Show Projects Build and Logistics Assistant

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The opportunity

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced technical exhibition Assistant to play a key role assisting in the operational delivery of projects, exhibitions, showcases and production events at Camberwell, Chelsea, Wimbledon Colleges of Art.

You will contribute to the successful delivery of technical and production aspects of a variety of student projects, exhibitions, showcases and productions, such as SHOW, which is our largest final show during the summer and other defined projects, student exhibitions and performance events.

You will provide build, install and de-install support during exhibitions, with tasks ranging from painting to building structures and installing artwork. You will also have responsibility for returning spaces to how they were before the event.

Your role will include monitoring health and safety standards and you will ensure students and staff are adhering to the safe working practices that have been agreed. You will ensure studio and gallery environments are kept safe, hazard free and clean during these busy periods and, where appropriate, lead the students to do the same.

Interviews are scheduled to take place on 6th and 7th March 2024.

If you would like to have an informal chat about the role and your suitability, you can contact Adriano Digaudio at a.digaudio@arts.ac.uk

Should you have any questions about the application process or require reasonable adjustments for your application, please contact Christine Crouch, Resourcing Advisor at jobs.ccw@arts.ac.uk.

For further information about the role and a job description and person spec, please click the apply button.

About you

You will have completed a degree in an arts related discipline or have equivalent experience,  including an awareness of safe studio practices. You will have at least basic technical skills and experience of using tools safely, along with knowledge of the preparation and installation of exhibitions.

A keen motivation to solve problems will be essential to this role. You will be competent at art handling and will feel comfortable demonstrating best practice techniques in all aspects of your role to student groups if required.

We are UAL

University of the Arts London (UAL) offers an extensive range of courses in art, design, fashion, communication and performing arts. We are a collegiate University spread across London with six Colleges, four Institutes and five Research Centres. UAL also has two subsidiary companies, delivering specialist activities – UAL Short Courses Ltd, and UAL Arts Temps Ltd.

We’re made up of all types of people, coming together in London, the world’s creative capital. We are designers, artists, performers, thinkers, researchers and makers. Our students, staff and graduates form a global network of creatives, entrepreneurs and leaders. Together, our ideas change the world. Because the world needs creativity.

We are ranked highly across the board. We are ranked first for specialist art and design, second in the world for Art and Design in the 2023 QS World University Rankings (for the fifth year in a row), ranked fifth in sustainability and two of our colleges were rated in the top three fashion schools in the world.

Our culture

We have become one of the world’s most international Universities, welcoming over 22,000 students and 6,000 staff from 130 countries. And, as a global university, staff and students learn from different cultures and perspectives, which leads to new conversations and innovative work. At our very core, everything we do seeks to challenge the status quo by driving social purpose and standing up for what matters.

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds including those who may feel underrepresented in the workforce due to their socioeconomic circumstances such as those from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (B.A.M.E.) backgrounds. We aim to be a university where everyone can be themselves and are supported to reach their full potential.

With our commitment to inclusion and diversity, we are proud to be a Race Equality Charter (REC) member to help us reduce barriers that negatively impacts B.A.M.E. staff, a Stonewall Diversity Champion to ensure all LGBTQ+ people are valued at work, a Disability Confident Scheme Committed employer and member of the Business Disability Forum which help us to improve the lives of disabled people in the workplace.

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