Job Description

Edinburgh Festival Fringe Advertisement Installation Team

Out of Hand is an established Design, Print and Distribution specialist based in Edinburgh and Bristol. Working in partnership with the City of Edinburgh Council we deliver the Outdoor Advertising scheme for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

The project is to supply, install, maintain & remove all the external advertising (posters & similar formats) for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025. In 2024 there were over 7km of posters throughout the entire city with over 500 national and international clients, including some of the largest Entertainment Management Companies and Comedy Promoters within the industry. Our 2025 project is on track to be on a similar scale. We work directly with a variety of stakeholders and utilise over 800 sites throughout the city centre to completely transform the city during the busy festival season.

The Role:

The Advertisement Installation team will make up the majority of the team in Edinburgh and will be involved in structure assembly, poster installation and maintenance, and project clear down. You will work directly under the Senior Build Supervisor, with support from the Administrative team, Operations Manager and Project Manager. If you are a driver, you will assist in the distribution of Heras panels and feet to advertising sites in the initial stages of the project followed by the Correx poster boards. Both drivers and non-drivers will work in teams to construct, poster and maintain the temporary festival structures. You will receive practical training in all aspects during the first week of the project.

You will be expected to download our company specific apps onto your personal phone in order to record shifts and document the project. All members of the Advertisement Installation Team must wear company specific uniform and PPE at all times. The ideal candidate for this role should be prepared for a fast-paced team environment, where they will be working outside in all conditions, under direction and responsible for various aspects of this project.

Duties and responsibilities will include:

- Building the advertising structures around central Edinburgh and ferrying equipment to and from the warehouse to the build teams.

- Installing the advertisement onto structures. This will involve using our bespoke scanning software to scan posters onto the site and engaging in our Proof of Posting process, which the Operations Manager and Senior Warehouse Manager will train you in.

- Driving and assisting with the distribution or delivery of advertisement material to locations in Central Edinburgh.

- Maintaining the advertisement boards and structures, including maintaining street furniture.

- Assisting with the clearing down of the advertisement boards and project disassembly.

- As a driver, you will need to adhere to our Drivers Policy at all times (drivers only).

Desired Skills and Experience:

- Strong communication skills

- Highly professional manner

- Positive attitude and teamwork skills

- An ability to build on and develop strong relationships

- A full, clean, preferably UK, driving licence (drivers only)

- Have experience driving/navigating through the streets of Edinburgh (drivers only)

Further Information:

The Project will run from Monday 7th July until Friday 5th September 2024 with an hourly rate of 12.60 per hour (non driver)/13.00 per hour (driver).

We will be running a 7 day a week operation, with the option of Evening shifts.

Daytime shifts from 8.00am to 6.00pm. Evening shifts from 6.00pm to 2.00am.

Overtime will be available if candidates are interested and paid at an enhanced rate of 1.25 times standard hourly rate per hour worked over 42.5 hours in the week.

Any evening work undertaken between 10pm and 7am will also equate to an enhanced rate of 1.5 times hourly rate.

Vehicles / insurance and uniforms will be supplied. Please bring your own steel toe cap/safety boots.

Job Type: Temporary

Salary: 12.60 per hour(non-driver)/13.00 per hour (driver)

Job Types: Full-time, Graduate, Internship
Contract length: 9 weeks

Pay: 12.60 per hour

Benefits:

Company events Free parking
Schedule:

10 hour shift 8 hour shift Day shift Monday to Friday Night shift Overtime Weekend availability
Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 16/05/2025
Reference ID: Edinburgh Festival Fringe Advertisement Installation Team
Expected start date: 07/07/2025