Emerging creative

Salary: £8,730.80* part time salary based on a 3-day working week for up to 6 months (full time annual salary equivalent £29,215) to support your employment and training. Paid monthly. We are a Real Living Wage employer.

*Subject to change based on exact start date.

Length of contract: 6 months (26 weeks)

Location: Salford, UK - some UK and International travel may be required.

Equipment: Laptop, equipment and training will be provided

Build your experience in the creative industries with a paid, part-time opportunity to learn about arts production and administration.

We're one of the UK’s leading outdoor arts organisations with a reputation for creating innovative productions and performances, engaging communities and artists in a wide range of outdoor settings. Our HQ is in Salford and we work regionally, nationally, and internationally. Walk the Plank is looking to welcome an Emerging Creative to our team. We are looking for an Emerging Creative based in Greater Manchester to join our team on a part time basis (3 days a week) for up to 6 months.

You will learn by doing and shadowing others, supporting different teams across the organisation. You will primarily work with the Production Team, and there will be further opportunities to work alongside Marketing and Producers, depending on your interests. This role would suit emerging creatives seeking experience in arts administration, project development and event production.

What is an Emerging Creative?

Emerging Creatives are people interested in working in the creative industries who are at, or near, the beginning of their career in the arts.

We are looking to develop the next generation of creative industry professionals, especially candidates who feel they are:

• Finding that the way things are set up is making it hard to get training or experience, or a foot in the door
• Didn’t go to University or didn’t complete a University course
• Not seeing people like themselves in the sector, or working in TV, film and theatre

How to Apply

You can either submit answers in a written, audio or video format. We encourage you to submit your answers in the format which you feel most comfortable and allows you to shine.

Application questions:

• What attracts you to being an Emerging Creative?
• Please tell us about any experience of work and / or volunteering you already have.
• Please tell us two things you want to learn about working in the arts and events industry.
• Do you face any barriers? i.e. this may be to do with economic status, class, race or disability. Please do not feel that you must disclose personal or confidential information.

Written answers must be under 250 words for each question, not including spaces. All questions must be answered in order when submitting video or audio, and should be no longer than 3 minutes. You can send us a link to YouTube, Vimeo or G Drive.

It’s important you also complete our anonymous Equal Opportunities form, to help us fulfil our reporting requirements to Arts Council England. We can’t consider your application without this information. Please ensure you only complete this form once.

If you have additional access requirements which means filling out the application form isn’t possible, please get in touch at recruitment@walktheplank.co.uk.

We welcome and encourage applications from candidates who are under-represented in the creative industries.

Please make sure that you state in your application that you found this role via Creative Access.