Each January Sydney Festival shakes up our city with a summer festival of art, music, dance, theatre and immersive experiences. We are proud of our long history of commissioning ground-breaking new Australian art, and we're equally proud to be a great place to work, with many of the seasonal team members returning year after year.
The team, which swells to over 100 during festival season, is tight, and the environment supportive. The harbour views from our office are to die for and our coffee machine best in show.
Sydney Festival is committed to equity and inclusion. We welcome and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, people with disability and people from the LGBTQI+ community. Sydney Festival strives to make reasonable adjustments to provide a supportive and barrier-free workplace. If you require any adjustments before or during the selection process, please mention this with your application.
Social Media Specialist
We’re looking for a digitally savvy, arts-loving Social Media Specialist to join our Marketing and Communications Team to take us to Sydney Festival 2025.
You’re a skilled storyteller who can capture our Festival’s artistic magic and make it shine on social media. You're comfortable dealing with anyone from fire-breather to Festival Director to Front of House. You know your way around all the major platforms and can navigate the ever-changing landscape of algorithms, influencers and content trends.
Confident in copywriting and basic video editing, you bring ideas to life – from ideation to creation of compelling captions and visuals, through to scheduling, measurement and reporting.
Skills we're looking for:
• Strong storytelling ability through: copywriting, basic video editing and understanding of visual design principles
• Experience managing corporate Social Media accounts (Facebook, Instagram, X, TikTok, LinkedIn and YouTube)
• Demonstrated track record for cost-effectively growing brand communities and and delivering a calendar of engaging social content
• Knowledge of digital marketing trends and content marketing
• Passion for arts and culture
• Experience in arts, music, culture or entertainment industries highly regarded.
To apply, please send a CV and cover letter to marketing.jobs@sydneyfestival.org.au
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Logistics Manager
Sydney Festival is seeking a Logistics Manager to ensure the successful organisation and management of all crewing, transport and store logistics for the Festival, and to manage the smooth running of the Logistics Team.
The Logistics Manager repost to Head of Production and manages the Logistics Coordinators, Store Supervisor and Transport Team.
Required experience and attributes:
• Excellent problem solving, communication and people management skills.
• Experience in casual staff recruitment, onboarding, managing payroll and rostering.
• Knowledge of Australian Fair Work policies – especially the Live Performance Award. • Experience in scheduling and managing the transport of both equipment and personnel.
• Strong office administration skills including database management, resource and manual development and willingness to learn new computer systems.
• Understanding of festival, event and theatrical environments.
• Ability to work efficiently and calmly under pressure in a busy environment.
• Appropriate current Australian driver’s license.
To apply please email a CV and cover letter to thomas.hamilton@sydneyfestival.org.au with the subject heading "Logistics Manager application".
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Store Supervisor
Sydney Festival is seeking a Store Supervisor to ensure the successful organisation and management of the Sydney Festival Storage Facility, and to manage the smooth running of logistics movements during the Festival.
The Store Supervisor reports to the Logistics Manager and manages the casual Store Crew and a Store Assistant, if required.
Required experience and attributes:
• Excellent problem solving, communication and people management skills
• Ability to manage a team of people to ensure the successful fulfillment of key responsibilities.
• Computer literacy – database management, MS Office (Excel & Word) and a willingness to learn new computer systems as required.
• Understanding of festival, event and theatrical environments.
• Ability to work efficiently and calmly under pressure in a busy environment.
• Willingness to work in a festival cycle that involves work outside standard business hours.
• Forklift license highly desirable.
• Appropriate current Australian driver’s license.
To apply please email a CV and cover letter to thomas.hamilton@sydneyfestival.org.au with the subject heading "Store Supervisor application".
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