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Salary: £59,060 to £66,670 inclusive of Inner London Weighting
Contractual Hours: 35
Basis: Full Time, Permanent
Workplace category: Hybrid
Attachments:Job Information Pack

The Barbican is a multidisciplinary international arts centre in the City of London.

Across its theatres, concert halls, cinemas, galleries, business venues, public and community spaces, the Barbican showcases the most exciting artists and performers from around the world, pushing traditional artistic boundaries and helping us understand our lives in new and unexpected ways. Each year, the Centre presents hundreds of different performances, events and exhibitions that entertain and inspire millions of people, create connections, provoke debate, and reflect the world we live in.

Firmly rooted in its neighbourhood, the Barbican collaborates on projects with local communities, and supports young people and emerging talent to develop their artistic practice and access jobs in the creative industry.

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Our boundary-pushing music programme is renowned for its range, ambition, and inclusivity. Alongside our partners, we provide some of the most exciting musical experiences in the capital, from dazzling classical concerts and opera to unique shows with leading contemporary artists, cutting-edge electronic creations, durational experiences, and cross-arts collaborations.

The role

The Barbican Music department is looking for a highly motivated, pro-active and experienced Senior Producer to lead, motivate and inspire the production team, and act as pivotal link between programme, technical and stage teams to deliver world-class events in the Concert Hall and other venues onsite and offsite.

The Senior Producer is part of the Music Department senior management team with key responsibility to ensure the Barbican Music programme of over 330 concerts a year (on and off-site) is delivered to one consistent international standard and reflects the Barbican’s standing as a world-class venue.

You will lead a multi-skilled production team, providing clear direction, long-term oversight of the programme, and ensuring a joined-up approach across production, stage and technical delivery. Working closely with senior technical and stage colleagues, you will help create a cohesive, high-performing environment with strong communication and shared standards of excellence.
A core part of the role will be driving continuous improvement—identifying opportunities to refine operations, implementing and embedding new ways of working, and leading change to support the department’s long-term ambitions.

You will also oversee financial planning and budget management across production activity, contribute to operational policy development, and play a key role in health and safety leadership, including risk management and compliance.
As a senior advisor within the organisation, you will provide expert guidance on production, event delivery and artist-related operational matters, including immigration processes and associated legislation.

As Senior Producer, you will cultivate excellent relations with artists, artistic organisations world-wide, creative practitioners, producers, promoters, other arts departments and partners, including the Resident Orchestra, the LSO, and Artistic Associates BBCSO, Serious, Academy of Ancient Music and Darbar.

As we enter our ambitious Renewal project, this role will act as the key point of contact for Music, ensuring the needs of artists, audiences and production team are embedded in the transformation—while maintaining the seamless delivery of a world-class programme.

This is an opportunity to drive change at scale, and help define the next chapter of the Barbican.

Role requirements

• Educated to a degree level in a relevant field or significant equivalent work experience
• Excellent knowledge and interest in the arts, and in particular music (classical and contemporary) to degree level or equivalent.
• Extensive technical and music event production knowledge
• Extensive experience as a manager; team leadership preferred
• Experience of managing budgets, controlling costs and ensuring financial accountability
• Experience of working collaboratively across departments to achieve shared objectives
• In-depth knowledge of current and previous government legislation related to issues such as Immigration, UK tax laws and procedures and any technical legislation for incoming international artists. Ability to act as an internal expert and provide advice.
• Experience of operational planning, process improvement and implementing new ways of working
• Excellent knowledge of Health and Safety legislation and Risk Assessments for a wide range of live music events[MS2.1][MS2.2]
• Proven ability to establish and nurture strong relationships and build long-term partnerships internally and with external organisations.
• Strong facilitation and negotiation skills and ability to juggle conflicting needs and priorities of multiple stakeholders[MS3.1], including external partners and government bodies
• High level oral and written communication skills, including proven ability to communicate to diverse groups of stakeholders; drafting reports and briefs.
• Ability to work with IT office systems (MS Office), databases and production support systems such Artifax.
• Ability to work under pressure in a multi-task environment as well as part of a dynamic and supportive team.

To view the full Job Description and Person Specification, please see the ‘Job Information Pack’.

What We Offer:
• Barbican Membership
• Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
• 24 days annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing with service
• Access to Barbican Centre discounts including offers at the Barbican Shop and hospitality outlets
• City Corporation staff benefits and discounts throughout the City of London, including at Tower Bridge, Guildhall Art Gallery and others
• Reciprocal entry to a number of galleries and museums across London
• Employee volunteering scheme (up to 2 days per year)
• A vibrant, creative, inclusive workplace at one of the world’s leading arts centres

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To apply click on the 'Apply Now' button below.

If there are any issues with the application process, please contact the Barbican Careers team at Careers@barbican.org.uk.

Deadline for applications is 23:55 on Monday 22nd June 2026. The advert may close ahead of this date if a sufficient number of applications is reached - apply early to avoid missing out.

Please note that we are unable to accept late applications. We regret that we are unable to provide feedback on your application.

The City of London Corporation want to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to thrive in the work that we do. The City of London Corporation is currently undergoing a programme ensure that our pay and reward practices are competitive and equitable across the whole organisation – and is committed to regularly benchmarking and reviewing pay against external sectors.

As part of our commitment to increasing the diversity of staff within the Barbican we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from groups that are currently underrepresented, including people from the Global Majority* and D/deaf and disabled people. We want to better reflect and understand the communities we exist to serve. We are members of the Disability Confident Scheme and guarantee to interview all disabled candidates who would like to be considered under this scheme and who meet the minimum essential criteria for the role. Please contact us if you require reasonable adjustments as part of the application process.

*Global Majority is a collective term that refers to people who are Black, Asian, Brown, dual-heritage, indigenous to the global south, and or, have been racialised as 'ethnic minorities'.