An engaged theater company with an open view of the world is looking for an assistant director / editor. The organization connects artistic research trajectories with sharp reflections on current events and works both nationally and internationally. For a specific production, a professional is sought to follow up on the performance text, updates, and translations in close consultation with the director and to join international tours.
What you will do. You are the central link for the textual follow-up of the production. You maintain an overview of the different language versions and ensure that changes are carefully processed, from rehearsal to performance.
- Text editing and updating: you edit the performance text and follow up on content changes in close consultation with the director.
- Translations: you coordinate translations with various translators in Dutch, English, and French and monitor consistency between language versions.
- Subtitling: you manage and update subtitles in Glypheo and align them with the most recent text versions.
- Performances and tour: you join tours, prepare and update PowerPoint, and operate it during performances and rehearsals.
- Auditions: you write open calls and follow up on calls, applications, and practical arrangements.
- Text rehearsals: you guide online text rehearsals with the actors and relay questions and adjustments to the director.
- Content research: you conduct targeted research for text and visual material to support the production.
- Credits and promotional texts: you collect and check credits and ensure correct, current promotional texts in alignment with the team.
Profile
- You have a strong sense of language and good editorial skills.
- You work fluently in Dutch, English, and French, both orally and in writing.
- You work accurately and maintain an overview of text changes, versions, and deadlines.
- You can work independently, take initiative, and coordinate with the director and team at the right moments.
- You are strongly organized and communicate clearly with actors, translators, and other staff.
- You have an interest in socially engaged theater and enjoy working in an international context.
- You are proficient with PowerPoint. Experience with Glypheo or other subtitling software is a plus; you are willing to delve into this.
- Experience with assistant directing, text editing, or a comparable role in the performing arts is an asset.
- You anticipate potential bottlenecks and bring structure to complex information flows.
- You are available for the agreed rehearsal and performance periods and are willing to travel on tour. Evening and weekend work are part of the assignment.
Offer.
- A varied assignment where text, content research, and theater practice come together.
- Close collaboration with the director and the artistic team of the production.
- An engaged work environment within a theater company with international operations.
- Collaboration via temporary contracts or on a freelance basis, with days and work periods by mutual agreement.
- For employment: remuneration according to the scales of Joint Committee 304 – Performing Arts. For a freelance collaboration, the remuneration will be agreed upon with these scales as a reference.
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