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The role:
The Theatre Business Assistant will work with the Theatre Business and Film Manager, Executive Director (Theatre) and Senior Producers to provide financial, strategic and business support for the Globe’s year-round theatre operation.
This role is instrumental in the smooth running of theatre operations and is directly impactful to the offering and creation of our productions. The role supports the Theatre Production team with financial administration processing. Assisting in building show budgets and seasonal department budgets, modelling and forecasting different working budgets to support business planning and analysis and providing financial administration support to the wider Theatre Department.
Key responsibilities include assisting the Theatre Business & Film Manager from an administrative and operational perspective. Collating and processing film royalty payments for those productions we have filmed and are hosted on Globe Player and other media formats. Supporting the Theatre Production team with financial administration processing. Assisting in building show budgets and seasonal department budgets, modelling and forecasting different working budgets to support business planning and analysis and providing financial administration support to the wider Theatre Department and Production team to ensure its efficient day to day running.
The skills:
The successful candidate will ideally have a theatre producing background, with an understanding of the relationship between theatre-making and finance. The role would suit someone with administrative experience in a producing theatre, particularly related to developing, tracking and managing budgets. You do not need an accounting qualification for this role.
The team:
Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre Department delivers a busy production schedule with a repertory system running in both the Globe Theatre over Summer and the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse over Winter. A small in-house team manages every aspect of the shows from Casting to Music and produce shows, events and films all year round.
The vision of the department is to curate and produce seasons of plays in the Globe and Sam Wanamaker Playhouses bespoke to the architectural playing conditions of the theatres. We nurture any public performance that happens on our stages, on screen or on tour, and we provide an environment in which art, artist and audience can flourish. As well as producing plays from the canon of Shakespeare, we honour The Globe’s history and commitment to new writing. Our job is to hold a mirror up to nature and reflect the diversity and complexity of the society in which we live.
More information & How to Apply:
- For more information and to apply, please download the job description from our main jobs page.
To apply please complete the online application form linked on our main jobs page by the deadline on Monday 21 April, 10.00am
If you have a query on the application process, please email recruitment@shakespearesglobe.com.
This recruitment will include interviews, with the first stage interviews expected to take place week commencing Monday 5 May.
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