We have a number of fixed-term roles available in our Assembly Festival Fringe team in Edinburgh for this summer which are now open for applications. We are hiring across the company for all sorts of roles, and would love to chat to you about what you role might best suit you.

Find out more about the roles below or head straight to our dedicated recruitment site for more details and to apply.

Box Office team

Assembly Festival sets the standard for theatre, comedy, and entertainment and are one of the largest multi-venue operators on the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. We present high calibre work in temporary theatre spaces across the city, ranging from lecture theatres and churches to tents and shipping containers. As a Box Office team member you will be part of a well-trained team who have a thorough knowledge of the ticketing system and our Festival programme. You will be an important and skilled team member able to resolve customer queries, advise and direct customers. You will have a professional manner, be a people person and happy to gather and organise information for our customers, providing unbeatable customer service at this front-line position.

Bars team

Bars are an essential part of the Assembly Festival experience, they are the social areas where audiences and performers gather, adding to the energetic buzz of the venues. At Assembly, we pride ourselves on creating unique, professional and safe environments for performers and audiences to get a drink pre-show, as a place to meet friends or to unwind. If you have previous bar or waiting experience, are passionate about all aspects of bar service, willing to work hard and learn new skills, then it may be for you.

Front of House team

The Front of House team performs an array of duties within the venue.  More than just ripping tickets, this job is about seating audiences, answering queries, greeting customers and ensuring everyone's experience at Assembly is a positive one. Front of House and usher teams needs a good understanding of what it means to deliver great customer service and always be positive and ready to help. This role gets involved in all aspects of the festival and we have small and large teams across our festival sites.

Street Food Operations team

At Assembly, we pride ourselves on the delicious range of street food we present to our customers each year. The street food ops team are trained on the job to deliver generous, healthy dishes in a fast-paced and exciting environment. Split into small teams, successful applicants will have the chance to learn multiple cuisines and workflows and be ready to move between roles as required. 

We are looking for Kitchen prep staff, servers, baristas and customer service superstars.

For more details and to apply for any of these roles head to our dedicated recruitment site to apply

The Edinburgh Food Festival (EFF) is a vital part of the Assembly Festival portfolio, becoming a much-anticipated part of the summer festival calendar in Edinburgh and beyond.  The role of producer ensures the successful delivery of the event with through curation, production, budget monitoring and a further emphasis on the production planning, operation and delivery of the festival in July.

Edinburgh Food Festival dates 2023 – Friday 21st July – Sunday 30th July 
 
Role and Responsibilities 
 
General  
•    Provide support to the Operations Director on issues relating to Food & Concessions, both internal and external where required 
•    Liaise with the General Manager & Operations Director re. budgets and major creative decisions  
•    Liaise with Assembly Comms Dept re major website and marketing decisions  
•    Liaise with All Depts, Programming, Box Office, Front of House team, Venues, Production, Operations, Comms about the programme development, changes to Site Plan and key messaging  
•    To undertake any additional tasks, including occasional evening and weekend work, that may from time to time be reasonably required (Operations, Catering, Bars)  
•    Work with the Finance department to accurately monitor sales, commission, purchases and other budgetary considerations in a timely fashion 
 
Event’s Content Booking  
•    Respond to all enquiries made to EFF  
•    Carefully curate a balanced programme of relevant events, demonstrations & workshops  
•    Research, liaise and confirm bookings with participating talent, agreeing on fees, needs and requirements and negotiating and finalising contracts with agents, acting as the lead contact with event participants  
  
Food Producer Curation  
•    Research around Scotland for exciting and appropriate food producers & street food  
•    Develop relationships with event organisers & food producers across Scotland to benefit the Festival 
•    Balance the food offering with Assembly’s Fringe Food & Drink output, in communication with Head of Bars, Food Operations Manager and Operations Director.  
•    Ensure no Sponsorship offering conflicts with any existing sponsors – liaising with the General Manager and Operations Director to ensure this  
•    Manage application process in conjunction with the Operations Director 
 
Marketing, PR & Social Media  
•    Communicate the Marketing Goals for the Festival to all producers to ensure participation in the campaign   
•    Ascertain any relevant upcoming news, announcements & products from producers which could be mutually beneficially promoted   
•    Liaise with the Festivals dedicated PR in conjunction with the Head of Marketing. 
•    In conjunction with the Assembly Marketing team, support relevant social media platforms including content development 
•    Work with the Assembly senior team to develop campaign and message for 2023 
•    In conjunction with the marketing team, liaise and work with relevant media partners (I.E. The List) 
•    Identify required design work and distribution and liaise with Marketing team to generate. 
•    Ensure content on all platforms are accurate and up to date. 

