Arts management trainee

Salary: This is a fully paid training scheme, with a starting salary of £27,000

Location: London

Start your career in arts management with a two-year paid training scheme at Philharmonia Orchestra, rotating across concerts, marketing, learning and development teams.

This two-year, full-time Arts Management Training Scheme offers successful applicants the opportunity to gain an in-depth insight into the operations and functions of a renowned symphony orchestra. Delivered across four key front-facing departments: Concerts, Marketing & Communications, Learning & Engagement and Development. Trainees complete four six month rotations, each designed to build core skills, confidence, and knowledge of arts management in the four areas of orchestral operations. This is a hands on, structured training programme, ideal for early-career professionals, recent graduates seeking a career in the arts and cultural sector, or those with experience who wish to refocus and shift career.

Programme Features

• Hands on delivery of core aspects of orchestra activities
• Work as a core member of collaborative teams, with on the job learning
• One to one mentorship from senior staff in each department
• Professional development workshops covering fundraising, budgeting, communications, and more
• Networking opportunities within the arts sector

Click this link to view the full application pack.

To apply

No CV required. The Philharmonia is committed to creating a truly entry level opportunity to arts management, so the recruitment process will be focused on applicant responses to four questions. The answers will be judged blind by representatives across the organisation.

Please answer both of the following questions in no more than 500 words/one side of A4:

1. Why do you want to work for the Philharmonia and what skills do you think you could bring that make you stand out?
2. It is our mission to create the orchestral experience of the future. What does this look like to you?

Please answer two of the following questions in no more than 500 words/one side of A4:

1. If you had £10,000 and 6 months to create a project that improved access to Philharmonia concerts, what would you do and why?
2. If you had ownership of the Philharmonia's social channels, what three core content strands would you develop to grow and diversify audiences, and how would each contribute to measurable outcomes?
3. You have been given the target to double the number of Philharmonia Friends over 12 months, how would you look to achieve that?

We welcome and encourage applications from candidates who are under represented in the creative industries.

Please make sure that you state in your application that you found this role via Creative Access.