Production Assistant

Job Description

Set your sights on a future with a role designed for aspiring professionals. This Production Assistant role at within the P&O Cruises team here at Carnival UK offers a unique blend of learning, growth, and hands-on experience in the heart of our P&O Cruises shore-based Entertainment department. It's your chance to start building a solid foundation in this field, contributing to creating extraordinary travel experiences for our guests.

Working with our production casts based at our Academy rehearsal studio, this role assists with the day-to-day administration and operations offering a variety of co-ordination tasks both in the office and hands on in the studio. The Production Assistant is the perfect opportunity for someone to blend their passion for Entertainment with their excellent organisational skills in a role where you really are at the heart of a busy production environment. 

Key accountabilities for Production Assistant include:

Provide administration and production paperwork for the onboarding process, ensuring cast members are fully compliant before embarking the ship. Liaise with Corporate Travel & Port agents to arrange all travel & logistics for the creative teams travelling onboard the ships for production show installs. Support cast filming days within our in-house studio, setting up and operating PA and filming equipment. Maintain and prepare all set and props required for rehearsals, ensuring they are ready for the start of each day. 

This role is classified as CUK13 and is available on a full-time permanent  basis.

Please note this role is an onsite role based at our Academy Studios in Southampton. 

About you: the ideal candidate

You are more than just your CV. You're someone who brings:

Excellent communication skills Strong administrative and organisation skills A willingness to work in a collaborative and flexible way to support delivery across the entire team Due to operational support of setting up heavy equipment, candidates must be comfortable with manual handling of heavy loads

In this role, your distinct personal attributes will be the key to standing out. We are on the lookout for candidates who want to excel in Entertainment and Production. If you possess qualities that can drive success, we want you on our team. Your ability to blend organisational skills with interpersonal strengths will set the foundation for innovation and growth within our team.

We recognise the value in having people with a variety of backgrounds, experience, and skills in our business. That means the role requirements here should be seen as a guide, not a checklist. 

Why join us?

Our team is about being part of a community that values growth, work-life balance, and wellbeing.

Employee Discounted Cruising plus Friends and Family offers Recognition scheme with prizes and awards Regular office events including live entertainment, lifestyle events and charity partner fundraisers Extensive learning and development opportunities Employee-led networks Employee Assistance and Wellbeing programmes Company paid Health Cash Plan and health assessment In-house Occupational Health help and access to digital GP Life Assurance Parental and adoption leave Employee Shares Plan Electric Car and Cycle to Work schemes Onsite restaurant offering range of healthy cooked and grab and go meals Discounted retail and leisure via discounts portal Minimum 25 days leave, bank holiday allowance and holiday trading scheme Contributory Defined Contribution Pension scheme

 

Take the next step

Due to the popularity of our roles and our commitment to finding the best talent, we might close applications earlier than advertised. Dont miss out on this opportunity to become part of a team dedicated to creating unforgettable holiday happiness. Apply today to start your journey with us.

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About Us

Holidays are one of lifes greatest pleasures. Having the chance to relax, escape and explore is a magical thing. And there is no better holiday than a cruise.No one knows cruising like Carnival UK, where talented people from across the globe come together to create unforgettable holiday happiness. As part of the worlds largest holiday travel and leisure company, we take enormous pride in bringing to life two of the most iconic brands from Britains rich seafaring heritage, P&O Cruises and Cunard. Collectively they have been delivering unbridled joy, boundless adventure and lifelong memories to millions of people for over 350 years. And in a multi-million pound global holiday market, where cruising has barely scratched the surface, we have the opportunity to do that for many, many more people.Our diverse yet tight knit teams share high standards, heartfelt values and passion for our purpose. Our Culture Essentials describe the expectations we have for ourselves and of each other, in building a culture that supports safe, sustainable, compliant operations and celebrates diversity, equity and inclusion.Its through the successful delivery of these extraordinary travel experiences for our target markets and our distinctive culture, that we hope to become Travels Employer of Choice.