our core office hours are 9:30am – 6pm.
Give and take policy - the nature of the events business means that we all need to be able to work flexible hours to ensure that we can fulfil our roles. This will include some weekend / evening working particularly around the events.
Benefits
Flexible working arrangements including 1 day per week in the Bath office
20 days holiday + bank holidays (pro rata)
Company pension scheme
Research trips to other festivals
Regular work trips to stunning locations in Cornwall