Location manager for hire in the UK
The location manager finds, secures and runs the places you shoot — permissions, access, parking and keeping the location happy.
Are you a location manager? Get listed and take work near you
Post the role, your postcode and your rate. The nearest location manager is asked first — within 19 miles, or further for anyone who has said they travel — and if they pass it moves to the next nearest. Nothing is charged unless someone accepts.
Location manager work near you
Is this your job? Set up your profile with your day rate and how far you travel. When a production nearby posts for the role, the nearest people are asked first and the job reaches your phone. You only take the ones you want.
What a location manager does on a shoot
- Finds and recces places that fit the script, the schedule and the budget.
- Secures permissions, permits, parking and access, and agrees the fee.
- Runs the location on the day and hands it back the way it was found.
How hiring a location manager works
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Post the role
Say you need a location manager, where the shoot is, the dates and the rate you're offering.
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The nearest is asked first
The closest location manager gets it alone, and it widens to the next nearest every 60 seconds until someone accepts.
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First to accept takes it
The job locks to them, you swap details, and you rate each other afterwards.
Hiring a location manager
- How far ahead should I hire a location manager?
- As early as you can. Permissions, council permits and parking suspensions take weeks, not days — hiring one in the week of the shoot means you get whatever is still available.
- What do I need to tell them?
- The look you are after, the dates, the crew and vehicle size, and anything unusual: drone, stunts, firearms, animals, night work. Those decide whether a location is possible at all.