Resident Director

eMarketing Total; London; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the arts sector is seeking a Resident Director for a 6-month fixed contract in London. The role focuses on casting workshops and play readings, alongside providing essential administrative support. Ideal candidates will have prior directing experience and excellent communication skills, contributing to a diverse and inclusive theatre environment.

Benefits

Complimentary staff tickets for shows

25 days annual leave

Development Programmes via e-learning

Hybrid and flexible working

Access to interest-free season ticket loan

Enhanced sick pay

Family-friendly policies

Pension schemes

Sabbatical option

On-site staff canteen

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience casting diverse artists.
• Commitment to inclusion of underrepresented backgrounds.
• Experience directing two professional productions.

Responsibilities

• Cast workshops and play readings for the New Work Department.
• Provide administrative support including printing scripts and creating contact sheets.

Skills

Excellent communication

Organisational skills

Ability to multitask

Education

Experience directing professional productions

Job description

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We are looking for a Resident Director t o join the National Theatre New Work Team on a 6 month fixed term contract.

The purpose of this role is to cast all workshops and play readings for the New Work Department, dealing directly with actors, creatives, agents, and liaising closely with NTs Casting Department. Also to administratively support the activity of the New Work Department, printing scripts, creating contact sheets and making general preparations for incoming work.

The Successful Candidate Will Have The Following

• Demonstrable experience casting artists from all different backgrounds, and a commitment to keeping performers from historically underrepresented backgrounds visible and valued in the casting process.
• A good working knowledge of actors from different disciplines and with different abilities, including those with established theatre careers who may be working in leading roles around the country.
• Excellent communication and organisational skills including the ability to work calmly under pressure.
• Ability to prioritise, multitask and to deliver work accurately and with attention to detail while respecting confidentiality.
• Evidence of a commitment to being a theatre director, with experience of having directed at least two professional productions (by professional we mean having had a public run with a paid creative team and company).
  
  

If that sounds like you, this may be the role for you!

Working with us will give you

• Complimentary staff tickets for shows and guided tours, subject to availability and policy
• 25 days annual leave increasing up to 32 with length of service (plus bank holidays)
• Development Programmes via e-learning platform, and specialist in-person training relating to role
• Hybrid and flexible working, subject to agreement and policy
• Access to interest-free season ticket loan and cycle scheme partnership
• Enhanced sick pay
• Family Friendly policies including Family leave and Support leave
• Family-friendly employer we are a member of Parents and Carers in the Performing Arts (PiPA)
• Pension schemes with Legal & General and NEST
• Sabbatical option, subject to agreement and policy
• On-site staff canteen and social facilities
• On-site occupational health support
• In-house mental health and wellbeing advisors providing workplace counselling and support
• Wellbeing programme of events, including mental health awareness, financial wellbeing, skills sharing and opportunities to get active
• Exclusive staff talks to hear more about NT productions, past and present, from leading practitioners
• Discounted access to National Theatre at Home
• Volunteer leave one paid day per year to volunteer for your chosen charity
• Discounts in the NTs bars, cafés, restaurants, and bookshop, as well as?in local businesses (from Wagamama to gyms), on and around the South Bank
• Access to retailer discounted gift cards and a cash-back-on-spending card
  
  

Please note

We support and encourage people from a variety of backgrounds, experiences and skill sets to join us and help shape what we do. As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for our vacancies.

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