Exhibit Team Maker

Exhibit Team Maker

Exhibit Team Maker (Maternity Cover)

40hrs a week

1 Year Fixed Term Contract until 17th June 2025

£25,875

We are looking for an experienced and skilled maker to join our design team. You will be working alongside our Senior Designer Makers in making, installing and maintaining thought-provoking exhibits/exhibitions that will provide an engaging, entertaining learning experience that communicate the Eden narrative to the audience.

Having a good range of build techniques and finishing processes, you’ll be able to produce a high quality of work and understand how this has a direct effect on our visitor’s experience.

The main discipline is wood, so excellent carpentry skills are essential but knowledge of other materials is desirable.

The closing date for this position is Friday 17th May 2024

Job title:

Exhibit Team Maker

Job family:

Engagement, Learning and Entertainment

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Job family definition

Roles within the Commercial Services job family are focused on increasing and generating income, through creativity, branding, innovative business development, and funded projects. In order to make Eden sustainable, successful and a leading, value-for-money visitor attraction.

Member of the Interpretation and Design team. Assists Senior Designer Makers in making, installing and maintaining thought-provoking exhibits/exhibitions including components of Living Theatre. Creating these elements will help provide an engaging, entertaining learning experience that communicates the Eden narrative to the audience. Managed by Design Studio Manager.

Key accountabilities

Works to Eden's Interpretation Strategy, programme and budget, responding to specific briefs created by Senior Designer Makers for internal and external clients.

Responds to a brief by helping senior colleagues to produce working drawings and plans, materials schedules, costings and projected timescales. Jointly responsible for ensuring all specifications are compiled in accordance with Eden's environmental, social, health and safety and accessibility guidelines.

Builds and installs, in compliance with Eden's procurement, Health & Safety and risk management requirements using responsibly sourced materials and safe construction methods, ensuring the installation is robust, inclusive and accessible.

Liaises and consults with the design team to understand and explore their specific needs, before undertaking the required research and investigation needed for the preparation and development of specific makes.

Ensures all work is done on time, to the agreed design, to programme and budget.

Maintains, refurbishes, refreshes, replaces and renews existing exhibits, exhibitions and set-dresses as agreed in order to maintain and enhance the visitor experience.

Demands of the role

Education & qualifications

Qualified to HND / BA Level (or equivalent) in a relevant field. A clean, full driving license essential.

Knowledge & skills

The job holder will have at least 3 years relevant job experience within a set and/or design build environment. Trained and experienced in the use of power tools with a good working knowledge of materials and conversant with sustainable design build techniques and finishing processes. Main material is timber so excellent wood working skills essential with other material experience desirable.

Decision-making

Most decisions are routine and rely upon the jobholder’s existing knowledge and skills. Unusually complex design or installation problems will be referred to wider team or the jobholder's line manager.

Resourcefulness

Collaborates with colleagues and other staff to devise and deliver innovative, sustainable and creative exhibits and exhibitions. The job holder will be required to resolve unusual challenges/situations which demand adaptive and creative thinking, when working on projects from conceptual design to installation. Reacting and adjusting to challenges as these come in, examples might be using different materials if one is not available or too high a cost.

People & asset management

Assists less-experienced staff and trainees and provides training and coaching as required. Is jointly responsible for the team’s tools, materials and asset storage.

Communication & visitor experience

Regularly interacts and liaises with colleagues across site to communicate work happening on site and to negotiate and agree best ways of working.

Understands quality of work has a direct effect on visitor experience so ensures a high finish.

Operational environment

Works almost exclusively between workshop and on site. Occasional evening and weekend working is required in order to meet tight deadlines and seasonal demands.

Additional features

The jobholder is required continuously to develop design and build knowledge and keep abreast of industry trends and techniques. 

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