Project Manager (OB and Live)

Job description

PROJECT MANAGER (OB & LIVE)

We’re looking for a Project Manager to work with our team and take on our most complex outside broadcast and live work - the projects with many moving parts at the heart of what we do. You’ll own the client relationship and the plan whilst bringing our technical departments and trusted freelancers together to create the conditions for successful shoots.

ABOUT HOTCAM

Hotcam is a leading technical production partner and facilities company, sitting at the heart of the UK’s multicamera and unscripted production community. Our work spans music, entertainment, live and as-live events, multicamera, fixed-rig, OB and systems-led productions: a varied, complex and genuinely interesting slate. We’re known for our high standards of service and problem-solving, and for the positive, friendly, solutions-focused community we build on location and at our warehouses in London and Glasgow. Our approach is underpinned by forward planning, attention to detail and a strong sense of community across the creative industries.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Own the client relationship day to day on OB, live. Rig and complex systems jobs
• Plan shoots with clients: schedules, recces, technical approach and delivery
• Coordinate and brief freelance crew, and issue deal memos and call sheets
• Marshal our Kit Room team, Systems, Audio, Logistics and Engineering to deliver for our clients
• Work with the Technical Resources Desk on equipment planning.
• Manage quotes, billing and job close commercially

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

We’re looking for brilliant communicators who will enjoy building relationships with our clients through a shared enthusiasm for producing technically sophisticated shows and events. They will thrive under pressure and understand that it’s planning ahead that underpins a successful shoot. Planning is an art and a skill in its own right, and we want people who actively look ahead and are proactive, very organised, collaborative and resourceful problem-solvers who engage openly with clients and revel in finding solutions, whether ahead of the production or out on location.

• Project management experience, ideally in broadcast, OB or live, or strong transferable experience and the appetite to step into a busy working environment
• Production and technical literacy in OB, multicamera or systems work to plan and brief clearly
• Confident coordinating crew, working with clients to build call sheets, and dealing with suppliers and logistics.
• Useful but not essential: A network of broadcast freelancers and producers; quoting and commercial experience; a full driving licence.

WHAT WE OFFER

• £34,000–£48,000, depending on experience
• Office-based at our West London HQ in Acton
• A central role on some of the UK’s best known and ambitious OB, live and unscripted productions, with strong technical teams behind you

HOW TO APPLY

Send your CV and a short covering letter to applications@hotcam.tv. Closing date: 19 June 2026.

• Hotcam is an equal opportunities employer. We recruit on merit and welcome applications from everyone. You must have the right to work in the UK. We handle your application data only to consider you for this role, in line with our candidate privacy notice.

Extra information

Status

Closed

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

London

Type of Contract

Full-time jobs

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English