Producer for hire in the UK
The producer makes the shoot happen — budget, schedule, crew and logistics — keeping the production on track from prep to wrap.
Are you a producer? Get listed and take work near you
Post the role, your postcode and your rate. The nearest producer 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.
Producer 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 producer does on a shoot
- Sets the budget and the schedule, and decides what the shoot can afford to be.
- Hires the crew, books the kit and the locations, and holds the contracts and insurance.
- Keeps the production on track from prep to wrap, and deals with whatever goes wrong.
How hiring a producer works
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Post the role
Say you need a producer, where the shoot is, the dates and the rate you're offering.
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The nearest is asked first
The closest producer 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 producer
- What is the difference between a producer and a line producer?
- The producer owns the project — the money, the people and what actually gets made. The line producer runs the numbers and the schedule day to day. On a commercial or a short, one person often does both.
- What should I include when posting for a producer?
- What the project is, the rough budget, the shoot dates and how much prep there is. Producers are hired for the prep as much as the shoot day, so say when it starts.