New Writing North have circulated details of two career opportunities, Significant Ink Writer-In-Residence and Regional Coordinator:
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November 2016
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Significant Ink: Writer-in-Residence and Regional
Coordinator opportunities
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What
is Significant Ink?
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 Significant Ink is
a new talent development initiative led by New Writing North which aims
to find and develop brand new voices in UK screenwriting. The
initiative will support the Channel
4 and Northumbria University Writing for Television Award,
which New Writing North runs as part of the Northern Writers’ Awards.
Our aim is to run a programme that will bring writers from BAME, LGBT+,
disabled and working class backgrounds to the attention of broadcasters
and productions companies and encourage those writers to apply for
talent development and award schemes run by New Writing North, Channel
4 and others.
We aim to do this by targeting specific geographical areas in the
North and to work in partnership with cultural, community and grass
roots organisations in those areas. We want to work with those
organisations to identify individuals from the backgrounds listed above
who have some interest in writing for TV but who have previously lacked
the confidence to come forward or the knowledge about how to progress
in the industry. In 2017 we will focus this work on Middlesbrough and the Tees
Valley, Preston
and surrounding areas, and
Leeds/Bradford.
We would like
to appoint a Writer-in-Residence to lead Significant Ink and a
freelance Coordinator to help run it. The appointed Writer and Project
Coordinator will lead work in all three areas.
(Pictured: Nuzhat
Ali and Sharma Walfall, who won the Channel 4 and Northumbria
University Writing for Television Award at the Northern Writers' Awards
in 2015) |
The
timeline for the programme is as follows:
November and
December 2016: Partnership development and relationship
building with key organisations and individuals in the three key
locations. (NWN will
work on this to be supported by the Project Coordinator once appointed)
January and
February 2017: The Writer-in-Residence, supported by
the Project Coordinator will lead an open access screenwriting workshop
in each of the three locations as well as targeted workshops with key
groups suggested by our partners (nine
workshops in total)
March and
April 2017: The Writer-in-Residence and the Coordinator
will have the flexibility to run tasters, talks or workshops in
specific communities or with groups according to intelligence gathered
via on-the-ground working
(six sessions in total)
May to
September 2017: Following this period of recruitment
and research, the Writer-in-Residence will run a scriptwriting
programme in each of the three locations with a number of invited
writers selected from the previous few months’ activity.
Participants will develop their scripts supported by the writer over
five taught workshops. There will also be an opportunity to programme
in masterclasses from visiting speakers including from Channel 4 and
partner production companies
(15 sessions in total) |
Writer-in-Residence
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The fee
for the Writer-in-Residence is £6500.
This includes delivering the programme outlined above (30 sessions
in total) in the three geographical areas, attendance at three
planning meetings, regular email feedback to New Writing North and
reading work generated by the writers participating in the programme.
There will be up to £1000 available to cover travel and accommodation
expenses.
Duties and
Responsibilities
• To run engaging workshops for people who have an interest in
screenwriting, and who will be very early on in their screenwriting
experience
• To identify raw talent coming through the recruitment workshops
• To support New Writing North to identify organisations who may
assist in referring people to workshops, or hosting a workshop
• Take a flexible approach to running the kind of development work
needed for the desired outcome (eg. workshops, roadshows, talks etc)
• To devise and run engaging and developmental screenwriting courses
for around 12 writers who are very early on in their writing
• To provide feedback for writers taking part in the programme
• To feedback to New Writing North on the sessions with writers
• To draw on experience and provide advice for budding screenwriters
• To take part in the evaluation of the programme
• To engage in press and promotional activity as the scheme requires
Person
specification
• Experienced screenwriter
• Experienced workshop leader
• Strong organisational skills
• Someone with a commitment to addressing under-representation
amongst BAME, LGBT+, disabled and working class writers in the media
industries
• Must have knowledge of and ideally be based in the north of England
• Willingness to travel across the north |
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| If you are interested in the Writer-in-Residence
post, please apply here by Monday 21 November. |
Significant
Ink Coordinator
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The fee
for the Coordinator will be £3600; that is £120 per day for 30 days
between December 2016 and October 2017. There will be up to £1000 to
cover travel expenses.
Their job will be to research, develop and deliver partnerships in
the three geographical areas to enable us find the most promising
talent. They will also set up the workshops, help promote the
sessions and attend each of the tasters providing help and advice to
the participants and supporting the lead writer to spot talent.
Duties and
Responsibilities
• To research and identify partners in the three target areas with
whom we can work to identify the most promising talent
• To initiate and build on existing partnerships in the area, through
on the ground research and face-to-face meetings
• To promote the opportunities offered by Significant Ink across a
range of diverse communities and groups, using digital and social
media, face to face meetings and word of mouth
• Organise all Significant Ink workshops and masterclasses, including
identifying and booking venues, scheduling writers, leading on the
promotion of sessions (with NWN’s support)
• Attend all taster sessions in each of the geographical areas and the
first and final sessions of the Scriptwriting development programme
• Support the Writer-in-Residence to provide advice and support for
workshop attenders
• Support the Writer-in-Residence to spot the most promising writers
in the sessions
• To take part in the evaluation of the programme
Person
specification
• Strong organisational skills
• Experience of working with a range of communities and interest
groups
• Project management experience
• Knowledge of arts and literature
• Someone with a commitment to addressing under-representation
amongst BAME, LGBT, disabled and working class writers in the media
industries
• Must have knowledge of and be based in the north of England
• Willingness to travel across the north
The
Coordinator can work from home, but must be willing to attend at
least three meetings with NWN, and retain regular email, Skype and
telephone contact with NWN staff. |
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| If you are interested in the Project
Coordinator post, please apply here by Monday 21 November. |
Although
ideally we would like to appoint one Writer and one Coordinator to
cover all three areas, if you are interested in the position but only
want to cover one geographical area, please contact us. If you have any
questions please email anna@newwritingnorth.com.
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