Production Lead
Description
Video Operations Lead
Chelsea Creative Studios
(Partnerships and Commercial Content Production)
Chelsea FC runs one of the most scrutinised content operations in world sport. Chelsea Creative Studios is the in-house production arm behind it, and this role sits at the commercial heart of it.
If you are an experienced Production Manager, Creative Studio Ops Lead or Agency Producer looking for a challenging in house role at a rapidly developing content team, we want to hear from you.
About this role:
As Operations Lead, you are the primary interface between the club's partnerships and commercial teams and the creative producers and post-production teams, both in-house and third-party.
That connection is the core of the job. You translate commercial obligations into production reality, and production constraints into commercial understanding. You keep both sides aligned, accountable, and moving.
You will also manage a team, so the ability to lead, develop, and direct people is as important as any other skill you bring.
This is a role that demands deep knowledge of content production. You need to understand how shoots are planned, how post-production runs, how timelines shift, and where deals can flex and where they cannot. That fluency is what makes the interface work.
Someone who can hold multiple projects in their head simultaneously, and spot where a shared resource, a rescheduled delivery, or a smarter process creates an efficiency across the whole operation, will thrive here. That kind of thinking is what separates a good operator from an excellent one.
What the role demands:
- Proven experience in branded content production, partner campaigns , sponsor led video production, media or TVC operations, ideally within sport or entertainment.
- Deep working knowledge of content production: from pre-production through to delivery
- Experience managing a team, with the credibility to lead through complexity
- Strong project management instincts — you track details, hit deadlines, and keep complex moving parts aligned, with solid working knowledge of tools like monday . com and Notion (familiarity with other project management software is a plus)
- The ability to build trust quickly with commercial stakeholders, from club sponsors to agency partners
- Commercial awareness and the confidence to negotiate when it matters
- Solid understanding of rights management and sponsorship delivery
This isn't a role for someone who wants to sit behind a spreadsheet. It's for someone who can operate fluently inside a production environment while managing the commercial pressures around it — at one of the world's biggest football clubs, with real partnerships, real productions, and real stakes.
Based at Stamford Bridge Stadium. Competitive salary and Chelsea FC benefits package.Company Name
Location
London
Posted on
4th Aug 2026
Apply by
1st Sep 2026