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Crew Member - Fringe

Edinburgh Remote
Full-time
Temporary

Role Description

Get stuck into one of Edinburgh's most unique summer jobs. You'll be part of the crew installing and maintaining large-format advertising across the city during the world's biggest arts festival. Based out of our Edinburgh warehouse, the work is physical, varied and fast-moving — no two days are the same during the Fringe.
  
The three phases:
• BUILD (all of July, 4+ weeks) — Installing all sites across the city. Openness to a 40+ hour week 
• MONITORING (August) — Checking and maintaining live sites. 40 hours per week.
• BREAK (first two weeks of September) — De-rigging all sites. Openness to a 40+ hour week 

What you'll be doing

• Installing and de-rigging advertising hoardings, banners, posters and structures across Edinburgh
• Loading and unloading materials at the warehouse and on-site
• Basic carpentry and fixing — assembling frames, attaching panels
• Transporting materials between the warehouse and sites across the city
• Monitoring installed sites during August — checking for damage or issues
• Carrying out minor repairs and replacements on live sites
• Working as part of a crew under the direction of a production manager
• Keeping work areas safe and tidy at all times

About you

• A can-do attitude
• Comfortable with manual work on a daily basis 
• Comfortable working outdoors in all weathers
• Soft carpentry or construction skills a bonus
• Confident driving a Luton van — not essential, but handy
• Festival or events experience helpful

Benefits

  • £15 per hour
  • Flexible working hours 

Our values

Our values are really important to us. Below is a brief overview, but we’d love to tell you more!
  • AUTHENTIC – We believe that we are at our strongest and most creative when everyone can be their authentic selves. We treat everyone with respect, share our own differences and unique perspectives and feel proud of them. We are confident to pursue our passions. 
  • CARE – We take care in what we do, we are meticulous in the execution of our tasks, care for our craft is what sets us apart from the competition. We care about the world around us and how we affect it, we strive to reduce our impact, make positive contributions and improve the environments we work in. We care about our own wellbeing and each other’s, we provide support, knowledge and empathy where we can. 
  • COMMUNITY - We are part of something bigger than ourselves, one team and one community with a common goal and purpose. We each play our own important part but cannot thrive without each other. We are present and engaged for our colleagues. We recognise our role and influence in building a positive community, caring how we speak to one another, the way we make each other feel and the support we give one another.  
  • CURIOUS - We are always asking questions and learning whilst doing. We celebrate the gaining of knowledge for personal and professional growth. We keep ourselves well informed. We are collaborative and embrace alternative viewpoints and innovative approaches. We respond to the creativity in the world around us. 
  • GROW - We take ownership of our careers, set ourselves goals and thrive on challenge. We are ambitious, we see effort as necessary to grow. Individual success is all of our success. We seek out learning and embrace feedback. And we enjoy the journey.
 
BUILDHOLLYWOOD is committed to creating an environment that is inclusive to all, where everyone is treated with kindness and respect. We believe in equal opportunities for everyone and welcome applicants from all backgrounds. Do reach out to let us know if there’s any actions we can take to better support an environment where you feel comfortable.
Please let us know if you have any accessibility requirements at any stage of the recruitment process.  We are always open to ideas from our candidates that help us to make our processes more inclusive. 

 Our website: https://www.buildhollywood.co.uk/

About us

BUILDHOLLYWOOD is dedicated to placing creativity in the heart of our cities. As the UK’s leading street advertising specialist, we develop, curate and offer street poster space to a range of clients within the music, fashion, arts and culture sectors. BUILDHOLLYWOOD creates the space and our family of agencies, DIABOLICAL, JACK and JACK ARTS work with clients to bring their campaigns to life on the street.

Built on an art school mentality that stretches back decades to our founder, we have a talented family of agencies – DIABOLICAL, JACK and JACK ARTS – who specialise in their own sectors to produce street-level poster campaigns, creative billboards, hand-painted murals, interactive installations, ambient activities, and unique experiential campaigns, creating authentic interactions with people on the street.

This combination of format, creativity and position is unique to BUILDHOLLYWOOD. It’s the reason why we work and collaborate with the most exciting brands, artists and creative institutions in the world.

Our website: https://www.buildhollywood.co.uk/

At BUILDHOLLYWOOD, our culture is really important to us, we are constantly looking for new ways to nurture and strengthen it. Alongside your CV, we ask that you include a cover letter, to give us a glimpse into who you are and why you’re excited about the role.

Please note that we will not consider applications submitted without a cover letter.