E&E Newsletter: April 2025
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Futuresound
Futuresound are looking for volunteers to work at the following festivals during May 2025:
Live at Leeds in the Park – 24th May, Temple Newsam, Leeds
Slam Dunk North – 25th May, Temple Newsam, Leeds
Kaiser Chiefs – 31st May, Temple Newsam, Leeds
The two roles available are:
Wristband Support: Swapping tickets for wristbands as gates open. You will work for around 6 hours and then have free entry to the event afterwards.
Access & Information Support: Assisting event goers with directions, stages/line ups, ensuring events are safe & accessible. You will be based at one of our information points or access platforms, providing directions and stage times along with helping with general FAQs.
Each volunteer gains free entry to the festival, along with food/refreshments, and event merch (role-dependent).
The application only takes a few minutes on the future sound website.
Monthly CV Clinic
Struggling to write your CV? Need advice on applying for jobs? Does your resume need an update? Then why not attend one our monthly CV clinics & book a one to one slot with an adviser?
Time slots are available throughout the day and are available to book all year round. The session are open to Leeds Conservatoire students across all years and pathways, as well as recent graduates.
To book your individual slot please fill in this online form, or email The Employability and Enterprise team at [email protected].
Music Industry Yorkshire
Based in Yorkshire? Work or want to work in any sector of the music industry? You can join Music Industry Yorkshire for free
Being a member of Music Industry Yorkshire provides access to music business info, resources and exclusive opportunities. MIY launched as Yorkshire’s music industry development network in 2010 so we’ve relaunched and added some useful free support-tools to this new website, designed to support the whole music industry in all its shapes and sizes, and focussing just on Yorkshire.
MIY members who also offer a music service / run a music business can now list this on the MIY website (for free), and anyone who needs a professional music service can come here to find one (without being a member). You can also use the MIY site to search for or post music industry jobs (including apprenticeships and volunteer opportunities), or browse music industry support events in the Yorkshire region.
Find out more: https://musicindustryyorkshire.com/
The Employability and Enterprise Team
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Project Co-ordinator
Come Play With Me
Closing date: Sun, 27 Apr 2025
Performer
Old Bird Ltd
Closing date: Tue, 29 Apr 2025
ArtForms Musician Tutor Strings (temp)
ArtForms
Closing date: Wed, 30 Apr 2025
Music Coordinator (with Teaching Responsibilities)
Ruskin Mill Trust
Closing date: Fri, 02 May 2025
Youth Engagement and Learning Officer
Ripon
Museums Trust Closing date: Sun, 04 May 2025
Performing Arts Specialist: West Yorkshire vacancies
Artis Foundation
Closing date: Tue, 06 May 2025
Administration Assistant
Society of Ticket Agents & Retailers (STAR)
Closing date: Sun, 11 May 2025
Lighting & Video Technician
Leeds Playhouse
Closing date: Mon, 12 May 2025
Schools Programming Officer
Thackray Museum of Medicine
Closing date: Sun, 18 May 2025
Open Call: Sound Designers
The Lost Poetry Club
Closing date: Mon, 30 Jun 2025
Humbug Radio - Presenters (Unpaid)
Humbug Radio is a new Internet station aimed squarely at the 50+ demographic. We are quirky, irreverent, funny and, hopefully, wise. We play great music from the 60s-Noughties, but we're not just a music station, so regular DJs need not apply. Instead, we're looking for people with life experience, stories to tell, fluency and, above all, a cracking sense of humour. We have weekday and weekend slots available. Experience with voice tracking on Myriad would be helpful.
Our current roster is comprised largely of white males so we are very interested in people who don't fit this template, in particular mature presenters, male and female, with diverse and unusual backgrounds.
Festival Placement - 110 Above
110 Above (28th – 30th August 2025) is an intimate 1,000-cap festival showcasing up-and-coming grassroots talent in the Leicestershire countryside.
This year Leeds Conservatoire is working with 110 Above to provide eight voluntary work opportunities for current third year students and Class of 2024 graduates.
Successful applicants will have the opportunity to work alongside highly trained events staff and be provided with an opportunity to learn on the job.
- Hours: Each applicant will be required to be available for work between 10am and 10pm on each day of the festival. Within those hours teams work flexibly with breaks.
- Availability: Applicants must be available for the full duration of the festival, with one day either side (Wednesday 27th August – Sunday 31st August 2025).
- Accommodation: There will be a separate camping area for staff/ volunteers, including 24 hour access to a permanent shower block and the crew have 24 hr access. Crew will need to bring their own tents.
- Food: During the festival volunteers will have access to backstage catering which will provide 1 main meal and breakfast, plus a staff room which will remain stocked with snacks, drinks, pizzas and sandwich making materials.
- Application deadline: Tuesday 6th May 10am. Applications will be reviewed within 2 weeks.
These opportunities are unpaid; however food and staff camping is covered, along with full access to the festival across the weekend. Leeds Conservatoire Employability & Enterprise will cover costs of transport to and from the site.
In order to make our involvement with the festival as successful as possible, you must be willing to work with Leeds Conservatoire around any promotional activities associated with the festival. A hard-working and positive attitude is essential. Whilst you’ll be able to enjoy the festival when you are not working, you’ll be expected to work throughout the hours of your shifts and be ready to start in advance.
If you feel you would be an appropriate candidate for any of these roles please read the job description for each role in full and complete this online form.
Any questions can be directed to Mark at [email protected].
Placement roles available are as follows:
Artist Liaison assistant x 4 job description
Production assistant x 2 job description
Stage Management assistant x 2 job description
Artist Operations - Kendal Calling
Artist Operations provides staff across areas such as artist relations, logistics and hospitality across a range of major UK music festivals. They are offering work placements at this year’s Kendal Calling (Lake District, 31st July – 3rd August) and Parklife (Manchester, 14th-15th June) which will be open to Leeds Conservatoire students.
The roles are in Accreditation, Artist Liaison and as Runners; full details can be found here. The placements are unpaid but include full access to the festival itself, staff camping and 2 meal tokens per shift.
For information about how to apply for this opportunity, please contact Ella Shepherd at [email protected]
Leeds Conservatoire Employability & Enterprise will provide funding towards travel to and from the festival to any successful applicants. We will also provide support with applications if needed. For more information on this, please contact us at [email protected].
Application window closes 2nd May.
