Resident Creative in Milton Keynes

Reports To: VP, Creative

Working Hours: Normal office hours are 09:30 to 17:30, Monday – Thursday, 09:30 to 17:00 Friday

Place of Work: UK HQ, Mill Court, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire MK12 5EU

Other: Mobile - Full Time

About RWS Global

As the world’s largest producer of groundbreaking live entertainment, RWS Global creates meaningful connections and customized experiences spanning from theatrical productions to events, multimedia and more. In 2024, the entertainment leaders expanded capabilities into live sporting events with the introduction of RWS Global Sports. Headquartered in New York, London, Cincinnati, Riyadh, Shanghai, Sydney, with dedicated RWS Studios in NYC and the UK to serve its vast talent pipeline and client base, RWS Global serves major brands and corporations, theatres, cruise lines, sports properties, live venues, parks, resorts, and more.

Job Summary

Reporting to VP, Creative, the Resident Creative is responsible for supporting the creation and installation for RWS experiences. These will include full scale production shows, immersive activations, scare mazes, escape rooms, kids character IPs, light entertainment gameshows and family activities. The Resident Creative is responsible for upholding RWS brand standards and ensuring the creative vision is executed to client specifications.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Active creative development and/or creative direction for experiences in the leisure and attractions space.
• This role emphasizes concept ideation, writing, directing, immersive experiences, world-building, and spatial narrative thinking.
• Establish a creative vision and manage its implementation, including direction & choreography, scenic design, costume design, media design, lighting design and music production.
• Boldly ideate and write original concepts and/or shows across multiple genres.
• Effectively collaborate with all creatives and departments to manage the project within creative and budgetary means.
• Support concept development and creative development processes for experiences, including character development, scripting, initial creative and storyboards.
• Develop experiences incorporating food, beverage and merchandise when applicable.
• Work collaboratively with other members of the production & operations, talent, and extended creative teams.
• Source and vet creative contractors as needed to deliver our experiences.
• Build strong partnerships across the company to work as a cohesive team and identify new growth opportunities.
• Stay abreast of market developments, new products and technologies as well as emerging avenues in the industry.
• Support development of ideas and/or entertainment programs that can become scalable executions (and future revenue streams).
• Seek out new vendor partners to build relationships to keep the company’s offerings relevant.
• Budget oversight on a per-project basis.
• Coordinate and manage scheduling with on-site management.
• Provide administrative support for the directors and other production personnel.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Theatre, Playwriting, Scripting, Creative Direction, or equivalent practical experience.
• 2+ years of experience in event creation, live entertainment, or leisure & attractions.
• Versatile experience in directing and/or writing live entertainment productions, narratives, immersive experiences, and/or interactive installations.
• Experience in creating permanent experiences and also short-term experiences.
• Experience and/or knowledge in food, beverage and merchandise and incorporating into experiences and/or events.
• Passionate about leisure and entertainment attractions.
• Attention to detail: please type the word “Blue Iguana” at the top of your resume prior to applying.
• Proven ability to effectively manage multiple priorities, projects, ad hoc assignments, and deadlines.
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook) or willingness to learn.
• Motivated and effective self-starter with a record of project success.
• Independent worker with capacity for multi-tasking.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability/experience in light choreography and movement is a plus.
• A flexible schedule allowing for approximately up to 40% travel.

Company Benefits

• Competitive Salary
• Company Pension
• 25 days paid holiday excluding Bank Holidays
• Paid parental leave
• Computer (Mac/Windows)
• Company Phone Allowance
• Flexible working (office/remote)
• Employee Assistance and Wellbeing Programme
• Childcare Support Policy
• Employer Sponsored Vision Programme

Diversity and Inclusion Statement

Diverse Is Who We Are. Way more than a box to check, diversity is core to RWS Global culture. We value it, promote it, protect it and hire it. All differences are welcome here. We know for a fact that each employee’s individual background, life experiences, knowledge, self-expression and capabilities are a contribution to our culture, as well as our reputation and achievements. So bring all of who you are, no questions asked.