180° Leadership Assessment

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What the craft sector needs from leaders
What the craft sector needs from leaders
Deirdre Figueiredo of the Crafts Leadership Network discusses the most pressing issues in...
Arts organisations: Find your audience
Arts organisations: Find your audience
Andrew Missingham offers a look at a problem facing publicly-funded arts organisations.
Bite-Size Plays: Small steps to the Fringe
Bite-Size Plays: Small steps to the Fringe
Theatre director Nick Brice started up an innovative short play series at the Fringe.
A career in carnival
A career in carnival
Carnival artists and teachers on learning varied skills
Making it on the fringe of the Fringe
Making it on the fringe of the Fringe
Setting up an unofficial fringe programme in Edinburgh.

Podcasts

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Job profiles

  • Job profile: toy maker

    A toymaker often specialises in a particular toy or range of toys, and may work alone or as part of a team.

  • Job profile: stone mason

    Stonemasons are involved in restoring and repairing old buildings as well as working on new projects such as stone cladding on office blocks.

  • Job profile: music conductor

    Music conductors help groups of instrumentalists and singers to interpret and perform pieces of music.

  • Job profile: puppeteer

    Puppeteers animate and manipulate puppets as part of a theatre, television or film production.

  • Job profile: interior designer

    Interior designers plan and organise the design of commercial and domestic interiors for example offices, hotels, shops, public buildings, ships, aircraft and homes.

  • Job profile: graphic crafts maker

    Graphics crafts, are varied but all involve the use of paper. Each uses related but different techniques, processes and associated knowledge and skills.

  • Job profile: visitor service staff

    Visitor Services staff are responsible for looking after visitors' needs and also undertaking security duties.

  • Job profile: marketing staff

    Marketing staff are responsible for the marketing activity for an organisation's products and services.

  • Job profile: animator

    Animators produce images that appear to come to life on screen.

  • Job profile: singer

    Professional singers perform in front of an audience or make recordings for broadcast, CD or download.

Inside story

Industry opinions

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John Kieffer on... a sense of entitlement
John Kieffer on... a sense of entitlement
An arts policy advisor on why graduates need to think like an entrepreneur.
Encouraging diversity in arts & heritage
Encouraging diversity in arts & heritage
Cultural leaders in galleries and museums discuss diversity issues and offer their hopes...
Women leaders in arts & heritage
Women leaders in arts & heritage
Women working in museums and galleries share their thoughts on gender issues.
Peggy Shaw on... women's roles
Peggy Shaw on... women's roles
A queer performance artist explains why she doesn't go to the theatre any more.
Contemporary ideas, traditional paintings
Contemporary ideas, traditional paintings
Modern miniature painters discuss their struggle for acceptance in the art world.

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