8 Production / Post-Production & Technical Opportunities in United Kingdom

Department: Technical

Locations: Manchester International Festival/The Factory

Remote status: Hybrid Remote

Employment type: Contract

We are looking for a number of freelance production managers to work with us on a variety of events, shows and exhibitions for Manchester International Festival 2023 (MIF23) and at The Factory.

We are looking for people at all levels of experience in a range of art forms and events.

We are looking for people who can start in Summer 2022. Join us for our live Zoom session w/c 12 July, to meet the team and find out more about the opportunities available. Further details to come!

We match people to projects that fit their skills and experience, which means your start date and contract length will depend on the project you work on - you could be working on a project for MIF23 or The Factory and/or touring productions to international venues.

MIF invites artists from across the globe to create extraordinary new work for the Festival, which is staged every two years at venues and found spaces across Manchester. The Factory is our new permanent home opening in 2023, a world-class cultural space being built in the heart of the city, where we’ll present a year-round programme and artists will be able to develop work of huge ambition and scale that they might not be able to anywhere else.

We want to bring together a talented pool of production managers to support the work we’re doing now and to help us prepare for The Factory. We are seeking committed and passionate people to deliver an internationally significant creative and cultural programme, which takes dedication but is immensely rewarding.

As a freelance production manager you will work with the show specific producer and MIF’s technical team to deliver the technical aspects of commissions on a variety of scales in conventional and found spaces. This will include:

• Working with the producer and the creative team to ensure that the technical aspects of the project work within the budget, timescale and parameters of the venue (including tour venues)
• Working with external suppliers of equipment and builders
• Creating and managing technical schedules
• Identifying technical staffing needs for each show and building a team as required
• Creating a project manual
• Working with the Creative and Technical teams to create the relevant paperwork and safety documentation
• Scheduling and chairing production meetings

UPCOMING OPPORTUNITIES

We are looking for people who can start in Summer 2022. We currently have positions open for the following projects premiering in June/July 2023.

• Live art production combining live photography and dance
• Music theatre production

By responding to this call out, you will automatically be considered for the above positions. Many more positions will become available from Autumn 2022, so we would like to hear from you even if the above projects don’t match your interests and experience.

What's next

We will contact you as and when we have a project that we feel is a good match for you. We will inform you of the project’s timescale, compensation and other details and invite you to an interview.

Join us for our live Zoom session w/c 12 July, to meet the team and find out more about the opportunities available. Further details to come!

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.