Light Night Leeds has received funding from Grants for the Arts, Arts Council England to support two Emerging Creative Producers to join the Light Night team.

 We are looking to

• Offer two emerging producers/recent producer graduates the opportunity to train and gain experience, knowledge and skills, to develop and deliver individual programmes as part of the Light Night Leeds Festival

• Provide practical experience which will lead to transferable skills for future activities and employment

Light Night Leeds

Is an annual free cultural festival open to the public aimed at people of all ages and demographics. Our aim is to support, promote and celebrate Leeds and its cultural programme.  The city is divided into 10 zones stretching from the South Bank through to the University quarter, from the train station to Quarry Hill. The festival brings together light projections, parades, exhibitions, film, dance, music, theatre and street performance. Our 2015 festival was attended by 60,000 people.

In 2016 we have extended the festival and aim to increase attendance to 80,000 through the combination of extending the festival to a two night extravaganza, with a wide variety of venues, diverse range of artforms including the return of our projection on Leeds Civic Hall, increased promotion through key sites such as Leeds train station concourse and by hosting the inaugural Light Up the North International Light Festival Symposium; looking at the impact of Light Festivals on cities across the world. We will present approximately 45 events in 35 venues / public spaces over 2 days.

As part of the opportunity each producer will programme and deliver an element of the festival as well as receive regular 1-2-1 mentoring sessions, masterclasses with festival artists and partners, workshops on areas such as marketing, technical management and fundraising

Emerging Creative Producer Opportunities

Light Night Lantern Parade: To design, implement and event manage the Light Night Leeds Lantern Parade.

Street Entertainment Programme: To design, implement and event manage the Light Night Leeds Street entertainment programme.

Terms and conditions

We are looking for individuals who are willing to learn, are reliable, hardworking and are keen to develop their skills and knowledge.

Fee: Up to £2,000 per producer

Additional support: each producer will be offered free workshops and mentoring during the period.

Key dates

Deadline: Sunday 19 June 2016

Interviews: TBC Thursday 23 June 2016

Dates of role: Monday 11 July – Friday 14 October 2016 (Part time between July - September; full time 3-7 October)

Light Night Leeds: Thursday 6 & Friday 7 October 2016

Emerging Creative Producer opportunities - more details

Light Night Lantern Parade: To design, implement and event manage the Light Night Leeds Lantern Parade.

• Co-ordinate with artists, production management, volunteers and the public to devise, promote and host the parade
• Manage the lantern parade budget
• Work with Highways, traffic management and the Light Night Production Manager to devise a safe route across the city centre
• Prepare the event manual for the parade including risk assessments and method statements
• Promote the parade by creating content for press releases, the website and social media
• Adhere to Leeds City Council Health & Safety and Equal Opportunities Policy

Street Entertainment Programme: To design, implement and event manage the Light Night Leeds Street entertainment programme.

• Co-ordinate with artists, production management, volunteers and the public to devise, promote and host street entertainment activity.
• Manage the street entertainment budget
• Prepare the event manual for the street entertainment programme including risk assessments and method statements
• Promote the parade by creating content for press releases, the website and social media
• Adhere to Leeds City Council Health & Safety and Equal Opportunities Policy