Summer job opportunities for young musicians, producers and digital creatives – Brierley Hill

• Are you an emerging musician, event producer or digital creative who would like to make a career in the arts?
• Do you live in or near Brierley Hill?
• Are you 18-25 years old?
• Come work with Live Music Now on the upcoming ‘Round Here High Street music project with Historic England!

‘Round Here is an album of six compositions, created by communities in six High Streets Heritage Action Zones working with Live Music Now musicians and local emerging musicians. The project aims to strengthen connections with local areas through musical reflections of local heritage. Working together, musicians and communities will draw out thoughts, experiences, and memories of local people to create beautiful and unique musical compositions. These will be performed in a live musical moment across all six sites and produced into a series of music videos in partnership with local young creatives, to be shared in a press and marketing campaign celebrating the secrets of the heritage in high streets.

Live Music Now is looking to hire emerging musicians and event producers from the six High Street project sites as well as a National Digital Creative to help deliver the ‘Round Here project.

DEADLINE TO APPLY: 9AM ON 5 MAY 2022

Live Music Now isopen to all applicants and are particularly interested in working with people who see themselves as underrepresented in the music industry, especially those who think they will enter the profession via a non-formal route and those who identify as Disabled.

More information on the specific roles and full information on how to apply in the briefs below.

If you would like to submit your application in another format, please contact the office on 020 7759 1803 or email emily.roberts@livemusicnow.org.uk so that suitable alternatives can be discussed.

EMERGING MUSICIANS

Live Music Now is seeking emerging musicians aged 18-25, to collaborate with Live Music Now musicians in writing a celebratory song about their local high street. You will work with local participants, in particular, children and young people who identify as Disabled or have additional learning needs, to pull reflections, memories, stories and feelings about the local area and its heritage. From there you will help to compose and arrange a song for public performance and release, and work with the national digital creative lead to create a music video also for public release. You’ll be supported by wrap-around training and mentoring and partnered with a Live Music Now musician.

This role is paid at the real living wage of £9.90/hr (or £11.05/hr if you live within the M25) (excluding VAT). It is anticipated you’ll be working around 45-50hrs over the course of the project, and you’ll be paid for the time you spend in training and planning sessions as well as in workshops and on the performance day.

For more information and person specification download the LMN HSHAZ Emerging Musician Brief.

EMERGING PRODUCERS

Live Music Now is seeking Emerging Producers aged 18-25, to help deliver ‘Round Here. You will assist with the planning and logistics of workshops and participatory sessions, recording and producing of the album of songs and videos, developing social media content, and most importantly you will take a leading role in producing the local celebration moments.

The local celebration moments will occur across all six sites and take on a different form in each area. Live Music Now is recruiting one Emerging Producer for the North, covering Brierley Hill, Barrow-in-Furness and Huddersfield, and one Emerging Producer for the South, covering Tottenham, Weston-super-Mare and Chatham Intra. You will work alongside the Senior Producer and the local cultural consortia to successfully deliver these events, enabling participants and other musical creatives to share their work in a public forum and celebrate their high street.

You’ll be supported in working by wrap-around training and mentoring.

This role is paid at a day rate of £110/day (excluding VAT), and it is anticipated the work will cover 15 days in the period May-September. You must be available between the 8-17th July 2022 as this is when the live performances are. Most of the work will be required in late July/August creating and editing the videos ready for launch in September.

For more information and person specification download the LMN HSHAZ Emerging Producer Brief.

NATIONAL DIGITAL CREATIVE

Live Music Now is seeking a National Digital Creative aged 18-25, to help deliver ‘Round Here. You will take the creative and production lead in developing the six music videos and assist with the development of social media content and marketing.

You will work alongside the Senior Producer and the local cultural consortia to successfully deliver these films, enabling participants and other musical creatives to share their work in a public forum and celebrate their high street. You’ll be supported by wrap-around training and mentoring and by videographers working in the industry.

This role is paid at a day rate of £110/day (excluding VAT), and it is anticipated the work will cover 15 days in the period May-September. You must be available between the 8-17th July 2022 as this is when the live performances are. Most of the work will be required in late July/August creating and editing the videos ready for launch in September.

For more information and person specification, download the LMN HSHAZ National Digital Creative Brief.