New Producer Training Get it Done

New Producer Training, calling all Bradford up-and-coming arts producers we want to help you develop your skills with a bursary to support you.

We know how important great producers are – they work with artists to come up with brilliant new ideas, help make them happen and make sure as many people as possible get to experience them.

So we’re here to support more people who want to be producers to start their career and people already doing some producing to keep developing and do more.

UPDATE: We had a fantastic response to this programme and received loads of brilliant applications from amazing artists and producers from a whole host of backgrounds.  

Meet the new producers

We’re also delighted to be able to announce that thanks to a partnership with Leeds 2023 we are able to offer a small number of places on this training to people based in Leeds.

This training is still being run by Bradford Producing Hub and up-and-coming producers from Leeds and Bradford will have access to all the same training and opportunities.   Take a look at Leeds 2023 website for more information and details of how to apply.  The deadline to get involved is Wednesday 1 July at 5pm.

 Get it Done, Bradford New Producer Training is a FREE 15 month programme that will include:

• Monthly workshops run by producers and experts already working successfully in the arts
• Trips to events and projects with all your costs covered
• Opportunities to meet exciting local artists who you might want to work with
• Individual mentoring and support to help you progress in your career
• Cash bursary towards your time for taking part – £50 per session to help
you put the time aside to be able to prioritise your own development

Is this for me?

New Producer Training is primarily for people who want to have a career that includes producing live performance. You might be:

• Already working as an independent producer/ assistant producer with some experience but not loads (some people call this ‘emerging’ – but we don’t like labels!)
• An artist or creative who looks after all the practical and logistics bits of your own work too, and would like to further develop your skills in this area
• Working in a different area or role in the arts but think you might like to be a producer in future

• Someone who is just starting their career, or hasn’t worked in the arts before, but thinks that producing might be for you.

I’m interested in this, but I’m not really sure what a Producer does!

That’s fine! on Thursday 28 May 6 to 7.30pm we will be running an initial online session all about what being a producer involves and answering any questions you might have.

Drop us a line to hello@bdproducinghub.co.uk and we’ll send you all the information to join in.
If you can’t make this session but would still like to have a chat, get in touch on the same email and we’ll be happy to arrange this. 

What will the training cover?

New Producer Training will cover lots of important areas that producers work in and things they do – the planned sessions are:
• Introduction to producing new work
• Building relationships with artists
• Diversity in Creative Teams
• Finding partners and booking a tour
• Project management and looking after budgets
• Writing funding applications to Arts Council England
• Audience development and marketing
• Making work outdoors and in non-traditional spaces
• Introduction to crowdfunding and other fundraising
• Making your work accessible
• Successful evaluation and creating a longterm development plan

What sort of commitment is it?

We’ve tried to design this flexibly to account for other commitments, jobs and things that people have going on so the time commitment will be around a day per month for 15 months.

Places are limited, and people who take part in all of the programme are likely to get the most out of it, therefore, we are asking that you commit to the whole programme. However, if you have any concerns, access requirements, commitments or responsibilities that could mean attending all the sessions may not be possible, please speak to us so we can look at ways to support you.

We do understand that some people might only want to do one or two of the sessions which they feel are particularly relevant to their development. Where possible, we will hold a small number of places for this for each session.

The support and mentoring alongside the workshops (see below) will only be available to people who have signed up to the entire training.

Is this for me and what kind of experience do I need?

We don’t want to put too many restrictions on it, so you don’t need any experience as a producer, but if you do this is fine too.  The most important thing is that you are someone who has, or would like to have producing as part of your professional work now or in the future and feel that this training would be useful to you. 

Will you support access needs?

Yes, we want to make sure you can fully get involved with this training and will aim to provide whatever support you need.  This could be things like interpretation support, information in other formats, meeting travel costs, supporting with caring commitments or whatever else you require.  All events and training will be held in accessible venues. Talk to us about what you need we’ll do our best to make it happen. 

I have other questions

We’re always happy to answer questions and provide more information, drop us a line to hello@bdproducinghub.co.uk and one of our team will get in touch. 

Covid-19

Our primary concern is for everyone’s safety and wellbeing therefore the first few sessions will be run remotely online via Zoom (an online meeting platform bit like facetime or Skype) – we will keep assessing the situation and when it is safe to do so, the sessions and training will then be in person in Bradford.

To apply, please tell us:

1 Your name and your link to Bradford (live here, work here etc) 

2 A little bit about you, your background and why you are interested in this training (no more than 250 words – but less is fine)

3 The kind of work you would be interested in making (No more than 150 words – but less is fine)

4 The kind of shows or events you would love to see happening in Bradford (No more than 150 words – but less is fine)

You can send your application in any format you wish. You can send your application in any format you wish. You can record your answers as a video or audio file (selfie-style on a mobile phone is fine) and send it to us – please keep this to no more than 4 minutes long.

Please email your application as an attachment or link to: hello@bdproducinghub.co.uk

Deadline for applications:
Monday 8 June 2020, 5pm

If you have any access needs that mean you need help making your application, please get in touch with us so that we can support this. 

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA:

There are limited places for the New Producer Training and we expect lots of people will apply.  Therefore, when making decisions we will aim to make sure we have people from a range of backgrounds, characteristics and live performance artforms.  We will assess applications based on demonstration of interest in having producing as part of your career, not your current level of experience.

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