What You'll Own

• Operational delivery of Frieze London
• Act as a “2IC” for the Fair Operations Director
• Ensuring shows are built to correct plans and specifications
• Ensure Frieze maintains a strong relationship with the venue and local suppliers
• Manage respective designers and/or architects to determine the overall ‘look & feel’ of the show
• Day-to-day liaison with the production company for Frieze London
• Management of the implementation of all non-gallery areas and F&B (“Features Areas”) at Frieze London
• Working with the contractors, production teams, and internal stakeholders to ensure shows comply with Health and Safety regulations and venue regulations
• Work with Contracts and Security Manager to ensure insurance, legal, and contract requirements are met for Frieze London vendors
• Support Operations Director/Executive Director of Production on multi-show and multi-year agreements across all Frieze Fairs for relevant areas
• Day-to-day management of the show production budget for Frieze London to ensure accurate forecasting, as well as raising of Purchase Orders and processing invoices
• Support the ongoing integration and development of FRAME across all shows
• Support Executive Director of Production and Operations Director on future planning and budget forecasting for all future fairs as needed
• Ensure sustainability policies are implemented across all Frieze Fairs and find new ways to improve existing practices.
• Work with the Sustainability and Accessibility groups to report and make recommendations for future fairs.
• Work with Operations Director in management of sustainability auditors and development of policies and practices across Frieze Fairs
• Ongoing development and implementation of FOH operational guides for fairs, in conjunction with Senior Project Manager, Operations Director, and Executive Director of Production
• Support Operations Director with the training and development of the Production Managers and Production Co-Ordinators
• Ensure Health and Safety reporting procedures are followed across all fairs throughout the year
• Liaise with MARI on H&S matters as required
• Working on other projects and/or fairs in future, as needed
• Supporting other production team members, as and when required, on other events during the year
• Attending relevant and appropriate training on health, safety, and environmental issues
• Methodical filing and record keeping, arranging meetings, keeping minutes, and follow-up correspondence
• Post-show evaluation and development reports

What You Bring

• At least 5 years’ experience working on large publicly attended events at a Production Manager level or above
• Stakeholder liaison (internal and external)
• Experience in working with a number of contractors
• Experience in working in a team, as well as autonomously
• Experience in working to strict deadlines
• Excellent working knowledge of UK H&S regulations
• Working with large budgets
• Experience in managing direct and indirect reports
• Strong communication skills
• Highly organised
• Excellent problem solver and multi-tasker
• Ability to calmly work under pressure
• Adaptable with excellent attention to detail
• Able to deal with a broad range of people at every level
• Self-motivated and able to take responsibility
• Strong people management skills
• Competent in the use of Microsoft Office, in particular Excel

Desirable

• Experience working on art fairs
• Local H&S regulations in other countries
• Experience working in companies of 100+ employees dealing with a high volume of communications across multiple departments
• CAD skills (e.g. Vectorworks, AutoCAD, Sketchup, Omnigraffle)
• First Aid and Health & Safety qualifications (e.g. IOSH)

Benefits

Here are some of the Benefits and Perks offered at MARI Group:

• Hybrid work environment (blend of in-office and at-home days)
• Pension match and access to a bespoke pension scheme
• Paid Parental Leave
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Enhanced gyms, wellness, and financial wellbeing apps access via Wellhub
• Flexible Paid Time Off

MARI believes in the power of live experiences to unite people — and we know that can only be achieved when we reflect the full diversity of the world around us. As a global company that shapes culture across sports, art, and entertainment, we are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace and to practicing anti-discrimination across race, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, and beyond. We recognise that systemic inequality and discrimination remain challenges across the events and entertainment industry, and we are dedicated to driving meaningful progress — both within our own organisation and across the wider industry we are proud to be part of.