Closing Date: 17:00, Mon 21 Feb

Associate Producer:

  • Flat fee: £5,000 (inclusive of tax and expenses)
  • Personal development bursary: £500
  • Timeframe: 20 flexible days between March and July 2022
  • Location: Pervasive Media Studio, Watershed (Bristol)

Audience Development Associate x 2:

  • Flat fee: £2,000 (inclusive of tax and expenses)
  • Personal development bursary: £500
  • Timeframe: 8 flexible days between March and July 2022
  • Location: Pervasive Media Studio, Watershed (Bristol)

The Future is Collective is a new Watershed talent development programme that propels community and climate activism by offering support and development to freelance creatives.

Watershed is looking for one Associate Producer and two Audience Development Associates to support freelance creatives to develop theirpractice in creative community / climate activism further.

As Associate Producer and Audience Development Associates, you will support and share your specialist knowledge with freelance creatives who urgently need it and who would otherwise struggle to access advice. This may include Pervasive Media Studio Residents, creatives associated with Rife Magazine, BFI NETWORK and Film Hub South West or individuals in Watershed’s wider network. Addressing underrepresentation in the creative and cultural sectors, we are particularly keen for this role to support projects led by South West-based people of African or Caribbean Heritage and those of East Asian, South Asian or South East Asian Heritage. 

The creatives you support might be working on something new, or they may be working on old or current projects that stalled, or haven’t yet reached their full potential.

Part of your role, with support from Watershed, will be to help to identifywho could benefit from Producing and Audience Development advice and determining how to distribute your time effectively. The work each Associate delivers will be separate but complementary, demonstrating different approaches and maximising each associate’s skills and networks. 

We are particularly seeking applications from people that are underrepresented in the creative and culture sector (for example you are from a community that experiences racism, or you are a disabled person (as defined by the Equalities Act in 2010), or you did not go to University or you were eligible for free school meals as a child). 

Applications are welcome from Producers and Audience Development Associates not based in Bristol, though please note that the fee is inclusive of all expenses.  

These roles will work closest with the Talent Development and Pervasive Media Studio team within Watershed.

How to apply  

The deadline to apply for these roles is 17:00 on Mon 21 Feb 2022. 

For full information about the Associate Producer role and how to apply, please download the Associate Producer Brief

For full information about the Audience Development Associate roles and how to apply, please download the Audience Development Associates Brief

The Future is Collective 

This opportunity is part of The Future is Collective, a new Watershed talent development programme made possible thanks to public funding from the National Lottery through Arts Council England. The programme will propel community and climate activism by offering support and development to freelance creatives. It will support editors and young creatives through Rife, plus creative practitioners through the Pervasive Media Studio and BFI NETWORK and Film Hub South West.  

The programme aims to re-energise our devastated cultural ecology by offering professional development to creatives, whilst re-configuring networks and engaging audiences with new works. We believe supporting and nurturing freelancers at this critical time, is crucial to the future of the creative sector. 

Closing Date: 17:00, Mon 21 Feb

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Danielle Rose

Danielle is part of Watershed's team working on MyWorld. She supports R&D through providing opportunities to test prototypes and get feedback on work-in-progress, whilst developing new networks and audiences.