Job Summary
The Blanket Fort Club is looking for a designer-fabricator to help realise a large sensory installation for audiences of all ages, including those with complex needs and PMLD. It opens in September 2027 for a three-month exhibition in Derbyshire with a live performance strand.
Job Description
The installation has grown through several rounds of R&D and co-creation. Now it needs a maker to help fully realise it, with real artistic richness and a future life beyond LEVEL. We're looking for a natural collaborator who enjoys responsive fabrication, where the build grows out of testing, play and what participants show us. With the creative team, you'll bring inventive solutions: how spaces connect playfully with participants, how to build a world inside a room of 4 walls, what materials can do, how tech hides inside a structure, and how our dramaturgy comes to life. You'll build the bones of lived-in, story-rich spaces, with the creative team and some of our participants. This role is open to makers from anywhere in England.
Job Requirements
Experience building sets, installations or immersive environments, with an eye for detail and finish (dressing experience is a bonus)
Clear technical drawings
Interest in access-led work and building for every kind of body
Thought for sustainability and reuse
Public liability insurance
Job Responsibilities
Phase 1: 3 days in Derbyshire between 11 and 22 January 2027, mocking it up at full scale and planning where the tech lives, plus half a day remotely finishing the outcome drawings. £1,000 all in: £700 fee plus £300 for travel, accommodation and subsidy.
Phase 2: fabrication drawings, then the build, June to mid-August 2027. Paid at no less than the ITC/Equity weekly making rate, plus materials.
Job Overview
- Job Title: Fabricator: Design Realisation and Fabrication
- Hours: Full time
- Artform: Combined arts
- Role: Creative
- Contract: Contract
- Location: East Midlands
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The Blanket Fort Club employer: Arts Council England
Arts Council England is an exceptional employer, offering a supportive and inclusive work culture that values flexibility and employee well-being. With a focus on professional growth, employees benefit from generous annual leave, a final salary pension scheme, and opportunities to lead innovative digital projects in a collaborative environment. Located in Manchester, the role allows for hybrid working, ensuring a balanced approach to work and life while contributing to meaningful organisational change.
