Breakthrough Traineeship – Creative Learning & Production Assistant, Ashford
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
This dynamic role offers the opportunity to work across both the Creative Learning and Production teams at different points throughout the placement, providing a well-rounded experience of the organisation’s artistic and educational work.
This role will include:
- Assisting in the delivery of outreach projects, including those using immersive technologies such as ALiCE in VR Wonderland and 360° camera tools.
- Assisting the Professional Company and JV2 Professional Development Programme’s Productions — from administrative tasks like researching accommodation and travel for touring, to hands-on support with props, set, and rehearsal logistics.
- Front-of-house operations for performances and events at JV H.O.M.E, offering a professional and welcoming experience for audiences.
- Assisting in the delivery of community classes and workshops both at JV H.O.M.E. and in external settings (dance experience essential).
Administration for the Creative Learning team, such as gathering and organising quantitative and qualitative data relating to project delivery, audience engagement, and participant outcomes.
About the employer
Founded in 1998, and a leading force in British dance theatre for over twenty years, the Jasmin Vardimon Company has built a reputation for challenging and visually arresting dance productions infused with social and political commentary. With the opening of JV H.O.M.E, a new building located in Ashford, Kent and dedicated to the company’s research, creation and multi-disciplinary creative learning programme, Artistic Director Jasmin Vardimon continues to add to an extensive body of critically acclaimed, artistically respected work both for her own Company and for some of the world’s leading arts institutions that she has collaborated with across the world.
Having developed a uniquely individual choreographic voice, distinguished by beautifully detailed movement, insightful humour, and engaging drama, Vardimon is renowned for her physical and theatrical style. Incorporating innovative technologies, text and dance, her work is accentuated with an acute observation of human behaviour. As such, it is widely accessible, socially relevant, and always delivered by her company dancers with passion, skill, and commitment.
Jasmin Vardimon has been an Associate Artist of Sadler’s Wells since 2006, and her company tours nationally and internationally, performing at high profile theatres throughout the World.
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.