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Trustee
Tinderbox Project
Tinderbox Collective is a diverse and multifaceted community of young people and creatives that empowers the next generation through music and the arts. We are recruiting for new board members. If you are interested, please see below for information about the charity and the role. Thanks for your time.
Location: Edinburgh
Deadline: 10 April 2026
Studio Administrator
Patience Jewellery Ltd
Studio Administrator (Part-Time) Patience Jewellery - Edinburgh city centre £15/hr | 3–4 hours per day, 4 days per week (hours can be flexible) We’re looking for a thoughtful, highly organised person to join our small, design-led jewellery studio. This role is at the heart of the business-supporting both our clients and our team, and helping everything run beautifully behind the scenes. The ideal candidate needs be confident managing work flow systems such as Trello, Google Sheets & xero, comfortable communicating with clients, and naturally detail-focused. An interest in jewellery and design would make the role all the more enjoyable. If you love detail, enjoy bringing calm structure to a busy environment, and want to be part of a friendly, creative studio, we’d love to hear from you. Send your CV and cover letter to moira@patiencejewellery.com
Location: Hill St, Edinburgh
Deadline: 10 April 2026
Communications Officer
National Galleries of Scotland
Permanent and Part-Time (4 days) Start date 03 August 2026 Salary £37,614 - £41,138 per annum pro rata Plus generous benefits package Hybrid / flexible working About the role We’re looking for an experienced communications professional to join us at the National Galleries of Scotland. If you’re skilled in seeking out news, love telling a good story, excel in writing engaging copy and thrive on building relationships, we want to hear from you. This role is perfect for someone who has previous communications experience and is excited by our mission to make art work for everyone. You don’t need to be an art expert. Curiosity, enthusiasm and being proactive matter more than formal art knowledge. You'll help us to communicate with visitors and potential visitors to our three Edinburgh galleries - the National, Modern and Portrait. Sharing Scotland’s incredible art collection with audiences locally, nationally and internationally. From major exhibitions, loans and new acquisitions to conservation breakthroughs, publications and community projects. You will work with colleagues across the organisation as well as in collaboration with external partners such as Edinburgh Art Festival, Scotland+Venice and VisitScotland. This is an exciting opportunity to play an important part in sharing Scotland’s amazing art collection. Shaping stories that will reach millions of people across the world. The difference you’ll make The Communications Officer is part of a supportive and creative Marketing and Communications team. Reporting to the Communications Manager, you’ll work closely within a small team of five. Collaborating daily with a fellow Communications Officer, Press and Marketing Officer and Social Media Officer to deliver impactful communications campaigns. Your duties will include but not be limited to: -Planning and delivering thoughtful, well-planned earned media campaigns for upcoming exhibitions. From online, broadcast and print to podcasts, YouTube and social media. -Identifying great stories and photo opportunities and pitching them confidently to global media. -Building relationships with journalists, content creators and production companies. From tabloids to podcasts to specialist publications. -Writing engaging copy for press releases, colleague updates and our website. -Organising events such as press views, influencer partnerships and photocalls to deliver creative and eye-catching content. -Actively working in a busy press office, responding to enquiries by email, telephone, and social media. -Providing regular reporting on press activities, including evaluating results and learnings. -Responding to issues or crisis situations. -Creating high quality social media content. -Drafting award submissions. Who we are looking for To succeed in this role, you’ll need the following range of knowledge, skills, and experience: -Proven experience as a Communications Officer or in a similar role in communications at a similar level. -Planning and delivering impactful communications campaigns. -Securing meaningful media coverage and be able to tell us how you did it. -A creative, enthusiastic and proactive approach to seeking out interesting stories that will appeal to our audience. -Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to create and edit audience focused content, such as press releases, website copy, social media posts and internal updates. -Creating exciting and engaging social media content. -Strong organisational skills with experience of delivering projects on time. -Influencing, communicating and working well with other people across departments and as part of a team. -Staying calm, confident and in control under pressure. Able to work quickly to tight deadlines. It would also be great if you have: -Understanding and experience of the culture sector. -Visual arts awareness. -Public affairs experience. -Knowledge of copyright. -Familiarity with Gaelic language. Please apply directly via our careers portal. Applications via email will not be accepted. The closing date for applications is 12 noon on Monday, 13 April 2026.
