• 3-month placement within Sponsorship for Sound City
• 1 x day a week – w/c 22nd March – 20th May
• Full time for 2 weeks before & During the SC weekend

The Sponsorship Fulfillment Team is a dynamic group of detail-oriented individuals who execute our festival & conference sponsorship programs. The team works closely with many other departments, as well as with sponsors themselves, to ensure all deliverables are met and managed to deadlines. We-re looking for someone who enjoys working directly with customers, but also likes the behind-the-scenes work that makes an event come to life, as this role lives in the middle of these two worlds! Are you enthusiastic, a great communicator, love to collaborate, adaptable to many different situations and people, ready to juggle multiple projects, detail-oriented, and excited to work in a fast-paced environment? If so, get ready for the ride!

Before SC weekend

• Aiding Sponsorship team in partnership fulfillment
• Liaising with partners via email / phone – responding to queries etc.
• Collating information into excel worksheets
• Learning logistics of events

During SC weekend

• Hosting sponsors over the festival weekend – making sure their events / showcases / Q&A’s run smoothly
• Aiding in set up & take down of conference & festival sponsors
• Delegating volunteers to aid sponsors over the SC weekend
• Meeting and Greeting different partners, external companies, performers, etc.
• Assist the sponsor showcases – Making sure all the sponsor branding is in place

Role requirements & personal abilities:

• Basic experience with Word documents/Google sheets & Drive
• Ability to work under pressure & fast pace environment
• Good organisational skills
• Self motivated & strong initiative to work independently & within a team
• Problem solving skills
• Reliable

• 3 month placement within Sponsorship for Sound City
• 1 x day a week – w/c 22nd March – 20th May
• Full time for 2 weeks before & During the SC weekend

The conference team is a highly organised team who plan and deliver Sound City+, the UK’s leading independent conference for new music in the North of England. The team works alongside the sponsorship fulfillment team and partners of the festival to curate a full day of conference activities across multiple venues, including panels, 1-2-1 networking sessions and drinks receptions. In this fast paced and exciting role you will assist the conference team in executing the logistics of the conference, which will include speaking directly with leading industry figures and overseeing running of venues. If you are highly organised, work well in a team, able to problem solve and communicate effectively then this could be the role for you!

Before SC weekend

• Liaising with speakers / AIM / Venues via email / phone – responding to queries etc.
• Collating information into excel worksheets
• Learning logistics of events

During SC weekend

• Aiding Conference Director & Project Manager in ensuring smooth running of event
• Delegating responsibilities to volunteers
• Aiding in set up & take down of conference & festival sponsors
• Meeting and Greeting different partners, external companies, performers etc
• Assist the sponsor showcases – Making sure all the sponsor branding is in place

Role requirements & personal abilities

• Basic experience with Word documents/Google sheets & Drive
• Ability to work under pressure & fast pace environment
• Good organisational skills
• Self motivated & strong initiative to work independently & within a team
• Problem-solving skills
• Reliable

• 3 month placement within Marketing for Sound City
• 1 x day a week – w/c 22nd March – Meet SC Team
• 1 x placement available

Here at Sound City we have a new and exciting industry placement exclusive to SAE, with our film production industry placements, you will work closely in a team from a task brief to create new and exciting content for our social media platforms from our huge film bank of previous Sound City festivals in the run up / during and after of Sound City 2024. All content created will be able to be used for your future showreels and CV’s. You will meet film experts along the way who will be able to give you tips and tricks in furthering your career within film production. This placement is really focusing on the editing and production side of film, so if being able to mold and edit footage into a finished product is what interests you, we’d love to hear from you!

Role Responsibilities

• Editing raw footage from Sound City’s film bank of previous festivals
• Producing footage to be shared on various Sound City social media platforms in various formats – Tiktok / IG / FB
• Working closely with the marketing team on setting deadlines & goals for finished content

Role requirements & personal abilities

• Basic knowledge of editing software
• Basic knowledge of how social media platforms work
• Good eye for design & shots
• Ability to work under pressure & fast pace environment
• Good organisational skills
• Self motivated & strong initiative to work independently & within a team
• Reliable

• 2nd – 5th May – Sound City Weekend
• Prep: 1 day & 2 weeks before to meet SC team to go through schedule
• 10 x placements available

Here at Sound City we are looking for individuals who have an eye for capturing content in a live fast paced environment. This role will be a high demanding job over the 3 days of the festival, with tight deadlines on task based briefs, filming various acts and stages to the best of your ability and producing high quality content – giving you a first hand insight into how film and media content is produced for live events.

Role Responsibilities

• Filming content across Sound City Festival – live acts / interviews / street
• Producing and editing footage to be shared on various Sound City social media platforms in various formats – Tiktok / IG / FB
• Working closely with the marketing team on setting deadlines & goals for finished content
• Content created will be able to be used for your showreel & CV

Role requirements & personal abilities

• Basic knowledge of editing software
• Basic Knowledge of filming shots & history
• Basic Knowledge of filming equipment
• Basic knowledge of social media platform image film requirements
• Good eye for design & shots
• Ability to work under pressure & fast pace environment
• Good organisational skills
• Self motivated & strong initiative to work independently & within a team
• Reliable

• 2nd – 5th May – Sound City Weekend
• 1 day before to meet Sound Engineers TBC 2 weeks before festival
• 8 x placements available

Sound City are looking for individuals who are passionate about live sound and audio production. Over the Sound City weekend, you will be under the guise of the venue sound engineers & stage managers in ensuring the best experience & sound for bands. You will be dealing with a variety of genres, so will really be able to increase and put your skills and knowledge to work. This role will be a high demanding job over the 3 days of the festival, communication, reliability, a strong work ethic and knowledge of live sound is needed.

Role Responsibilities

• Aiding Sound Engineers & Stage managers in ensuring tight running of the stages
• Shadow engineers behind the desk
• Ensuring correct placement of mics / band equipment on stage / mark -up with gaffa tape / wires are organized / patching mics
• Ensuring safety & organization of music equipment offstage
• Liaising with stage manager / Artist liaison & other stage hands

Role requirements & personal abilities

• Good knowledge of Audio Production
• Good Knowledge of Music equipment
• Keen interest in live sound
• Ability to work under pressure & fast pace environment
• Good organizational skills
• Self Motivated & strong initiative to work independently & within a team
• Reliable