Overview

You will support our UK production teams (and occasional cross-border projects) by embedding carbon reduction strategies, managing sustainable supply chains, and supporting our sustainability team to measure/report impact. You’ll also help build capacity internally and externally (vendors, crews, suppliers) to raise production standards across Fremantle productions and the wider industry.

Main Objectives of the Role

  • Act as the operational lead for sustainability on all Fremantle UK productions, working closely with Producers, Production Managers, Heads of Department and external stakeholders.
  • Develop, adapt and deploy a UK-specific sustainable production framework aligned with Fremantle’s global goals, policies, and industry best practice.
  • Support production during all phases (development, pre-production, shoot, wrap, post) to integrate decarbonisation initiatives, from energy efficiency and low-carbon transport, to waste and materials management and clean power, and beyond.
  • Conduct risk and opportunity assessments for sustainability impacts per production; propose mitigations and enhancements.
  • Provide guidance, training, tools and checklists for production teams, location managers, department heads, and third-party suppliers.
  • Engage with vendors, facility providers, hire houses, rental companies, energy providers, transport/vehicle suppliers to expand access to cleaner technologies (e.g. electric vehicles, battery power solutions, sustainable set materials).
  • Support teams (where required) to track, monitor and report carbon emissions and sustainability metrics for productions
  • Liaise with industry bodies, regulatory bodies, broadcaster sustainability initiatives, and cross-company forums to stay current on best practice, policy changes, standards, compliance, and subsidies/incentives.
  • Identify gaps in sustainability knowledge/practice within the UK production ecosystem; drive or support training, upskilling, awareness campaigns, and partnerships.
  • Support business development and bidding teams to build sustainability into pitch proposals, budgets, and creative planning.
  • Where applicable, coordinate with Fremantle’s global sustainability team to align UK work with international objectives.

Skills and Experience:

Essential:

  • Significant experience (e.g. 7-10+ years) in UK film, TV or content production operations, ideally across scripted and unscripted, working at a senior level (Production Manager, Line Producer, Operations), with exposure to sustainability or environmental management.
  • Demonstrable knowledge and experience in decarbonisation strategies, energy management, carbon accounting, clean technologies, fuel reduction practices or related fields.
  • Experience with carbon footprint methodologies, especially in media / production contexts, plus familiarity with GHG protocols, ISO standards, or equivalent frameworks.
  • Strong project management skills: able to plan, track, coordinate multiple moving parts, stakeholders and timelines.
  • Excellent communication, influencing and stakeholder management skills: able to translate sustainability goals into actionable steps with production teams and external suppliers.
  • Analytical mindset: comfortable with data, metrics, modelling, and reporting.
  • Passion for sustainability, good judgment, entrepreneurial spirit and problem-solving orientation.
  • Flexibility/adaptability to work across multiple productions and respond to changing priorities.

Desirable:

  • Experience working with or knowledge of UK/EU policy, regulation or incentives linked to sustainable production / carbon reduction.
  • Existing contacts / network in UK production supply chain (suppliers, vendors, energy/green tech, rental houses).
  • Experience in training, capacity building or leading change management initiatives.
  • A formal sustainability, environmental science or carbon management qualification (or equivalent experience).
  • Experience liaising with broadcasters, funds, or sustainability initiatives in the media sector.

Our benefits include: generous company pension, summer Fridays, audience tickets, hybrid working, subsidised lunch, employee assistance programme, local discounts, cycle to work scheme, season ticket loan, and volunteer days.

Fremantle is part of RTL Group, a global leader across broadcast, content and digital, itself a division of the international media giant Bertelsmann.

If you need any of this information in a different format or would like to suggest a different form of application, please contact careers@fremantle.com

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