Jobs & Opps
Looking for your next opportunity? Whether you’re in search of a new job or your next freelance project, our jobs board is the place to look. Submit jobs, events and opportunities here.
Managing Ethics and Risk
Culture & Business Scotland
Tuesday 4 February 2025 | 9.30am-12.30pm | Online £85 + VAT for C&BS members | £125 + VAT for non-members A training session to support fundraisers with concerns about ethics, due diligence and risk management around sponsorship. This course has been designed in response to the surging concern of many fundraisers about the risks of accepting corporate support that may create PR backlash and end up causing more harm than good for the charity partner. Sponsorship expert Alice Samtoy gives you a great foundation for making informed decisions around working with potential new and existing corporate partners.
Location: Online
Deadline: 4 February 2025
Open Call - RSA Annual Exhibition
Royal Scottish Academy
The RSA Annual Exhibition is the most extensive annual presentation of contemporary art and architecture in Scotland. Submissions are now open for artists and architects who wish to take part in our 199th iteration. How to submit: Artists may submit up to TWO works in any fine art medium - including drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture, photography, film, installation and performance. Entry is £20 per work (students and under 26s £10) plus £10 hanging fee if selected. Applications are made online at royalscottishacademy.oess1.uk. Please click on and read the Regulations and details before applying. Application deadline: Thursday 6 February, 5pm
Location: Edinburgh
Deadline: 6 February 2025
ESEA Creatives Meetup in Scotland
ESEA Creatives in Scotland
ESEA Creatives in Scotland Meetup Welcome to the ESEA Creatives in Scotland Meetup! Join us for our very first gathering—an inspiring evening of networking, collaboration, and connection with fellow creatives of East and South East Asian heritage. Whether you're a designer, artist, writer, musician, filmmaker—or any other kind of creative—this meetup is the perfect space to share ideas, find inspiration, and build lasting relationships within the creative community. Highlights of the evening include: A complimentary drink for the first 30 attendees, plus coffee, tea, and cake. Travel subsidies of up to £10 for those traveling from outside Edinburgh (please email your VAT receipts to adrian@adrianleungmusic.com for reimbursement). This event is proudly supported by the Big Lottery Community Fund through the We Are Here For You project in partnership with Mongol Identity, and MilkTea. The We Are Here For You project is run by Mongol Identity SCIO dedicated to supporting and uplifting Scotland’s diverse communities by nurturing community spirit, and celebrating cultural pride through inclusive events, shared initiatives, and opportunities for collaboration and connection. MilkTea showcases the best of East and Southeast Asian cinema in the UK. Their work begins with screenings but extends far beyond, striving to build inclusion, communities, and audiences across the country. When: 7–9pm, February 6, 2025 Where: Eve, 18–20 Cowgate, Edinburgh, EH1 1JR Let’s come together to celebrate creativity, community, and the Year of the Snake. Don’t miss this exciting opportunity to connect and grow with like-minded individuals. We can’t wait to see you there!
Location: Eve, 18–20 Cowgate, Edinburgh, EH1 1JR
Deadline: 6 February 2025
Welcome Assistant
Collective Gallery
Collective is a free contemporary art centre that brings creative new perspectives to the city of Edinburgh. Situated in a heritage observatory, Collective offers a supportive environment for artists at pivotal points in their careers to test out new ideas, to produce ambitious and innovative projects, and to share their work with audiences. Through exhibitions, commissions, performances, as well as programmes for families and community groups, we create meaningful opportunities for artists to develop, and for audiences to engage with creative practice. Founded in 1984 as an artist-run initiative, Collective now runs from our home on Edinburgh’s iconic Calton Hill. Welcome Assistants form our front of house team dedicated to the visitor experience and every-day running of Collective. The post is for two days per week, working within our team of Welcome Assistants to cover our 5-day operations, Wednesday-Sunday. Additional hours are anticipated to be available and some evenings will be expected from time to time. The role involves at least one regular weekend day. Job title: Welcome Assistant Salary: £12/hr Working Hours: 7.5 hours per day, 9.30am—5.30pm, with a half-hour unpaid break. Contract: Temporary contract, 2 days p/w, 27th February – 4th May, with potential for extension. Closing date: 5 February, midday To apply, please go to our submittable page, linked below.
