Jobs and Opportunities
SOUND DESIGNER AND MENTOR
SPID Theatre is looking for a Sound Designer to create and edit sounds and music for our film with a group of 13-25 year olds. They will also mentor a small group of young people interested in sound design, sharing their skills as they work on the project.
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Closing date: 12 noon on Tuesday 22nd March 2022
Volunteer opportunities ?
?? Volunteer Far Far Away Workshop Assistant
Person Specification: Volunteer with proven interest in working within a charity or youth arts environment. Preferably DBS checked.
Hours: 1 day per week (Tuesdays). From 4:15 to 6:30 this includes 30 min team preparation before the session, 75 minutes of session and 30 minutes team feedback after each session) *the sessions may be elongated to 90 minutes
Location: W10 5BQ
Time Period: from the 14th of September to the 7th of December, weekly on Tuesdays, with a 2 week break last week of October and first week of November
Salary: unpaid voluntary position, travel expenses of £5
Applications: Please send CV and covering letter to jobs@oldwebsite.spidtheatrecompany.com
Role:
You will support SPID Theatre’s Far Far Away online workshops for participants aged 8-13 years old on Zoom. This is a key role within the organisation and requires a high level of motivation, enthusiasm and energy, plenty of patience and a consistently approachable manner. You will need to be able to work independently as well as part of a team and have an ability to think creatively. Previous experience of working with 8-13 year-olds is ideal but not necessary; workshop facilitation experience would be desirable.
Tasks:
– Assisting the workshop facilitators during the sessions to deliver productive, engaging, inclusive, safe and enjoyable sessions.
– You will also assist the workshop facilitator leading warm-up games or leading small groups in breakout rooms through storytelling exercises
– On the 7th of December the young people will deliver a showcase of the work they achieved, performed for an audience of friends, family and members of the community.
Please make sure you can commit to the entire block or at least the first 6 sessions before the break.
?? VOLUNTEER FLYER DISTRIBUTOR
Do you live locally? Do you enjoy being out & about in the community?
We need a Flyer Distributor to help us spread the word to local organisations about our upcoming projects at SPID. We need someone to visit key organisations in the community and local housing estates to deliver flyers and put up posters about our workshops for young people ages 8-25 and adult skills evenings. Workshops take place in two groups on Tuesdays (8-13 year olds) and Saturdays (13-25 year olds).
You would meet us at our office in Kensal house – W10 5BQ to collect flyers and posters. The fee is £10 per hour with a minimum guarantee of 4 hours work. Travel card will be supplied to use in getting to different areas in the borough. We have distributor opportunities around 6 times per year, so it would be great to have someone who would be interested in doing this more than once or becoming part of a pool of distributors. Ideally we would also love to find someone who knows the North Kensington area very well and is able to help us in reaching out to different parts of the community by speaking to community members about SPID’s work.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us on youth@oldwebsite.spidtheatrecompany.com or at 0208 969 4570/ 07903 861 674
?? VOLUNTEER PHOTOGRAPHERS & VIDEOGRAPHERS
Calling all professional photographers and videographers!
Interested in giving some of your time and skills back to your local community? S.P.I.D. Theatre are in need of professional photos of their youth workshops and community performances to help promote their work throughout the local community.
What we need from you:
2-3 hours of your time on a Tuesday or Saturday afternoon
25 edited images/footage
We are happy to provide travel expenses on the day. If you would be interested, please contact Olivia at youth@oldwebsite.spidtheatrecompany.com.