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Overview
Performance production managers coordinate the practical side of performances and entertainment events, from staffing, materials and services to venues, schedules, logistics and workplace safety.
In job descriptions, look for production schedules, venue booking, freight, supplier coordination, rehearsals, budgets, safety procedures, delay handling and work with artists or cultural partners.
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Performance production managers work close to rehearsals, venues, artists, suppliers and technical teams. The role turns a performance plan into workable staffing, procurement, freight, customs, room booking, telecommunications, schedules and safe operations.
Skills and specializations
Useful strengths include production scheduling, supplier coordination, budget control, rehearsal planning, visitor safety, delay handling and calm communication with cultural partners, local authorities and venue specialists.
Salary context
Pay context is shaped by event scale, touring or venue complexity, budget responsibility, evening and weekend schedules, logistics risk and responsibility for safety or staff coordination.
Career paths
Progression can move from production assistant or coordinator roles into production management, venue operations, tour logistics, cultural project management or senior event operations.
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Read adverts for the production type, rehearsal calendar, venue or tour scope, budget authority, supplier work, safety duties and whether the manager is expected to solve live operational problems.
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Alternative labels
Occupation group
cultural facilities manager (1431.1)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/03632d98-0ae3-4dd2-941c-3b48de9a0219 |
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| ESCO code | 1431.1.2 |
| ISCO group | 1431 |
| Concept type | Occupation |