Rate of Pay:  Pro-rata annual salary of £32,000 p.a. 

Fixed contract: April 2023 – 31st July 2023

Part time work during April and May 2023 as agreed, full time through June and July. Evening and weekend work will be required during the Festival delivery period. 

Location: The position can be flexible through planning period, though will require time in Edinburgh in the lead up to and during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Home working and flexible working patterns may be considered.

Recruitment process: To apply please complete an application through our recruitment portal 

We are looking for experienced, Lighting, Sound, Stage Management and General Technicians to join our Edinburgh Team. Our Venues range from 50 to 800 seats.

Roles are available in Edinburgh to build and work in our temporary theatre venues from July for the Jazz Festival and Food Festival and roll through until the end of August to cover the Fringe or from Early August for the Fringe dates only.

Staff are required to be 18+ due to the licensed nature of our sites, and have a legal right to work in the UK, no Visas are able to be offered for these roles.

Working alongside other venue technicians you will ensure the smooth running of the venue, supporting the visiting companies where necessary and assisting in the build/dismantle of the venue as required.

We expect all our venue technicians to work together as a team, larger venues will have separate departmental technicians, with smaller venues being run by general technicians. Please discuss the details of your venue directly with the Technical Management team.

The role includes but is not exclusive to:

•    Building/dismantling the venues under the supervision of the venue Production Manager, including; rigging scaffolding and trussing, decking, drapes, LX, AV and sound. 
•    Installing site elements including sound, site dressing and infrastructure.
•    Assisting in the build of other venues, bars, exhibitions etc. This may include working outside during inclement weather.
•    Assisting the visiting companies’ loading their show specific technical equipment.
•    Rigging and focusing company specials
•    Working alongside the Venue PM and HoD’s to gather and document the equipment and personnel used for each visiting company.
•    Actively assisting venue turn arounds get ins and get outs.
•    Programming and operating for technical rehearsals and performance, where the company requires it
•    Maintaining the venue and dressing rooms in a safe and clean manner
•    Working alongside the PM and VM to ensure that visiting companies are well looked after and that any issues are dealt with in a timely manner.
•    Ensuring there is power up/down information for each venue and well-marked up cue sheets/scripts.
•    Working in a team with the other technicians to ensure safe and speedy turn arounds between shows.
•    Working alongside Front of House to ensure safe and efficient management of the venue; i.e. taking responsibility for the safety of audiences and managing evacuations.

Lighting Technician Duties

•    To rig and focus the lighting for the venue
•    To programme and operate the lighting console for technical rehearsals and performances
•    Conduct daily rig checks and ensure all maintenance takes place in a timely fashion
•    Assist with the install/dismantle of site and bar lighting in the area surrounding the venue and lease with the venue PM regarding maintenance
•    Repatch as necessary in turnarounds
•    Run any stage power and stage electrics as required in turnarounds
•    Assist with the overall turnarounds between performance, including other departments
•    Assist the SM team in recording Show reports
•    Assist in compiling visiting company charge backs.
•     Ensure backup copies of the show files are created and maintained
•    Create cue sheets and annotated scripts ensuring they are maintained
•    Adhere to and implement the best Health and Safety practices and follow Assembly Festival Health and Safety guidelines.

Sound Technician Duties

•    To assist with the rigging and installation of the sound system for the venue
•    To operate and programme the sound desk for technical rehearsals and performances
•    To conduct daily rig checks, perform regular required maintenance, reporting any faults to management in a timely fashion
•    To assist with the install/dismantle of site and bar sound systems in the area surrounding the venue and lease with the venue PM regarding maintenance
•    To repatch as necessary in turnarounds
•    To run any stage power and show specific sound as required in turnarounds
•    To assist with the overall turnarounds between performance, including other departments
•    To ensure the venue has relevant pre-show announcements as provided by the Head of Sound
•    To assist the SM in recording Show reports
•    To assist the SM in compiling visiting company charge backs.
•    To ensure backup copies of the show files are created and maintained
•    To create cue sheets and annotated scripts ensuring they are maintained
•    To adhere to and implement the best Health and Safety practices and follow Assembly Festival Health and Safety guidelines
•    Knowledge of l’acoustics systems, Yamaha CL mixing consoles and Qlab is strongly desirable

