Applications are now open for our Trainee Creative Producer role!
Unseen Tour, 2024. Photography credit: Graeme Braidwood.
About Extant
Extant is the UK’s leading professional performing arts company that explores visual impairment to create unique and innovative artistic experiences, placing visually impaired people at the centre of all it does: from the productions we create, to the artists we support, to the audiences we perform to and the participants we work with. Extant is an award-winning company and are funded by Arts Council England as a National Portfolio Organisation as well as several trusts and foundations.
Since our inception in 1997 we have produced 8 ground-breaking national/international theatre productions led by visually impaired artists, including pioneering work on 3 site-specific and multi-sensory productions. We have developed 11 visually impaired-led Associate Artist productions since 2016 and our pioneering Pathways programme was the first programme in the UK to support emerging visually impaired artists. We have supported the career development of over 250 visually impaired artists and our ongoing programme of training, participation and access consultancy provides a 360 approach of interlinked activity for visually impaired participants, audiences and artists.
The Role
Our Trainee Creative Producer will be an imaginative, highly organised, dynamic and articulate visually impaired person with experience of working in the performing arts.
Start: May/June 2025, fixed term contract ending October 2027
3 days per week (0.6 FTE)
Location: Hybrid – the TCP expected to be in the Extant office at Brixton House, London regularly to build relationships with Extant staff. We are open to supporting non-London based candidates to undertake the traineeship.
Responsible to: Artist Development Manager
Works closely with: Artistic Director/CEO, Operations Director, Trainee Artistic Director, the Board, and Administrator and Projects Coordinator
Salary and Benefits
- £30,000 per annum pro rata
- 20 days holiday plus 8 bank holidays per year pro rata (12 days and 4.8 days respectively)
- Occasional evening and weekend work will be required for which time off in lieu will be given
- Pension
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Training and Development Budget
Recruitment
We are holding two x 1hr Zoom FAQ sessions where you will have a chance to ask our CEO/AD Maria Oshodi, Artist Development Manager Louisa Sanfey and Administrator and Projects Coordinator Ellen Jupp any questions about the role.
FAQ 1: 1pm Tuesday 28 Jan 2025
FAQ 2: 1pm Monday 24 Feb 2025
To attend the FAQ sessions please email [email protected] at least 48 hours before the session you would like to attend, and you’ll be sent the Zoom link.
Please read the job pack below and send a CV and Cover Letter (as word documents) to [email protected] of no more than 2 pages which demonstrates how you meet the person specification and includes answers to the following questions:
Why is the TCP role right for you right now?
What excites you about the role?
What can you bring to Extant?
Where did you hear about the TCP role?
You can send us a video or audio recording of your CV and Cover Letter (no longer than 5 minutes per document) if you prefer.
Once you’ve submitted your application, please complete an equal opportunities monitoring form which can be found here: www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/ExtantEqualOpps
Application Deadline – 5pm, Friday 21 March 2025
Stage 1 Interviews – Online – 29 & 30 April 2025
Stage 2 Interviews – In Person, London – 6 May 2025
For more information on how to apply, please view the job pack below: