OUR PLACEMENTS

Placement summary

Eden Court, a theatre, cinema and arts venue in Inverness, is recruiting for a graduate filmmaker for a 12 month role. The successful graduate will be responsible for developing the commercial and corporate strand of our digital media work and expanding our market by sourcing external corporate work. The start date for this post will be between January and March 2015.

Job description

Project Description

We have been asked by visitors using the venue for conferences and other events to film their event; we would like to develop this commercial strand of our digital media work further and expand our market by sourcing external corporate work.  A Graduate in Filmmaking/ Digital Media technologies would play a key role in this business development, whilst at the same time gaining valuable personal experience.

 Specific tasks of the placement will include:

• Prepare a corporate film to showcase the work of Eden Court as a promotional tool for the organisation.  This will require the post holder to liaise with other departments in the organisation in order to understand their achievements and marketing needs.
• Provide filmmaking services to Eden Court’s existing clients (e.g. those holding conferences and events in the building).  Liaise with clients to establish needs and fulfil their brief.
• Contribute creatively to work commissioned by third parties.
• Investigate commercial opportunities for extending Eden Court’s market for filmmaking services.
• Develop business contacts, discussing opportunities for Eden Court to provide creative services.  Set up and maintain a database of these contacts.
• Assist in preparing budgets and cost estimates for creative services.
• Provide filming services to other departments to assist with the marketing and promotion of Eden Court as an organisation.
• Consolidate existing work carried out by Eden Court staff - review and edit footage.
• Make films of the project work carried out by our Creative Learning team, as a record of delivery and achievement.

This position is part funded by Highlands and Islands Enterprise and the European Regional Development Fund.

Qualifications

Minimum Degree in relevant discipline

Skills / Experience

Essential Skills

We do not expect a candidate to have experience of all the areas listed below, but preference will be given to candidates who can demonstrate experience and / or learning in a number of the areas.

• Pre-production and post-production filmmaking skills
• Creativity
• Camera, lighting and sound recording skills
• Expertise in Apple Mac suites
• Video editing using either Final Cut Pro or Adobe Premier
• Strong communication and inter-personal skills
• The ability to promote Eden Court and generate sales of creative services
• The ambition to continue working with Eden Court at the end of the placement to continue the development of this aspect of our business.

Desirable Skills

• Experience of working with young people
• Clean driving licence

Benefits

Company benefits

Additional training will be provided as appropriate.

Placement benefits

As part of this ScotGrad Graduate Placement Programme, the candidate will benefit from support from a team within Highlands and Islands Enterprise and also access a four day residential course focussed on employability and business skills.

Additional information

Location: Inverness

Preferred start date: 16/02/2015

Company information

Inverness and the Highlands

Inverness was awarded city status in 2000. It enjoys one of the fastest growth rates in Europe but has many of the advantages associated with both small town and big city living. It is small enough to be friendly and to have retained its community feeling but large enough to have the facilities and events you would expect to find in any modern city.

Inverness is the capital of the Highlands of Scotland which contain some of the most beautiful scenery in Europe. The Highlands can be enjoyed peacefully or for the more adventurous they are seen as the “outdoor capital of Europe.”

Eden Court

Eden Court is the theatre and entertainment venue for the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. We present a wide ranging and varied programme of live performances and films, as well as providing the largest programme of creative learning of any UK theatre.

Our programme ranges from full scale opera to rock music, from large scale drama to stand up comedy and from international modern dance to local community companies. We have two state-of-the-art cinemas, showing popular blockbusters, art house film and specialist cinema from around the world.  Eden Court is home to both the Inverness Film Festival and Inverness Book Festival and one of Scotland’s most popular Christmas pantomimes. We deliver our creative learning programme throughout the region.

During the last few years Eden Court has become a great success story. We have achieved consistent and substantial growth in audience numbers and are highly respected by our two major revenue funders – the Highland Council and Creative Scotland.

Eden Court serves the whole of the Highlands of Scotland (an area similar in size to Wales). Over 30% of our audience travel for more than 90 minutes to attend a performance so we pride ourselves on looking after our audience and ensuring that their remarkable loyalty is repaid.  Whether you focus on our unique creative learning programme, the size of the region we serve or the variety of our programme, there really is no other theatre like us in Britain.

The Eden Court building

Eden Court Theatre was designed by Law and Dunbar Naismith and opened in 1976. It combined a new theatre and foyer space with dressing room and office accommodation in an 1878 building that was originally the residence for the Bishop of Inverness. The building was significantly extended and refurbished in 2007 with design by Page \ Park. It is now the largest arts centre in Scotland and has won a number of architecture, design and environmental awards. It is a Grade A listed building.  We have a main house of 850 seats (The Empire), a second smaller theatre with 250 seats (The OneTouch Theatre); two cinemas (La Scala and The Playhouse); two studios and 15 dressing rooms.  Eden Court is also home to a restaurant, bars, visual arts spaces and conference facilities.

Eden Court staff

Our staff include some of the most experienced, professional and skilful working in theatre throughout the UK.

Company sector: Creative Industries

Company website: www.eden-court.co.uk

Placement contact details: Louise Allen
01463 732669