We are Wales Millennium Centre - Fire for the Imagination
Role Title: Assistant Producer – Digital Experiences, 35 hours a week – 12 months fixed term contract (Maternity Cover)
Salary: £26,818
Closing Date: Friday 12 July 2024
Interviews week commencing Monday 22 July 2024
WMC is a home for the arts in Wales, and a cauldron of creativity for the nation. We fire imaginations by curating world-class, critically acclaimed touring productions, from musical theatre and comedy to dance, cabaret and an international festival. We kindle emerging talents with fresh, provocative, and popular pieces of our own, rooted in Welsh culture. And we ignite a passion for the arts in young people with life-changing learning experiences and chances to shine in the spotlight.
About WMC/Our Department:
We are seeking a brilliant Assistant Producer: Digital Experiences to continue developing our digital programme in 2024/2025. The role will be key in supporting the Senior Producer: Digital Experiences and Immersive Arts Producers building on our portfolio to support artists understanding ways that current and emerging technology can be used to enhance an artists practice. You will also play a key role as part of the operations team running our immersive and XR focused venue, Bocs.
Wales Millennium Centre is determined to put the voices of young people, communities, and artists at the heart of our work, to be a home where everyone can be creative, where everyone can belong.
The Assistant Producer will work with the Senior Producer: Digital Experiences in the Producing and Programming team providing planning, administrative and delivery support to a portfolio of immersive based experiences.
We recognise that many people experience barriers to working in the arts and it is important that the work we create reflects the whole of our society and that our team is representative of the wide range of communities we engage with. We actively encourage people from a variety of backgrounds with different experiences and skills to join us and continue to develop our working practice.
About the Role and Responsibilities:
This unique role will report to the Senior Producer – Digital Experiences working as part of a busy team supporting the delivery of our digital programme alongside supporting our Immersive Arts team in Wales. You will work with artists and studio who are experimenting with new forms of narrative and new technologies. You will be based at Wales Millennium Centre, becoming part of a wider Arts & Creative team.
- To support the delivery of Wales Millennium Centre’s Digital Experiences programme, working alongside the Senior Producer: Digital Experiences on the day to day delivery within the team.
- On providing administrative support to our immersive storytelling programme working with artists and creative teams on a range of digital development initiatives and partnerships
- Lead and support the operation team and staff running our venue, Bocs
- To assist with the management of good working relationships and communication with departments within the organization, particularly front of house teams and Bocs staff
- Led by the Senior Producer: Digital Experiences you will support the delivery of projects across the digital experiences programme.
- To assist with the management of good working relationships and communication with departments within the organization, particularly front of house teams and Bocs staff.
- Work closely with the Senior Producer: Digital Experiences to plan and deliver our digital programme from ideation, production to exhibition.
- Work collaboratively and help form effective partnerships good working relationships internally to help us deliver experiences within our public spaces.
- To support the Senior Producer: Digital Experiences in programming relevant work that can be presented within our public spaces and R&D programmes.
- Provide support to artists as part of our Immersive Arts programme including allocation of spaces and resources.
- Work with the development and marketing teams to ensure that we capture relevant data across our digital experiences programme.
- Responsible for a range of administrative duties including managing trackers and other finance systems such as Sage. gathering information for customer visitor experiences team and volunteers.
- Provide some support when required on all levels of research, development and production.
- Represent WMC and the programme at meetings, events, receptions. and conferences.
Your role may be subject to a DBS check
Key Requirements:
- Experience of relationship management and working within partnership projects.
- Experience of managing budgets.
- Good communication and networking skills in person, in writing and by telephone.
- Understanding of how artists and creative studios work and the support that they need in developing new work for development and exhibition.
What’s in it for you?
- 25 days of annual leave plus bank holiday, based on a 35-hour week, pro rata for part time.
- 8% Company contributed pension (for your 3% contribution)
- Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption, and shared parental leave (subject to length of service)
- Health cash plan: receive money towards dental and optical care, complimentary treatments such as chiropractic, osteopathic and acupuncture treatments.
- Medical Assistance membership which includes remote access to GP, counselling, and physiotherapy sessions
- Employee assistance programmes which include access to support services for legal, financial, and family concerns
- Life assurance of 4x annual salary
- Discounted theatre tickets
- Social club
- Free access to learn Welsh online
- £5 all-day parking available on working and non-working days.
At Wales Millennium Centre, our commitment to diversity and inclusion goes beyond words; it is a fundamental aspect that guides our actions. Adhering to the principles outlined in Section 158 of the Equality Act 2010, we actively embrace positive action in our recruitment and selection processes. Recognising the underrepresentation of specific groups, particularly individuals with disabilities, and those from Black, Asian, and ethnically diverse backgrounds, within our workforce, we have implemented proactive measures to address this disparity.
Through our positive action approach, applicants of our advertised roles from these underrepresented groups, meeting the minimum criteria detailed in the role profile, will be shortlisted for interview selection. Our commitment extends beyond meeting legal obligations; we aspire to cultivate a workplace that authentically embraces the rich diversity of our global society.