Location: Edinburgh
Deadline: 13 April 2026
Behind the Scenes – Artists’ Day
National Theatre of Scotland
Taking place at Rockvilla on Saturday the 16 May 2026 from 11:00am till 4:30pm, this free one-day event is for Scottish artists from any discipline who identify as experiencing barriers to access within the theatre sector. The day combines practical learning, honest conversation, and relaxed networking in a supportive, low‑pressure environment, and aims to help artists better understand how the industry works and how to advocate for themselves within it. Across the day, participants will: Take part in informal networking with peers Explore practical tips for demystifying how to pitch yourself (and your work) as an artist Hear directly from National Theatre of Scotland staff and other professionals in a panel exploring what happens behind the scenes at NTS, with space to ask your own questions Choose between two workshops lead by leading industry professionals Lunch, snacks, teas and coffees will be provided. Who It’s for This event is for artists who are aged 18+, at any stage of their career and who self‑identify as experiencing barriers to access. This may include (but is not limited to) artists who: Identify as neurodivergent and/or disabled Come from working‑class, migrant, or lower socio‑economic backgrounds Have faced geographical barriers to theatre or arts education Experience age, maternity, or caring‑related barriers Identify as Global Majority, LGBTQIA+, or as part of other underrepresented groups Artists can be from any discipline and at any stage of their career.
Location: Glasgow
Deadline: 16 April 2026
Edinburgh Performing Arts Development (EPAD) - Survey
Edinburgh Performing Arts Development (EPAD)
Edinburgh Performing Arts Development has been providing support, connectivity and workspace for those involved in the performing arts in the city for 10 years. We have received funding from Creative Scotland to take stock of our work, to hear from our constituency and stakeholders about their experiences with EPAD and to look towards the future. This is an invitation to become involved in that process. We are conducting a survey which is open to anyone who has been involved with EPAD, whether as a participant, advisor or beneficiary. The closing date for submissions is Thursday 17 April 2026.
Location: Edinburgh
Deadline: 17 April 2026
Box Office Supervisor
Edinburgh International Book Festival
We are seeking a motivated and passionate Box Office Supervisor to support our box office team this summer. This is a great opportunity to build on existing box office or supervisory experience.
Location: Edinburgh
Deadline: 10 April 2026
EAF x The Skinny Emerging Writers Award 2026
Edinburgh Art Festival
EAF are teaming up with the Skinny for a fifth year running to commission four emerging art writers to write about the EAF26 Programme. The project aims to platform Scotland-based, early career writers from backgrounds underrepresented in journalism, through a mentored, paid opportunity to be published, in print and online, by The Skinny. One role is reserved for a BPOC writer.
Location: Edinburgh (accepting applications from across Scotland)
Deadline: 12 April 2026
Marketing and communications manager
Push the Boat Out
Push the Boat Out: Edinburgh’s International Poetry Festival is a platform for poetry, spoken word and performance, with an emphasis on bringing poetry into conversation with other art forms. PTBO offers a high-quality mid-scale festival which promotes poetry as an exciting, diverse and dynamic artistic medium and contributes to the rich cultural mix of Edinburgh in progressive and developmental ways. It also delivers a growing year-round programme with a range of workshops, podcasts and events. Our engagement programme spans both working to bring poetry to communities and supporting their creativity. We want to recruit an exceptional freelance Marketing & Communications Manager. The role will give the right candidate the opportunity to create and deliver our overall marketing strategy, annual festival campaign and promote our year round events, contributing to the growth and profile of one of Scotland’s most exciting young organisations all year round. You will ensure that the festival and our year-round programme are enjoyed by the broadest possible audience. We are looking for a dynamic, imaginative person who will bring enthusiasm and a high level of accuracy to the role in equal amounts. Applicants should have demonstrable experience of leading in a busy marketing role, ideally within an arts or festival environment. You’ll need to be comfortable both working with autonomy and a team player. A brilliant communicator, you’ll thrive on getting other people excited to be part of our events and engaging a range of audiences across a variety of channels. For more details and to apply, please see our website.
Location: Edinburgh
Deadline: 13 April 2026
Finance Manager
Dance Base
We are looking for a Finance Manager to provide senior financial oversight, including planning, reporting, governance and strategic support to Dance Base. Working closely with the CEO and senior colleagues, the role promotes a strong financial culture and cross-team collaboration to effectively plan for Dance Base’s long-term resilience in a challenging business environment. Contract type: part time/permanent Hours: 21 hours per week Salary: £40,000 Pro Rata
Location: Edinburgh
Deadline: 17 April 2026