Trailer Services Manager (Entertainment)

Location: London, UK; requires ad-hoc work outside office hours for LA-based client communications, troubleshooting, and unusual launch timings.

Company

hirify.global is a full-service creative digital media agency within the AKA Group, creating, managing, localising, distributing, and measuring content for global media, entertainment, sports, and lifestyle brands.

What you will do

• Manage complete trailer output and complex audiovisual localisation projects for Hollywood and entertainment clients.
• Oversee campaigns delivering 300+ multi-platform assets across 60+ markets, including trailers, cutdowns, social resizes, and DCPs.
• Own international campaign fulfilment, production strategy, forecasting, reporting, capacity planning, and resolution of production issues.
• Lead client communications from briefing through post-delivery reporting and advise clients on production specifications and project parameters.
• Oversee the client services team, including recruitment, rota and shift patterns, team performance, and workflow adherence.
• Manage third-party suppliers and vendor relationships, bespoke theatrical screening equipment, operating procedures, and project spend.

Requirements

• Experience managing trailer or short-form marketing localisation projects for film and entertainment clients.
• Experience working with a global, secure, centralised day-and-date release model.
• Strong understanding of international trailer campaign production and delivery, team management, digital media technology, processes, and deliverables across online and theatrical platforms.
• Ability to remain calm under pressure, troubleshoot quickly, make production decisions as scope and timings change, and keep projects on brief and on schedule.
• Ability to own and clearly communicate production strategy and manage teams.
• Confidence communicating with high-level clients about production specifications and project parameters.
• Outstanding attention to detail across picture, audio, and motion graphics assets, plus a strong understanding of theatrical marketing security standards and market-specific audiovisual requirements.
• Technical knowledge of frame rates, aspect ratios, codecs, colour spaces, file formats, and collects.
• Strong understanding of industry-standard post-production technology across editing, motion graphics, subtitling, and digital cinema.
• Knowledge of digital cinema, including DCP mastering to industry standards, encoders, KDM workflows, and DCI-compliant screening technology, with the ability to troubleshoot related production issues.

Culture & Benefits

• Empowered, collaborative, talent-driven environment where ideas are encouraged and outstanding work is rewarded.
• Statutory pension contributions, subsidised gym membership, season ticket loan, and Ride to Work scheme.
• Daily breakfast pantry, monthly lunch treat, online training platforms, and Lifeworks portal.
• Friends and Family theatre ticket offerings, holiday buy/sell options, long-service awards, increased holiday entitlement, and referral bonus.