Leeds Playhouse and Tutti Frutti are looking for a Jerwood Resident Designer to join us full time for one year from 8 July 2024 to 4 July 2025.

This is a role which will provide a wide-ranging opportunity to be part of the creative life of a large-scale building-based theatre organisation as well as to spend time with a small-scale touring theatre company. This is a unique opportunity for a locally rooted designer to work in a supportive environment surrounded by a wealth of expertise; to grow, build invaluable relationships across a range of departments, develop skills, create work at a larger scale than they have before, learn from highly experienced designers, and contribute to the development of the next generation of designers and technicians.

You will be a Set & Costume Designer in the early stages of your career. You will be imaginative, passionate about visual storytelling, and a good collaborator.

You will share the ethos of Leeds Playhouse and Tutti Frutti that art should be accessible to and inclusive of everyone and want to join us in working to achieve these aims.

You will be interested in a wide-ranging opportunity – to work in and learn from a large building-based theatre organisation, as well as to spend time within a small touring theatre company.

You will be generous spirited, hard-working, creative and curious. You will be flexible and open to making the most of all of the opportunities that may arise throughout the year.

You will be based in West Yorkshire/the Leeds City Region.

This is a full-time, fixed-term contract of 35 hours per week. Whilst normal working hours will be Monday to Friday 9:30am-5:30pm, this role will require flexibility with some evening and weekend work required. Pay for the role is £21,000 per year, with model making and show seeing expenses also provided.

We actively encourage people from a variety of backgrounds with different experiences, skills, and stories to join us and influence and develop the future of the Playhouse.

We are members of the Disability Confident scheme. Subject to practicalities in the event of many applications, we will interview all candidates who identify as disabled and who demonstrate that they meet all the essential criteria that they are given an opportunity to evidence in their application.

Please read our job pack below for more information on the role and full instructions on how to apply.

The closing date for applications is 10am Monday 13 May 2024.
First round of interviews to be scheduled for week commencing  20 May.
Second round of interview to be scheduled for week commencing 3 June.