Walk the Plank is hiring Emerging Creatives

Walk the Plank is looking for two Emerging Creatives to join their team on a part time basis (3 days a week). Emerging Creatives are interested in working in the creative industries and are either at the beginning of their career or are looking to begin a career in the arts.

Selected candidates will learn by doing, shadowing others and gain experience working with different teams. For example, spending time working with their Producers and Production Managers, as well as with their Marketing Department, working on Walk the Plank’s new project, Green Space Dark Skies. Candidates might also get involved with some other Walk the Plank projects.

Walk the plank is looking to develop the next generation of artists, producers, and creatives from low socio-economic backgrounds. You will be supported by a Project Manager throughout your time with us.

NUTS & BOLTS:

• Length of Contract: 6 months. Flexible start date from June/July 2022
• Location: The role will be based in Walk the Plank’s office at Cobden Works, 37-41 Cobden Street, Salford, M6 6WF – there will be flexibility around working from home or in the office. You will be expected to travel to the different event locations. Travel and accommodation will be paid for and arranged by the company.
• Equipment: Laptop, equipment and training will be provided.

BACKGROUND

Green Space Dark Skies is commissioned by UNBOXED: Creativity in the UK, and led by Walk the Plank, one of the UK’s leading companies in the field of outdoor events and arts in public space, based in Salford and working internationally.

For Green Space Dark Skies, 20,000 people from all paths in life will become Lumenators. Together, we will make a journey into beautiful green spaces across the UK. Imagine hundreds of handheld lights making patterns on mountains, lakes and moorland across England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland, all of which will be filmed and shared online. There will be no spectators and our participants will only find out the exact locations two weeks before the event.

20 events will take place across the UK, from April to September 2022. We will take the nation on a journey through our National Parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONBs), to a climactic closing moment across the UK that will be broadcast to millions. These are places that anyone can visit, any time, for free. But we know not everybody feels welcome there. Walk the Plank is inviting people who don’t usually experience the countryside to take part and to share their stories – before, during and after.

HOW TO APPLY

You will need to fill in the application form, which can be found on the Walk the Plank website here, as well as their monitoring form. You can submit your application as an online form or a video/audio submission by Monday 2 May 2022.

If you are submitting a video, then this should be no longer than 5 minutes and should be in MP4 format. You can send a link to YouTube, Vimeo, or a WeTransfer download.