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CEO of Publishing Scotland
Publishing Scotland
Publishing Scotland are seeking a dynamic and experienced CEO to shape the future of our services and operations and lead the highly engaged team from our Edinburgh office. Bring your drive and enthusiasm to lead Publishing Scotland and manage its strategic direction and delivery. The focus of our work is to support this sector with book trade and cultural initiatives, marketing, funding, training, advocacy and partnership working.
Location: Edinburgh
Deadline: 9 May 2025
Poetic Frequencies Residency Programme
Edinburgh City of Literature Trust
Are you a poet intrigued by media and video poetry? Heidelberg City of Literature invite poets to apply for this 3 month residency. Through the Cities of Literature network, you can currently apply for this three-month residency in Heidelberg. The Hertzlab at ZKM in Karlsruhe (UNESCO City of Media Arts) in collaboration with Heidelberg UNESCO City of Literature — represented by the Cultural Office of the City of Heidelberg — cordially invites poets from all UNESCO Cities of Literature worldwide to apply for this residency programme.
Location: Heidelberg, Germany
Deadline: 18 May 2025
Festival Front of House & Bar Team
Traverse Theatre
We are looking for energetic team players to join our Front of House & Bar Team for this year’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival to deliver exceptional customer service and to ensure the best possible experience to all of our patrons.
Location: Edinburgh
Deadline: 19 May 2025
Programme Coordinator
Collective Gallery
Collective is recruiting a Programme Coordinator. This exciting new role will support the Programme team and wider organisation as we refocus our programming to play to the strengths of our site; and continue to build on our history of supporting artists at a pivotal point in their career, with a focus on devising opportunities to support emergent practitioners. This role is a valuable opportunity for someone committed to developing a career in contemporary visual arts, exhibitions and public programmes. We are looking for: - Some experience of working in a gallery or other contemporary visual arts context, with programme team and artists. - Passion about the visual arts and working to support artists, and bringing together art and audiences. Salary: £24,570, pro rata Contract: 12 month Fixed Term contract Hours: 4 days per week, generally between Monday and Friday, 9.30am—5.30pm. Deadline: Monday 12 May 2025, 5pm Interviews: Week commencing 26 May Please apply via Submittable.
Location: Edinburgh
Deadline: 12 May 2025
EIBF Hospitality Assistant
Edinburgh International Book Festival
We’re looking for enthusiastic, friendly, and organised Author Hospitality Assistants for this year’s festival, with both full-time and part-time positions available. You’ll ideally have experience in a customer service or hospitality role, along with excellent interpersonal skills and a professional, welcoming manner. The role involves liaising with authors and ensuring their experience at the festival is smooth and enjoyable, so a calm approach, strong attention to detail, and the ability to multitask under pressure are essential. A background in events or hospitality is desirable.
Location: Edinburgh
Deadline: 19 May 2025
Festival Sales & Welcome Assistant
Traverse Theatre
We are looking for proactive positive-thinkers to join our Sales and Welcome Team from 21 July 2025 - 24 August 2025 to assist in the provision of ticketing, audience development initiatives and merchandise sales during the 2025 Edinburgh Festival Fringe period.
Location: Edinburgh
Deadline: 21 May 2025
Individual Giving Essentials
Culture & Business Scotland
Tuesday 13 May 2025 | 9am-12pm £85 + VAT for C&BS members | £125 + VAT for non-members Are you interested in developing an individual giving programme? David Nelson provides insight and advice into this increasingly invaluable income stream. This short course will explore the key role individual giving can have within your fundraising strategy and how to create a donor-centric giving programme.
Location: Edinburgh
Deadline: 13 May 2025
EIBF HospitalityManager19
Edinburgh International Book Festival
Author Hospitality Manager Contract: Full-time, temporary contract: Monday 4 August – Monday 25 August 2025, Plus Logistics Day end July (Date TBC) Rate of Pay: £16.51 per hour + holiday pay. We’re looking for an experienced, organised, and personable Author Hospitality Manager to lead our participant-facing team at this year’s festival. This pivotal role involves overseeing the smooth delivery of hospitality for our visiting authors, managing schedules, coordinating staff, and ensuring a warm, professional welcome at every stage of their festival experience. You’ll bring strong leadership skills, experience in a customer-facing role, and a calm, flexible approach to managing people and logistics. A background in catering for large events, excellent communication and administrative abilities, and a commitment to inclusivity and teamwork are essential. Experience with live literature events, food handling certification, or knowledge of health and safety regulations a plus.
