Breakthrough Traineeship – Assistant Producer, Hastings & St Leonards-on-Sea
About Breakthrough
Breakthrough is a 6‑month employability programme designed as a stepping stone to get you workplace experience and all-important employment skills. This short placement gives you insight into a future career in the Creative Industry, supporting your confidence and professionalism in the workplace, and helping you to break through into a career that matters to you!
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The role
The Assistant Producer will help organise and support the delivery of the creative education programmes delivered at our two venues – The Barn Theatre and Museum and the Benbow Arts Space.
This role will include assisting with:
- Preparing venues and resources for school visits, workshops and events
- Welcoming visitors to events and workshops and assisting the creative team in the delivery of activity
- Providing administration support for the programme, including managing bookings and liaising with schools, parents, carers and participants
- Supporting recruitment of young people for programmes
About the employer
The Bright Foundation is an arts education charity based in Hastings and St Leonards-on-Sea, founded by Academy Award winning costume designer, John Bright. We offer a programme of life enhancing creative learning to children and young people, particularly to those experiencing disadvantage in their lives. We have two venues:
- Barn Theatre and Museum – a 50 seat children theatre and museum of antique toys and puppets all set within 24 acres of countryside
- Benbow Arts Space – a youth arts space dedicated to the art of film-making featuring an Early Cinema exhibition
Our programme includes:
School and group visits exploring our collections and spaces through themed days such as puppet making, outdoor learning, evolution of moving image, introduction to creative careers, public events and family performances, creative skills development courses, and introduction to creative careers in film and employability support.
We are a small staff team of 7 people and work with a wide range of freelancers and volunteers.
Deadline for applications
The deadline is 11:45pm, on 17 August
You will need to download the job description below and read it carefully, and review the eligibility criteria below to ensure you are able to apply.
You then need to fill out the form below to submit your application.
All of the job descriptions include an “Employers advice” section and we strongly recommend that you tailor your answers to ensure they cover that advice given for the specific role you are applying for.
You can apply for more than one role if you wish to, but you will need to submit separate applications using the same process.
We strongly suggest that you research travel options for the role before applying to ensure travel is feasible.
To be eligible to apply for a Breakthrough traineeship, applicants must:
- Be aged 18-25 on the 29th September 2025
- Have the right to work in the UK
- Available to start work on the 29th September 2025 and available for the duration of the placement (until 28th March 2026)
- Have no or little (less than one month) previous experience of working in an arts, creative or voluntary sector organisation
In addition to the above, applicants should also meet one or more of the following criteria:
- Currently not in employment, education or training (NEET)
- Be disabled and/or Neurodivergent
- Have current or prior mental health issues
- Have experienced racism, homophobic or transgender discrimination
- Be a recent school or college leaver (A level or equivalent)
- Are struggling to find work due to lack of employment or training experience
Download the full job description
This contains more information about the role, including advice from the employer.
Breakthrough 2025 Application Form
Please ensure you have read the job description and all other information above before applying.
Contact us
If you are unsure if you are eligible, have any other questions, or need information in a different format, please email our Careers team:
FAQs
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If you have applied for a Breakthrough placement in a previous year and been unsuccessful, then yes you are very welcome to apply again if you meet this years eligibility criteria!
If you have already successfully undertaken a Breakthrough placement before, you won't be eligible to apply again.