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Work with us! Our amazing staff are integral to ensuring a smooth, safe and fun environment for all artists and audiences who attend Gilded Balloon venues and events year-round and during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. We have a small team of full-time staff and we recruit for temporary staff and crew for our various events including the Fringe in August.

Check out our current vacancies and how to apply below. If you have any questions or would like further information about any of our roles email admin@gildedballoon.co.uk.

Work with us GB 2024

CURRENT VACANCIES

GENERAL MANAGER (MATERNITY COVER)

Gilded Balloon’s General Manager is responsible for overseeing and managing the entire Fringe Project. This will include oversight of all Fringe processes including overall responsibility for the show registrations process, on sales, on site artists communications and show management during the Fringe as well as settlement after the Fringe. The role will also oversee each department working closely with the Artistic Directors to ensure managers deliver their departmental responsibilities on time and to budget. This role would suit someone experienced in managing projects and events, ideally in a Festival setting, who has knowledge across a range of areas.

BOX OFFICE MANAGER

We are looking for a Box Office Manager with a keen eye for detail and a passion for live events to oversee all of Gilded Balloon’s ticketing systems. The Box Office Manager will work closely with the Directors, General Manager and Programming / Producing team to implement the show set-up process for our year-round programme of events as well as our Fringe season in August. They will oversee preparations and day-to-day operations of our festival box offices across all of our venue sites - this will include equipment procurement and installation, staff management, financial reporting and reconciliation and liaison with our ticketing provider, Red61. This role would suit someone with exceptional customer service and people management skills who is comfortable with ticketing processes and thrives in a fast-paced environment

FINANCE MANAGER

We are looking for a Finance Manager to lead our cash and budget management requirements across a wide variety of projects and events. The Finance Manager will be responsible for general company book-keeping via Xero, working closely with Directors to prioritise payment runs, working with department leads to manage individual budgets and working closely with our external accountants to accurately submit VAT returns and financial statements as required.

Our statement on equal opportunity

Gilded Balloon is committed to encouraging equality of opportunity, greater diversity and inclusion, and eliminating discrimination across our activities. This includes providing fair treatment to our current and prospective workforce. We strive to challenge all forms of discrimination and inequality including those based on the grounds of race, colour, ethnicity, nationality, social or economic background, gender, gender identity, pregnancy and maternity, marital or civil partnership status, disability, religion or beliefs, income, age or sexual orientation. Gilded Balloon aims to promote a positive culture that celebrates diversity, where everyone is treated with respect and dignity. We aspire to have a diverse workforce because, in our view, diversity enables better business outcomes. We also believe that a more inclusive workplace, where people of different backgrounds work together, ensures better outcomes for all staff. From application to interview, we place inclusion at the heart of all we do. We expect our employees to support these commitments and to assist in their realisation.

Code of Conduct

In order to create safe and enjoyable spaces for our staff, visiting companies and audiences it’s very important to us that anyone engaging with Gilded Balloon signs up to our Code of Conduct. We expect anyone working with us to share in it’s ethos. You can read our Code of Conduct here.

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