Company Profile:

We are an Independent Production Company based in Central Manchester specialising in Comedy and Entertainment. The company was formed in 2005 and has produced shows for Channel 4, E4, Paramount Comedy and is about to go into production with a six part comedy series, Admin, for BBC Three.

Training Description

· This is an invaluable opportunity to gain experience on a comedy production with one of the region's leading independent comedy producers.
· A clean driving licence would be an advantage
· We are an equal opportunities employer

Training Role and Key Responsibilities

· Working in the production office and on location in Manchester and to the directions of the Production Designer
· Ability to carry out a wide range of duties for long hours sometimes being menial repetitive tasks
· Ability to work quickly and accurately under pressure to constantly changing deadlines
· Buy, organise help to transport props and graphics.
· Running errands and assisting Production Designer and Art Director as instructed.

Placement End

We hope that by the end of the placement the individual would have gained specific knowledge, experience and competences in the following areas -

· Supporting Production Designer and/or Art Director, to whom you will report directly
· Stand by props and construction/management location sets.
· Will have gained an insight into how productions are designed and how the art department manages this throughout a shoot.

Training Area: Art Department Trainee
Length of Training: 9 weeks
Placement Allowance: £316 per week
Placement Start Date: 30th March 2009
Placement End Date: 29th May 2009
Placement Location Manchester
Training Schedule: Monday - Friday
Training hours: 9.30am - 6pm during pre prod (30/03/09 - 17/04/09)
7am - 7pm during shoot (20/04/09 - 29/05/09)

TO APPLY please visit our website:

The deadline for all applications is 11th March 2009.

Please note that applicants must NOT be in full time education NOR have more than 1 year of industry experience.