Producer

Producer

Eli Lewis Closing date: Wed, 05 Aug 2026

Role: Admin, Secretarial & PA
Contract: Contract
Remote
  • Part time
  • Under £10K

Tue, 07 Jul 2026 "> published -

Job Summary

Award-winning performance artist Eli Lewis is looking to collaborate with a new Producer. This Producer will collaborate closely with Eli to produce Eli’s creative projects & support Eli’s access. Eli is particularly eager to hear from people with experience of producing dance &/or live art projects

Job Description

--- Nuts and bolts ---
- Time commitment: 1 day per week - scope to move up to 1.5 days per week in line with workload and capacity
- Working Days: Wednesdays &/or Fridays
- Fee: £200 per day
- Location: Remote - some in-person support when touring or delivering engagement
- Terms: Contract Funding for Role: Confirmed until Oct 2028 via Access to Work
- Start Date: Weds 2nd Sep 2026
- Applications close: Weds 5th Aug, 9am

--- Job description ---
You'll collaborate as part of a small team to produce Eli's creative projects. Upcoming projects will include fundraising for an Edinburgh Fringe Festival run, producing a rural tour and applying for commissions for new work. Main role responsibilities include:

- Coordinating and supporting Eli's access
- Application writing (residencies, grants and commissions)
- Fundraising (including ACE and private funding)
- Overseeing communications between partners and team
- Tour booking and scheduling
- Budget and cashflow management
- Partnership building and networking
- Contracting
- Evaluation writing

---- Who Eli is looking for ----
- Eli is looking for someone who…
- Has a care-centred, inclusive producing practice, with a commitment to accessibility
- Has worked with LGBTQIA+ and neurodivergent people before
- Has experience producing multi-faceted dance &/or live art projects and tours - from fundraising stage through to evaluation
- Has experience producing community-facing performances and engagement activities
- Is curious, imaginative, detail-oriented and proactive
- Is experienced at budget and cashflow management
- Has a proven track record of successful arts funding applications (ACE and other grants & commissions)

Job Requirements

--- Eli is eager to hear from people…
- Who have experience fundraising &/or producing projects for Edinburgh Fringe Festival
- Who have experience tour booking and producing rural touring projects
- Who have experience producing international tours and residency projects
- Whose voices are currently underrepresented in the arts, including: - Disabled people, people of colour, LGBTQIA+ people and people have experienced housing &/or financial uncertainty

Job Responsibilities

---More about Eli and their creative practice---

Website: www.elinorlewis.com

Eli Lewis (they/them) is an award-winning neuroqueer performance artist. They make boundary pushing dance that invites people to slow down and find playfulness in uncertainty and absence. Their practice is people-centred & socially responsive, exploring themes of precarity, queerness, ecology, intimacy and care.

Eli's performance work has toured nationally & internationally. Their first work, Orchard was selected for Aerowaves 2019 and toured the UK & Europe. Plue, their most recent performance work and collaboration with Joe Garbett, is fresh of its 10 date tour.

Eli was a Work Place associate artist at the Place (London) from 2020 - 2026. Their work has been supported by Arts Council England, The Place, FABRIC, PDSW, South East Dance, Artsadmin, LADA, Artisti Associati, Vis-a-Vis Festival, BORA BORA, Aerowaves Twenty19, Spring Forward Festival, Carne to Cove, Villages in Action, Take Art.

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Job Overview

  • Job Title: Producer
  • Salary: Under £10K
  • Hours: Part time
  • Role: Admin, Secretarial & PA
  • Contract: Contract
  • Closing date: Wed, 05 Aug 2026
  • Location: Remote

How to Apply

How to apply: 
- Your CV (1 page) OR video / voice recording describing your relevant experience (2 mins)
- A cover letter (no more than one page) OR video / voice recording describing why you’re interested in the job (2 mins)
- Please send all applications to [email protected]

Applications close: Weds 5th Aug, 9am
Interviews: 19th Aug & 21st Aug - online via Zoom