Barbican Centre
Role: Technician (Sound Bias)
Department: Music
Salary: Grade C, £36,900 -£40,850 per annum (inclusive of Inner London Weighting)
Job Type: Full-Time, Permanent
The Barbican is an international arts, conference and learning organisation in the heart of the City of London.
Across its theatres, concert halls, cinemas, galleries, business venues, public and community spaces, the Barbican showcases the most exciting artists and performers from around the world, pushing traditional artistic boundaries and helping us understand our lives in new and unexpected ways. Each year, the Centre presents hundreds of different performances, events and exhibitions that entertain and inspire millions of people, create connections, provoke debate, and reflect the world we live in.
Firmly rooted in its neighbourhood, the Barbican collaborates on projects with local communities and supports young people and emerging talent to develop their artistic practice and access jobs in the creative industry.
Barbican’s boundary-pushing Music programme cuts across all genres, including work by contemporary artists, experimental collaborations and visits from the world’s best orchestras and soloists. Alongside their resident, associate and international ensembles and other partners, they provide some of the finest musical experiences the capital has to offer, from Baroque operas to cutting-edge electronic music. At the heart of a multi-arts centre, they produce concerts which go beyond the standard live music experience, presenting music which hovers at the edges of classification.
The Role
Our Barbican Concert Hall is seeking an experienced and passionate individual to join the Music Department as a Technician with a specialism in sound. This will include experience of basic sound equipment maintenance, the ability to follow stage plans to determine microphone positions and patching, along with experience of Digico mixing consoles and networks in a professional setting, The post holder will be working alongside a team of colleagues in the delivery of high-level technical support to all music & commercial events in the Barbican Concert Hall, Foyers, and Commercial Venues. You will be comfortable working in a team environment, expressing a can-do attitude, even under challenging circumstances.
This position requires a high level of experience and competence in sound, with a general understanding of other technical production disciplines, such as lighting, and AV equipment for a wide range of music, commercial and streamed events. Alternatively, if you have experience in sound and are eager to learn and would like to develop further additional skills in these other areas of technical support then we can provide this training for you.
This is an irregular shift-based role spread over 7 days that includes weekend and evening work.
To view the full Job Description and Person Specification, please see the ‘Job Information Pack’.
Barbican Benefits
We offer a wide range of employee benefits, including flexible working, annual pay progression and an annual pay review, a generous pension scheme, season ticket loan and cycle to work schemes, free access to museums and galleries, discounts on retail, healthcare and on-site cafes and restaurants. You will have access to Employee Assistance Programme, trained Mental Health First aiders and City of London employee networks
