Curate Group
Freelance Production Manager, Lumos Experiences
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Lumos Experiences, Curate Group
Role: Freelance Production Manager, Lumos Experiences
Contract Type: Part-time Contractor - Fridays and Saturdays
Work Location: On Site
Company Overview
Do you love live music, stunning venues and unforgettable experiences? Join our growing team at Lumos Experiences, where we bring musical candlelight concerts to life every weekend.
We're on the lookout for passionate, reliable and friendly event staff to support our shows on the weekends. This is a part-time contractor role, perfect for those who thrive in live event environments, love technical production and are excited to grow with a creative, expanding business.
Role Overview
We're looking for a hands-on Freelance Production Manager to lead the setup focusing on AV, delivery and breakdown of our events - someone who thrives on logistics, stays calm under pressure, and takes pride in a job done properly.
This is a practical, on-the-ground role, leading the technical production of our events. You'll take full ownership of collecting production equipment from our Reading storage facility through to load-in, setup, show, and pack-down at venues across the UK - acting as our on-site technical representative from arrival to departure.
What You'll Be Doing
- Prep & logistics: Collecting, preparing and checking equipment against event manifests, planning loading schedules, and coordinating vehicle loading
- Transport: Driving equipment to venues (primarily Friday & Saturday events), ensuring safe handling of lighting, décor and staging
- On-site setup: Leading installation of staging, décor, ambient lighting, power distribution and basic AV to Lumos brand standards - able to use our technical desk (Behringer XR18). Typical venues include churches and outdoor event locations.
- Technical troubleshooting: Troubleshooting any technical issues on the spot, being the one to solve
- Health & safety: Ensuring safe manual handling, cable management and equipment care throughout
- Team working: Keeping communication flowing between crew, musicians and our operations team
- Venue & supplier liaison: Acting as the face of Lumos on-site, working professionally with venue managers and staff
- Pack-down: Leading efficient breakdown, accounting for all equipment, and feeding back to the operations team post-event
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What We're Looking For
- Practical experience in technical event production (audio and visual elements are the focus) or a similar hands-on production role
- Detail orientated and able to adapt AV set-ups to different event locations
- Confident coordinating with small teams on-site and ability to troubleshoot on the spot, with a calm, solutions-focused approach
- Comfortable with physical work - lifting, loading, and being on your feet throughout a shift
- A full driving licence (own vehicle or van a plus)
- Flexibility to work primarily Friday and Saturday afternoons/evenings, with travel across the UK
- Holds own public liability insurance
- Health & Safety training a bonus
- First Aid training a bonus
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THE DETAILS
- Pay: £25.00 per hour
- Mileage: Reimbursed when using your own vehicle to transport equipment
- Basis: Freelance/contractor
- Shift pattern: Primarily Friday & Saturday afternoons and evenings, plus regular UK travel
- Base: Shifts start and end at our Reading storage facility
WHY YOU'LL LOVE WORKING FOR US
- You’ll be part of a small, friendly team that helps transform beautiful venues into unforgettable live music experiences
- Be part of a creative, growing company with the opportunity for more hours
- Flexible part-time role
- This role is perfect for anyone who loves hospitality, live music, atmosphere and meeting new people
IF YOU'RE EXCITED BY THE IDEA OF WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES AT CANDLELIT CONCERTS IN SOME OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CHURCHES AND VENUES, WE'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU!
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