Festival Director
£46,000
Closing Date 8 June 2025
Fixed Term, Full Time
About the Organisation
Imaginate is recruiting for a new Festival Director for the Edinburgh International Children's Festival. The Festival Director is a vital role in ensuring the ongoing success of the Edinburgh International Children’s Festival and supporting the work of the Scottish arts sector for young audiences. The future of the Festival is within their vision.
About the Role
The primary purpose of the Festival Director is to programme and support the delivery of the internationally acclaimed annual Edinburgh International Children’s Festival, ensuring a high-quality programme of performing arts is available for children and young people throughout Scotland.
It will be the responsibility of the Festival Director to identify exceptional theatre, dance and circus performances for young audiences to be presented each year at the Festival. The programme should be representative of the world around us, reflecting, resonating and expanding the world view of children
in Scotland.
The Festival Director will be passionate about the importance of work for young audiences and bring their own vision for the Children’s Festival, with an understanding of how to deliver this vision. They will understand the depth of work for young audiences nationally and internationally and recognise that “children are first and foremost fully fledged people – with a corresponding emotional and mental world”. Imaginate has a strong and vital international profile and the Festival Director will be comfortable representing Imaginate and the Children’s Festival internationally, nationally and locally from the council to the classroom. Imaginate is as strong as the people who work for us, and the Festival Director will be an excellent addition to the team collaborating and contributing to our core purpose, to enrich the lives of children in Scotland through theatre and dance performances.
How to Apply
- Download: the full recruitment pack HERE
- Apply: by sending a covering letter and CV to vacancies@imaginate.org.uk following the notes included in the recruitment pack
- Deadline: 10am Monday 05 May
- Interviews: will be held in week commencing 12 May
We strive to be an organisation that is open and welcoming and where different voices can flourish. We are particularly interested in recruiting a global majority candidate or someone who feels their voice is currently under-represented in the arts. As an organisation we also have a commitment to accessibility and equality. If there are any specific access requirements you need in order to apply for and in order to fulfil the position please let us know.