Artist, Sculptor and Event Co-ordinator
Salary: Circa £15K-17K (pro rata) depending on experience
Location: Cragg Vale, Hebden Bridge
Type: Full time, 6 month contract with the view to be ongoing
Close Date: 10 July 2017
Contact: Claire@sandinyoureye.co.uk
Key responsibilities
We are looking for a creative, talented and enthusiastic individual to join our team in facilitating the making of sculptures and art nationally, and in our studio in West Yorkshire.
At Sand In Your Eye we primarily make sculptures in sand, ice and pumpkins. We make giant sand drawings on beaches across the country and work with clients in the media, local authorities, PR and charities. We have established world records and had our work has featured in TIME magazine. Please visit www.sandinyoureye.co.uk for more information.
This is an exciting opportunity for an individual to join our team of artists and play a key part in the growth of our company as we have just opened a new sculpture studio in Cragg Vale, Hebden Bridge.
Your responsibilities will be multi-faceted and include sales, event management and sculpture:
With support and training, you will work in sales to secure events and develop creative ideas with clients. You will then project manage and lead events. This will require you to lead a team in our studio or on a location which could be anywhere in the UK.
On events you will liaise with clients and engage with the public as spectators or participants in workshops. Your practical responsibilities will be to make giant works of art on beaches, huge sand sculptures, ice sculptures with chainsaws, pumpkin carvings and you may even dabble in photography and light art.
You will also be involved in general administration, studio maintenance.
SKILLS
The successful candidate will be highly creative and talented. You will have proficient skills in drawing and experience in sculpture is an advantage.
You will be a skilled communicator and have the ability to work with customer enquiries, producing estimates, the confidence to work directly with clients, and good organisational and IT skills. You will be able to direct events and workshops with a can do attitude, and the ability to remain calm under pressure. You will be able to lead and inspire a team with enthusiasm.
The role can often physically demanding and labour intensive. You will be flexible and be willing to work nationally to secure our seasonal event schedule as well as have a full UK driving licence and be comfortable driving a van.
As well as these primary talents you may have experience in film, photography, animation, design, social media, website design, marketing, practical trade skills or something else that you may think would add to our dynamic company.
To apply please contact Claire Jamieson with a CV and examples of your practical work.
- Edinburgh Zoo, Scotland
- Darwin, Bradford, West Yorkshire
- BBC One Show Sand Castle, Weston Super Mare
- Ox Tools, Trade Show, Coventry
- Sand Sculpture, Broadway Shopping Centre, Bradford
- Sand Sculpture, Ridings Shopping Centre, Wakefield
- Dennis The Menace, Into Derby Shopping Centre
- Bradford Sand Sculpture Trail, Bradford, West Yorkshire
- East Neuk Festival, Crail, Scotland
- East Neuk Festival, Crail, Scotland
- Family summer event, Rhyl, Wales
- East Neuk Festival, Crail, Scotland
- Ox Tools, Coventry
- Bob The Builder, Mattel, London
- Sand Castle Festival, Morecambe
- Sand House, Doncaster
- Microgaming, London
- Bradford Sand Sculpture Trail, Bradford, West Yorkshire
- Interactive Beach Sand Sculpture, Tall Ships, Blyth
- Loss Is Eternal, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire
- Beach Sand Sculpture, English Heritage, Yorkshire
- BBC One Show, Weston Super Mare
- National railway Museum, York
- Team celebrate finished sand sculpture on their 1 day intensive sand sculpture course
- Tom Bolland will be teaching ice sculpture in our sculpture courses
- Claire can show you how to carve your own wedding ice sculpture
- Ice carver Jamie will be running courses in the art of ice carving
- It’s hard work being a hand model
- Corporate Team Building Events Yorkshire
- Corporate Team Building Events Yorkshire
- Corporate Team Building Events Yorkshire
- Corporate Team Building event space to hire
- Jamie and Claire enjoying the golf buggy ride after a hard days work!
- Tom finishing off the details
- Our huge indoor sand pit for sand sculpture workshops
- Food Carving in Stoke On Trent
- chalk art, street art, anamorphic
- sand drawing bbd one show
- pumpkin carving celebrity faces
- Jamie and Tom sand sculpting at the trade show event
- Children’s sand sculpture workshops Yorkshire
- Working on the sand sculpture for Radio 4 Desert Island Discs. Image credit Ben Grubb
- Claire Jamieson compacting the sand for Radio 4 sand sculpture
- working in the freezer
- Live ice carving
- a day out at BBC Look North
- Reclaimed Renovations logo, pumpkin carving
- Pumpkin carvers based in West Yorkshire UK
- Pumpkin carving photoshoot, Jinn PR stunt London
- Scary monsters Halloween pumpkin carving events
- Trumpkin, uk pumpkin carver creates Donald Trumps face from a pumpkin
- Pumpkin Carving Display at Leeds Trinity Shopping Centre.
- Painting with light
- Night photography light painting
- Tom putting the finishing touches to the giant sand castle!
- everyone ready for the start of the workshops, image courtesy of the Keighley News
- Tom with another beach sand sculpture from Sand In Your Eye
- sand sculptures in progress
- Sand in Your Eye and the National Trust team have some sand sculpture fun
- Claire gives the compaction her thumbs up!
- Huge Bob The Builder and Scoop sand sculpture we created at Beach East urban beach in London
- Jamie Wardley carving the sand
- Florence looking pleased with herself with the Windsor Castle sand sculpture to celebrate the Queen’s 90th Birthday
- Ice sculpture studio, Bradford
- Yad in the Sand In Your Eye Bradford workshop
- Dog looking on at the ice sculpture of a child in Manchester to raise awareness of homelessness
- Please look after me ice sculptures
- Sand In Your Eye team enjoying a bit of festival fun