Location: Edinburgh Future Institute , Lauriston Place Edinburgh
Deadline: 19 May 2025
Visual Arts Scotland Inches Carr Craft Creative Development Award 2025
Visual Arts Scotland
We are delighted to invite applications from Scottish makers for the Visual Arts Scotland Inches Carr Craft Creative Development Award 2025. The purpose of the award is to enable artists to develop their practice to a higher level, consider innovation and introduce new materials or techniques to their existing practice. The award includes: • A £5000 bursary for a maker. • A £2000 bursary for mentoring support whose discipline and/or professional experience would add value to the winner's practice. • A group exhibition with the shortlisted exhibition applicants in July 2025 in Edinburgh. • The opportunity to be included in the 2027 Visual Arts Scotland (VAS) Biennial at National Galleries Scotland, Edinburgh. Up to 15 shortlisted makers will be invited to exhibit a body of current work in a dedicated exhibition at the Fine Arts Society, Dundas Street, Edinburgh in July 2025. Following this, a shortlist of up to five makers for the award will be selected by a panel of industry professionals, each of these will receive a £250 bursary. The winner will be selected from the final shortlisted makers and announced during the exhibition. The winner will be invited to develop a new body of work to be exhibited at a subsequent major VAS annual exhibition. VAS will support the winner in the development of their project and promote it through their online channels and events programme. Eligibility: • This is a development award and is aimed at makers who are looking to develop a new body of work or expand their existing practice. • Applicants must have been living and working in Scotland for four or more years. • Applicants must have graduated at least four years prior to applying. Please note this award is open to all applicants that feel they meet the core criteria, which includes those that may have had a career break or return to practice. • The award is open to makers, applied artists, designer makers and craftspeople working in any discipline. Fine art disciplines including printmaking are not eligible for this award. • You must be a VAS Member at time of application and the shortlisting exhibition. • If selected as the award winner, you must remain a VAS Member for the duration of the opportunity. • If you are not a VAS Member you may join prior to the submission deadline via our website or contacting members@visualartsscotland.org. The Purpose of the Award The award should be used for a project that will help the maker to expand on their current practice. This can include but is not limited to: • Attendance at workshops or courses to expand your existing skill set. • The purchase of equipment to explore new techniques. • An intensive developmental period. • Material experimentation. • Employing a mentor to assist you in your creative (and/or business) development. • Travel for research and development purposes. How To Apply Please send your application in one single PDF document to admin@visualartsscotland.org. The application must include the following items in PDF format. Please note we do not accept any other format for submissions. • Up to seven images of supporting work. • Your artist statement (maximum 500 words). • Website/social media links (if you have them). • A statement of intent/proposal (maximum 500 words). • Answer to the following question (maximum 250 words). What impact would the Inches Carr Award have on you and your practices? • CV (maximum 2 pages). • Please provide details (names and reasons) on your ideas for mentor and/or training opportunities. These do not need to be confirmed at this stage. Alternatively, please indicate the type of mentoring or training you would like to undertake. Visual Arts Scotland will support in arranging this. • You may also include any prototype or preliminary research images that correspond to your proposal. • Please complete our Equal Opportunities form at time of submission. This is anonymous and can be completed HERE. • The deadline for applications is 25th April 2025 at 5pm. Additional Information • Submitted images might be reproduced in publications to accompany the exhibition so please make sure you have permission to use the image and credit photographers as necessary. • An initial shortlist of up to 15 makers will be selected and invited to exhibit at the VAS Inches Carr Exhibition, Dundas Street Gallery in July 2025. These shortlisted makers will be informed in the week commencing 5th May 2025. • Submissions will be judged equally based on the written proposal, the quality of work and impact potential of the award. • During the exhibition at Dundas Street, a final short list of up to five artists will be selected by a panel of industry professionals. These shortlisted artists will be invited to an interview with the panel to discuss this opportunity further. Final shortlisted applicants for the award will receive a £250 Artist Award. • Applications must clearly demonstrate that the applicant has considered a new direction in their work and has an understanding of how the award will further their goals. • Applications must reflect a clarity of the proposal and ability to convey potential outcomes. • Applicants are encouraged to focus on a single area for development, and not to include too many varying outcomes. • The shortlisted exhibition artists must make the selected work available for exhibition from 1st July 2025 and delivered to the Fine Arts Society, Dundas Street, Edinburgh. Please note that any exhibited work that is for sale will be subject to VAS’s standard commission of 40%. The work does not have to be for sale. • The awardee will be required to document the development of the project as it unfolds for monitoring purposes, and for future use by VAS including the press, social media and within publications. This should take the form of images of the work in progress, developmental sketches, etc. Should you have any questions or require support in preparing your application please contact Mark at members@visualartsscotland.org in advance of the submission deadline 25th April 2025 at 5pm.
Location: All Scotland
Deadline: 24 May 2025