Work for us

Employment opportunities offered by E&MS or on behalf of our Festival or Corporate Clients are listed here.

On occasion we offer volunteer positions. These are a tremendous opportunity to get a foothold in the world of Events & Festivals. Otherwise,  if you have outstanding experience that we really should know about please apply under the Freelancers Listing.

Sugarhill Festival 2010

Sugarhill Festival is BACK! The South West established festival, based in Swindon, is back after a break in 2009. We have refined our ethos, built on the festival we have created and are now set to bring you something bigger and better for 2010. To make Sugarhill a success we will be in need of some hard working, enthusiastic and dedicated team members to help build the site prior to the festival and then break the site down after the festival.

As a site crew member you will work long hours leading up to the festival but long hours which lead to a truly satisfying result and you will be able to be a part of an up-and-coming and refined festival.

You will need to be fit and healthy as this is manual work - the work can be hard, but it is rewarding. The job has a broad array of roles including fencing, staking, general measuring and the building of the festival site - Being able to work to tight deadlines - Working within a team and individually.
The site crew are deemed to be on call for the duration of the festival, and should we have bad weather or something occurs that we need crew for, we will ask you to check in with us and be ready for work. We do however try and accommodate for any Music, Comedy act, Literature act, Cabaret show and Circus & Physical Theatre that you would like to go and see.

You should be available for at least 1 week before and 1 week after the 31st July 2010.
To ensure you secure your place it is preferable for the site crew to be available for the 2 week period.

If you are interested then please sign up here or contact Larissa@eandms.com and I will send out all the relevant forms.

We will be actively looking to recruit the team for Sugarhill Festival 2010 with effect from January 2010; we look forward to hearing from you!

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Wychwood Music Festival - Site Crew 2010

Come and enjoy working at Wychwood Festival 2010!

Wychwood Festival 2010 will be in need of some hard working, enthusiastic and dedicated team members to help build the site prior to the festival and then break the site down after the festival.

As a site crew member you will work long hours leading up to the festival but long hours which lead to a truly great satisfying result

- You will need to be fit and healthy as this is manual work – The work can be hard, but it is rewarding. It takes in many aspects including fencing, staking, general measuring and the building of the festival site – Being able to work to tight deadlines – Working within a team and individually

The site crew are deemed to be on call for the duration of the festival, and should we have bad weather or something occurs that we need crew for we will ask you to check in with us and be ready for work. We do however try and accommodate for bands that you would like to go and see.

You should be available for at least 1 week between
31st May - 11th June.
To ensure you secure your place it is preferable for the site crew to be available for the 2 week period.

You will not go without; you get to see a great music festival come together. We also pay you £200 per week for the get in and get out period, you will get a ticket for the festival and we provide you with a good hot meal for lunch each day. Over the festival period you will you receive per diems or meal vouchers.

Unfortunately, as in previous years, we are not able to offer accommodation.

If you are interested the please contact Larissa@eandms.com and I will send out all the relevant forms.

We will be actively looking to recruit the team for Wychwood 2010 with effect from January 2010, we look forward to hearing from you then.

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E&MS Student Placement Year Scheme

Our Placement in industry places for the academic year 2009/10 are now filled. We will be actively recruiting for the year 2010/11 from January 2010.

We normally look at two placement positions, one in a business development and business support role which will work closely with our back office services, Marketing, business systems and administration services which support the live operations roles that our production team deliver for clients.

The other role is an events based role, which will directly be supporting the work of our live operations team as they plan and deliver events for the business. There would be a certain amount of marketing and business development within this role, but largely focussed around the live events industry.

The roles are available from 1st June and would potentially run through to September the following year. The principle behind this is that the successful student will be able to work on and observe the summer season work in the first year to see the jobs rolled out and observe operations, then starting in the autumn be fully involved in the years planning and development of jobs and see them come to fruition in the following year.

Our advertisement for the 2010 /11 academic year placements will be as follows:

Are you a student, studying Event Management or business studies at further education?

Do you need to find a work placement in industry for the next academic year (2010 / 2011)?

Would you enjoy a challenging role within a dynamic team which has the task of planning and delivering projects across the event industry; including arts, festival, corporate and conference work?

If the answer to these questions is yes, then we would like to hear from you. We have a broad range of work encompassing project management, business development, technical production and event site management. If working with us appeals and you are a motivated, organised person who can work as a part of a team and under your own initiative, then get in touch.

About the Job

Based at our offices in Cheltenham, each year we have the scope to engage a number of work placement students who would like to gain experience in different aspects of running a business such as ours.

The role(s) will include business development, business administration, project management and a certain amount of event management and / or technical production management on live event projects.

These happen under the supervision of our experienced production team and may be based in our offices, or out on client event sites.

The projects we engage with cover; corporate, conference, arts and festival, and range in size from under 100 to over 20,000 in attendance.

These opportunities are voluntary, self funded placements, though expenses incurred while on operation projects will be reimbursed.

About You

Applicants absolutely MUST be able to work on their own initiative, be capable of learning fast, be well motivated and be ready to work hard. We have a strong team of dedicated production managers with whom you will need to integrate with from day one.

About E&MS

E&MS trades from the same premises as CSS Ltd, our production Hire Company that provides sound, lighting, rigging and production hardware and services to a range of clients in the entertainment and corporate fields; and Elevation Ltd, our business that provides high end Corporate hospitality and presentation services for the corporate and charity sectors.

You will find that there are opportunities for a well motivated candidate to gain wide experience with both of our sister businesses.

If you would like to know more, then please send your application, with accompanying CV to:

The Managing Director
Student Placement Year Scheme 2010/11
Event and Management Services Ltd
Unit 5, Churchill Industrial Estate
Churchill Road
Cheltenham
Gloucestershire GL53 7EG

We look forward to meeting you.

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Wychwood Festival Stewards

Wychwood Festival 2010 will be recruiting Stewards for the Festival 4th – 6th June 2010.

Why not come an spend the weekend as a steward at Wychwood – get a free ticket and join the team that makes it all happen!

Visit:

www.wychwoodfestival.com/gettinginvolved.html

for more information and to download the application form

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