Location: Edinburgh
Deadline: 5 February 2025
Part-time Buildings Manager
Out of the Blue Arts and Education Trust
Out of the Blue Arts & Education Trust (OOTB) is a charity providing studio space, rehearsal and meeting rooms on several sites to artists and creative organisations. We’re looking for a part time Buildings Manager. Working 30 hours per week (0.8 FTE); they’ll be the operational point of contact between OOTB and studioholders, hirers and contractors, primarily based at the Out of the Blue Drill Hall in Leith. The Buildings Manager will be working weekdays 9am to 5pm on a job-share rota basis with another Buildings Manager, primarily at the Out of the Blue Drill Hall, and at our other Edinburgh-based buildings as required. Working days/patterns to be mutually agreed. We’re looking for someone with good communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to liaise with studioholders, hirers and contractors. The successful candidate will primarily be responsible for physically resourcing room and space bookings, including event set up, meeting and greeting bookers and completing a post-booking report. Reporting to the Facilities and Operations Manager, the successful candidate will be responsible for the day-to-day management of a team of part-time Duty Managers. They will also cover shifts with the job-share Buildings Manager and the Facilities & Operations Manager during unexpected Duty Manager absences or unavailability, this will include out-of-hours shifts. Previous buildings or facilities management experience would be advantageous, as will prior experience in a customer or client facing role in a hire or events environment. Hours: 30 hours per week (0.8% FTE). Monday – Friday (9am – 5pm) – pattern to be agreed. Pay: Grade B – Entry Level: £30,021- £30,751 per annum (pro rata) depending on experience, with anticipated annual increases. For further information about Out of the Blue, please refer to our website www.outoftheblue.org.uk
Location: Edinburgh (Leith)
Deadline: 6 February 2025
Multimedia Editor
National Galleries of Scotland
Full-time and Permanent Salary £29,888 - £32,602 per annum Plus generous benefits package Hybrid / flexible working About the role Are you a talented multimedia professional with a passion for creating high quality content? Do you have the creative ability and technical expertise to bring stories to life? If so, we’d love to hear from you. This is an exciting opportunity to join our Digital Team and play a key role in helping us to elevate the production of compelling digital content across our platforms and exhibitions. Working closely with colleagues across the organisation, you’ll enhance production workflows while delivering high quality and engaging experiences for our audiences. We are looking for someone with excellent communication and interpersonal skills, along with significant technical expertise in video and audio software. You should have extensive knowledge of essential equipment required for the role, including cameras, lenses, audio workstations, and lighting. A strong understanding of file formats for export and storage, as well as publishing of interpretive media is also required to ensure content aligns with our house style and processes. In this role you will assist with the postproduction on multimedia content, creating rough and final cuts of video and audio content. You’ll support video shoots, audio recording sessions, and other special events including live broadcasts. Additionally, you will help maintain our digital video and audio archive, ensuring metadata for files is accurately recorded. You will ensure quality and consistency following our guidelines and best practices across media and platforms. Please apply directly via our careers portal. Applications via email will not be accepted. The closing date for applications is 12 noon on Monday, 10 February 2025.
Location: Edinburgh
Deadline: 10 February 2025
Open Call: RSA Annual Exhibition
Royal Scottish Academy
Submissions are now open for the 2025 RSA Annual Exhibition for artworks of any scale and in any fine art or architecture medium. How to submit: Artists may submit up to TWO works in any fine art medium - including drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture, photography, film, installation and performance. Entry is £20 per work (student and under 26s £10) plus £10 hanging fee if selected. Architects may submit up to TWO works of any size. Work may be submitted in any suitable medium, including drawings, photography, models, video work etc. Entry is £30 per work (student and under 26s £10) plus £10 hanging fee if selected. All applications are made online at royalscottishacademy.oess1.uk. Please read the Regulations and FAQs before applying - https://www.royalscottishacademy.org/opportunities/exhibitions/ Application deadline: Thursday 6 February 2025, 5pm For further information, please contact exhibitions@royalscottishacademy.org (RSA Team), or call 01316246110, or visit https://www.royalscottishacademy.org/opportunities/exhibitions/ The deadline is Thursday 06 February 2025 at 17:00.
Location: Edinburgh
Deadline: 6 February 2025
ESEA Creatives Meetup
ESEA Creatives in Scotland
Welcome to the ESEA Creatives in Scotland Meetup! Join us for our very first gathering—an inspiring evening of networking, collaboration, and connection with fellow creatives of East and South East Asian heritage. Whether you're a designer, artist, writer, musician, filmmaker—or any other kind of creative—this meetup is the perfect space to share ideas, find inspiration, and build lasting relationships within the creative community. Highlights of the evening include: A complimentary drink for the first 30 attendees, plus coffee, tea, and cake. Travel subsidies of up to £10 for those traveling from outside Edinburgh (please email your VAT receipts to adrian@adrianleungmusic.com for reimbursement). This event is proudly supported by the Big Lottery Community Fund through the We Are Here For You project in partnership with Mongol Identity, and MilkTea. The We Are Here For You project is run by Mongol Identity SCIO dedicated to supporting and uplifting Scotland’s diverse communities by nurturing community spirit, and celebrating cultural pride through inclusive events, shared initiatives, and opportunities for collaboration and connection. MilkTea showcases the best of East and Southeast Asian cinema in the UK. Their work begins with screenings but extends far beyond, striving to build inclusion, communities, and audiences across the country. When: 7–9pm, February 6, 2025 Where: Eve, 18–20 Cowgate, Edinburgh, EH1 1JR Let’s come together to celebrate creativity, community, and the Year of the Snake. Don’t miss this exciting opportunity to connect and grow with like-minded individuals. We can’t wait to see you there!
Location: Eve, 18-20 Cowgate Eve, Edinburgh EH11JR
Deadline: 6 February 2025
Resilience in Times of Change and Challenge
Culture & Business Scotland
Wednesday 12 February 2025 | 12pm-1pm | Online FREE for C&BS members | £35 + VAT for non-members Employment law is changing, perhaps in the most significant way in a generation. In this Sector Insight, employment law specialist Barry Nichol, from Anderson Strathern Solicitors, will discuss where we are now with the progress of the transformative Employment Rights Bill and the key reforms. Additionally, the culture sector in Scotland is facing challenging times. In uncertain times, future planning becomes even more necessary to ensure the sustainable future for your organisation. As a result, this session will also look to explore ways in which your organisation can, in such uncertain times, seek to have resilient employment and HR policies and practices.
Location: Online
Deadline: 12 February 2025