Stage Management Duties

•    You are employed as part of a team in your venue so whilst your primary responsibility is to the stage management of the venue, you also need to be prepared to work in all areas of technical theatre and to assist other technicians as necessary. 
•    To liaise with FOH regarding clearance, enabling quick seating of audiences. 
•    To cover stage cues as necessary 
•    To run the stage turnaround between shows 
•    To manage the storage space for the venue 
•    To call shows as necessary. 
•    To look after backstage reports and dressing room areas 
•    To complete show, fit up and get out notes and inventories. 
•    To keep a record of any items chargeable to the company (operators/ show specials/ hardware/ equipment etc.) 
•    To adhere to and implement the best Health and Safety practices and follow Assembly Festival Health and Safety guidelines.

Dates:

These are fixed term roles from early July through August depending on venue and availability

Location:

Edinburgh – shared, single occupancy accommodation can be arranged through the festival.

Recruitment process

To apply please complete an application through our recruitment portal 

Apply before 23:00 on 2nd April 2023

This is a fixed term contract until September 2023 beginning on a part-time basis and working to full time across 48hours/ week during July & August.

We are looking for an experienced Digital Communications Officer to join their Marketing and Communications team for Fringe 2023.

Working alongside the other departments, the successful candidate will deliver engaging and succinct digital content to ensure the success of the Digital Marketing campaigns.

The right candidate will have some experience in strategizing and implementing digital marketing activity, along with a passion for the arts and live performance.

Key Duties:

Planning and delivering effective digital communications, including email marketing, social media, website & other applicable channels.

Production of content and copy across our website, Instagram, Facebook, and other owned and paid channels.

Creation pf Blog content for Assembly Festival and affiliate websites.  

SEO monitoring and updating.

Coordinating the digital content for the in-house campaigns alongside the Head of Marketing and Campaigns Officer.

Working within the overall marketing budget, helping to agree project budgets, and ensuring that costs are managed and recorded.

Lead the Digital Content and Marketing Coordinator to ensure the digital campaigns are optimised and delivering the campaign objectives.

Requirements:

Graphic Design experience, working with Adobe Creative Suite

Experience with Social Media management, CRM and database management and newsletter creation.

Experience in data and post-campaign analysis and reporting on KPIs.

Strong IT skills, including proficiency in all MS Office

Self-motivated with the ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team.

Desirable:

Experience in photo and video editing

Experience withing the creative arts and live performance sector

Understanding of ticketing systems (Red61 preferably)

Salary:  £575/week (pro-rata)

Working Hours: 10 – 6 Mon – Fri (Moving to 6 days in 7 mid-July & August)

Location: Edinburgh City Centre - a degree of hybrid working is available but must be  available in Edinburgh June – August.

Recruitment process

To apply please complete an application through our recruitment portal 

Apply before 23:00 on 2nd April 2023

This is a fixed term contract until September 2023 beginning on a part-time basis and working to full time across 48hours/ week during July & August.

We are looking for an experienced Arts/Live Performance Marketing to join their Marketing and Communications team for Fringe 2023.

Working alongside the Head of Marketing, Programming and visiting producers, the successful candidate will deliver multi-channel promotional campaigns to ensure the success our co-productions and campaign shows.

The right candidate will have some experience in strategizing and implementing dynamic marketing activity, along with a passion for the arts and live performance.

Key Duties:

Lead on the planning and delivering traditional and digital marketing activity.

Coordinating the production of assets for promotional activity and delivering them in a timely manner.

Working within overall marketing budget, helping to agree project budgets, and ensuring that costs are managed and recorded.

Monitor and report on Marcomms activity throughout and post-campaign.

Assist in the recruitment of the Street Team, produce the street promotion schedule and manage the team day-to-day.

Requirements:

Experience managing and monitoring multiple marketing campaigns at once.

Experience with traditional and digital marketing methods.

Experience working in a leadership role within a team.

Experience working with targets and reporting on KPIs.

Strong IT skills, including proficiency in all MS Office

Self-motivated with the ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team.

Desirable:

Experience with media management and reporting

Understanding of ticketing systems (Red61 preferably).

Experience with content creation and copy writing for Social Media and newsletter campaigns. .

Salary:  £560/week (pro-rata)

Working Hours: 10 – 6 Mon – Fri (Moving to 6 days in 7 mid-July & August)

Location: Edinburgh City Centre - a degree of hybrid working is available but must be  available in Edinburgh June – August.

Recruitment process

To apply please complete an application through our recruitment portal