Breakthrough Traineeship – Communications Assistant, Brighton
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 Communications Assistant will support the Communications Manager in delivering all external communications across Brighton People’s Theatre’s full programme, from grassroots storytelling sessions through to the presentation of The Museum of Life at Brighton Festival 2027*. This is a creative and practical role suited to someone with a passion for storytelling, digital content and community-rooted arts. The post-holder will gain hands-on experience of professional content production, social media management and arts marketing, working across a varied programme and collaborating with photographers, videographers and community participants along the way.
This role will include assisting with:
Community and Programme Communications:
- Assist with BPT’s marketing and communications strategy to support BPT’s wider strategic vision for building a diverse and inclusive community
- Create and share promotional and informative content about our programme through our website and socials as well as posters, event listings, marketing emails, surveys
Website and Social Media:
- Create images, videos, reels, carousels and written copy tailored to TikTok, Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn
- Create website copy and content such as blog posts and graphics
- Monitor and analyse our reach and engagement from the content we post
- Contribute ideas to grow the Company’s online presence and reach new communities
Content Capture and Production:
- Attend sessions, events and rehearsals to capture photo and video content, support the filming of participant stories
- Collaborate with the Company’s photographer and videographer to produce finished marketing assets
Brighton Festival 2027 Marketing:
- Contribute to all marketing activity around the festival presentation of The Museum of Life*, including promotional campaigns, content scheduling and on-the-ground communications support during Brighton Festival 2027.
Joint Team Responsibilities
- To embody the BPT Way of Being
- To abide by staff policies
- Actively contribute to the co-creation of and learning of the organisation, sharing ideas and developing collaborative ways of working
- Represent the Company at public events, receptions, etc, where necessary
The role will be based primarily at our central Brighton office at The Old Courthouse, Church Street, Brighton. There may also be a requirement to work from our other delivery sites including Friends Meeting House on Ship Street, ACCA at Sussex University and Moulsecoomb Place on Lewes Road.
*The Museum of Life Production is subject to funding. There will be other productions to be involved with if funding is not secured.
About the employer
Brighton People’s Theatre (BPT) was founded by Naomi Alexander in 2015 out of a desire to create theatre in a way that feels meaningful to people – by involving them in co-creating it.
Brighton People’s Theatre is open to anyone with a BN postcode who is 18 – 25 and does not earn their living as a professional artist. Everyone is welcome.
We prioritise our resources to ensure that people with the lowest socio-economic status can get involved. We believe this is the fairest way of doing things.
We bring people together through theatre, to be part of something bigger than themselves. And through that shared creative experience, we co-create the conditions where people who have never felt that cultural life was for them begin to feel that they belong to it.
Deadline for applications
The deadline is 11:45pm, on 27 July 2026
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 28 September 2026
- Have the right to work in the UK
- Available to start work on the 28 September 2026 and available for the duration of the placement (until 28th March 2027)
- 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
Please note that this programme is not suitable for those on a degree placement year or an MA programme.
Download the full job description
This contains more information about the role, including advice from the employer.
Breakthrough 2026 Application Form
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.
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Please do. You will need to submit an application for each role you are interested in and should check that the travel to the workplace is realistic for you before applying.