We are Wales Millennium Centre - Fire for the Imagination
Role Title: Producer – Digital Experiences (Immersive Arts) fixed term contract until 31 January 2027
Salary: £34,362
Closing Date: 13 March 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 looking for a brilliant Producer interested in commissioning and supporting a new wave of artists to make and share extraordinary immersive work. The Immersive Arts programme brings together two universities, four producing venues and UK-wide expertise from organisations with specialist expertise around inclusion, training, showcasing and research. The partners - Pervasive Media Studio (Watershed, UWE Bristol, University of Bristol, England), Wales Millennium Centre (Wales), Nerve Centre (Northern Ireland), Cryptic (Scotland), Crossover Labs (Sheffield), Unlimited, XR Diversity Initiative and Immerse UK - are united by an ongoing commitment to support artists and reach audiences while building equity in the sector. The Producer will be delivering the programmeon behalf of WMC and the Immersive Arts consortium.
The Producer – Digital Experiences (Immersive Arts) reports to the Senior Producer – Digital Experiences and is responsible for the successful delivery of the programme across Wales. In three years, you will help us commission over 200 artists to engage, experiment and explore the possibilities of immersive technology. We will create inclusive opportunities for artists of all backgrounds, from across the four nations and multiple languages of the UK to bring their creativity to the fore. Through an integrated programme of research, we will capture and share insight and learning about what works best for the wider sector. We will establish a powerful network of practice and exhibition within which a distinctive UK immersive arts sector can emerge and flourish.
Immersive Arts is supported by a new funding consortium; the Arts and Humanities Research Council, Arts Council England, Arts Council Scotland, Arts Council Northern Ireland, and Creative Scotland. We aim to act as a creative catalyst, raising profile and ambition, and generating a culture in three years that becomes the foundation for the next twenty.
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 role is one of four nation-based Producers on the new Immersive Arts programme. You will work together to support artists who are experimenting with new technologies – paying attention to regional context while combining forces to offer a coherent range of opportunity across many geographies, artforms, ideas and career stages. You will be based at Wales Millennium Centre, becoming part of a wider Digital Experiences team.
- First point of contact for artists based in Wales, brokering connections and signposting opportunity.
- Creating briefing documents for our opportunities and supporting the assessment process for artists applying to our opportunities.
- Producing workshops, training sessions, peer to peer networking and public sharing events.
- Leading relationships with artists attached to Wales Millennium Centre, as a Producing Partner and ensuring access to structured and bespoke support.
- Managing the Immersive Arts UK devolved delivery budget in line with the project teams and systems and in dialogue with Programme Partners.
- Feeding in local context to national programme and learning from partners to evolve our own practice in line with the aims of the programme.
- Work with partners’ Communications Departments to contribute towards the production and publishing of marketing and publicity material.
- Working with the Research Team and partners to support the evaluation and learning outcomes.
- Support the legacy of the programme through consideration of how learning can feed into other areas of work.
- Represent WMC and the programme at meetings, events, receptions. and conferences.
Key Requirements:
- Experience of producing projects with artists who are experimenting with new technologies this could include XR and other interactive experiences.
- 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 work and the support that they need in developing new work.
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