Student Festival Assistant x 10

£12.60 per hour

Closing Date 6 June 2025

Part Time, Fixed Term

About the Organisation

EAF (Edinburgh Art Festival) was founded in 2004 to provide a dedicated platform for the visual arts at the heart of Edinburgh’s summer festivals. This year, we return for EAF25, from 7–24 August 2025. EAF cultivates connections between communities, artists and collaborators to develop contemporary visual art projects.

Every August, we present the UK’s largest visual art festival that is rooted in Edinburgh and Scotland, with global dialogue. Our year-round Civic Engagement Programme allows us to work in different ways; offering sustained engagement. EAF amplifies intersectional voices and perspectives. Our work is rooted within social justice, championing the voices and work of intersectional, emerging, and early career artists to develop art projects that address colonial histories, queerness, feminism and the climate crisis.

We are committed to sharing our programme with the broadest possible audience, and to engaging new audiences for the festival and visual arts more generally. The festival is run by a small core team of 7, expanding to include freelancers and temporary staff in the busy run up to each festival edition.

About the Role

EAF is seeking individuals who are enthusiastic, approachable and passionate about visual art to join our team as Student Festival Assistants during the 2025 Festival. As a Student Festival Assistant, you will shape visitor experiences as their first point of contact during the Festival.

If you’re enthusiastic, approachable and passionate about the visual arts, EAF want to hear from you! Apply to join the team as a Student Festival Assistant and help provide an outstanding visitor experience for festival attendees this August. You will welcome audiences to Festival events and exhibitions, be a friendly face giving information about the programme, assist with ticketing and audience surveys.

How to Apply

Deadline: Friday 06 June
If you would like to have an informal, confidential conversation about the role with a member of the EAF team, please contact [email protected]

This role is supported by Art Fund and Student Art Pass — only students are eligible for this role.

We are working to become a more inclusive and diverse organisation, and we welcome applications from those who are currently under-represented within our organisation, and within the visual arts.