Production Administrator

About Us

Since 1947, the Edinburgh International Festival has existed to promote the exchange of ideas and deepen understanding between cultures through an unparalleled global celebration of exceptional performing arts. We are the original festival and bring some of the most exciting and creative artists working today to audiences from around the world.

Each August, we present the finest and most original performers and ensembles from the worlds of opera, music, dance and theatre over three weeks in venues across the city of Edinburgh. Throughout the rest of the year, we devise bespoke experiences to inspire our audiences and communities, to unlock their creativity and cultural curiosity. Our vision is simple: to provide the deepest experience of the highest quality art for the broadest possible audience.

About the Role

The Edinburgh International Festival is looking for a Production Administrator to join the team. We want you to help us present this unparalleled celebration of the performing arts, which brings some of the most exciting and creative artists working today to audiences from around the world. 

The Production Department is responsible for researching, planning and implementing the production and technical aspects of staging of all productions and performances for the Edinburgh International Festival. This involves realising a succession of productions in the Festival Theatre, the Edinburgh Playhouse and the Royal Lyceum Theatre amongst others.

In a Festival this requires managing and delivering productions from around twenty different theatre, dance and opera companies (most of them based outside the UK). This means ensuring that production, technical, rehearsal and performance plans are feasible and arranging for the personnel and technical equipment to be sourced, recruited and scheduled to realise the plans. The department also arranges transport of scenery, provision of supertitles, and liaises with the venues to provide all the ancillary theatre services needed by the artists.

The year-round complement of the Production department is Head of Production and Production Coordinator. The department is augmented by five technical heads of department (Staging, Light, Sound, Stage Management and AV) during the run up to and through each Festival. During the Festival up to 200 temporary technicians augment the production and technical teams.

How to Apply

• Download: the full job description HERE
• Apply: via the dedicated jobs portal HERE
• Deadline: 12:00 on Thurs 6 March 2025
• Interviews: will be held from 24 March

The Edinburgh International Festival is an equal opportunity employer, and we value diversity. We believe that an inclusive culture is the foundation for a successful workplace, and we strive to grow our diverse representation across our staff, our artists, and our audiences. We are collecting data to measure the effectiveness of our recruitment methods, to ensure that they are fair. We strive to ensure our opportunities are accessible to people from all backgrounds. We actively encourage applications from currently under-represented groups. We have identified ethnic minority backgrounds, and disabilities as the key areas we would like to focus our recruitment efforts in. 

Funded by The City of Edinburgh Council and Creative Scotland.  
Registered charity number SC004694.