- Box office / information desk
- Roles include, but are not limited to:
- selling concert tickets & merchandise
- selling raffle tickets
- providing information about the festival and the programme to the public
- providing information about the area surrounding the venue you are in (where is a cash point, toilet etc)
- providing information about and selling mjf friend memberships to the public
- keeping accurate sales records
- counting stock and keeping records
- cashing up at the end of a shift / day
- calculating and paying artist commission on CD & merhcandise sales
- Front of House
- Roles include, but are not limited to:
- stewarding
- handing out brochures
- audience liaison (including gathering feedback)
- providing information about the festival and the programme to the public
- providing information about the area surrounding the venue you are in
- selling raffle tickets
- filling out audience monitoring forms
- Audience research & monitoring
- Roles include, but are not limited to:
- filling out audience monitoring forms
- carrying out audience research (e.g. via questionnaires)
- Backstage
- Roles include, but are not limited to:
- assisting stage manager
- artist liaison: greeting and informing arriving artists, helping them unload, taking them to the car park, showing them around
- filling out PRS for Music forms
- filling out artist monitoring forms
- running errands
- keeping volunteer & artist cabins tidy
- keeping backstage area tidy
- Runner
- Roles include, but are not limited to:
- running errands of all sorts
- Flyering
- Roles include, but are not limited to:
- handing out flyers in city centre locations such as near the stations, Piccadilly Gardens, St Ann’s Square, Exchange Square
- providing information about the festival and the programme to passers by
- Selling raffle tickets
- Roles include, but are not limited to:
- selling raffle tickets to audiences and passers by
- providing information about prizes, the draw etc
- ensuring stubbs are filled out
- ensuring money and stubbs are returned to raffle co-ordinator
- Driving
- This could be in own vehicle or mjf vehicles.
- Roles include, but are not limited to:
- driving artists to and from airport / accommodation / venue
- driving staff or other guests
- picking up / delivering things such as instruments or equipment
- Admin
- Roles include, but are not limited to:
- data entering
- filing / keeping records
- helping with day-to-day administrative tasks in the mjf office (on-site and/or our main office)
- Pre-production
- Roles include, but are not limited to:
- helping out on-site with practical preparations such as painting, putting down flooring, hanging up venue dressing / branding etc.
- helping out in the office prior to the festival with adminstrative tasks
- helping with moving furniture, materials and equipment from office down to the site
- helping with setting up on-site office, volunteer and artist cabins
- Post-production
- Roles include, but are not limited to:
- packing up the on-site office and moving materials back to our main office
- taking down the site structures
- data-entering & filing
- Being a team leader
- All team leader roles entail being responsible for the fulfillment of all tasks relating to a certain area of work, training and briefing volunteers working in your team.
- We are seeking team leaders in these areas:
- managing the box office / information stall at the Festival Pavilion
- managing the information / merchandise stalls and Front of House teams at other venues
- managing the Front of House team at the Festival Pavilion
