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Umbrella is calling for applicants for 2 new roles producing and coordinating our PUNQ festival. PUNQ is a 16-day place-making visual and performance art festival with an edge. The artistic direction focuses on providing platforms for expressing and amplifying the distinctive and authentic North Queensland arts and Cultural voices alongside their national and international contemporaries. North Queensland is home to situated knowledge, creative practice and storytelling of global significance. The festival engages with spaces, histories and futures, activating communities through art. PUNQ encourages critical dialogue as audiences explore the state of play in this large regional landscape.

PUNQ Festival Creative Producer 

Position status: Full time, 3-year contract
Commencement: February 2024
Reports to: Director
Direct reports: PUNQ Festival Coordinator and Festival Volunteer Team
Internal Relationships: Director, Marketing and Communication Manager and the Business and
Partnerships Manager
External Relationships: Artists, publicists, suppliers
Salary package: $70,000 per annum + superannuation guarantee (currently 11%)
($1,000 relocation allowance for applicants not from the Townsville region)

This is an exciting opportunity to work with critically acclaimed contemporary artists. The Creative Producer for PUNQ Festival is a lead role in PUNQ, a 16-day celebration of North Queensland's rich cultural tapestry. With a focus on place-making through visual and performance art, the Creative Producer plays a multifaceted role in delivering the festival's artistic vision and ensuring its seamless execution. In overseeing the four main streams of the festival, the Creative Producer acts as a programmer, collaborator, and facilitator. PUNQ Festival's biennial nature adds a strategic layer to the Creative Producer's role. Long-term planning involves envisioning the festival's growth, sustainability, and continued impact out to the 2026 edition of the festival. The position is responsible for the successful production of PUNQ over two iterations of the festival. We are looking for a highly organised, skilled person with excellent interpersonal skills and strong experience in arts management. The position requires flexibility, with work outside standard working hours, including intense periods of work leading into and during the festival. Download the position description below.

Applications close 11:59pm AEST Sunday 28 January 2024
Please note, the deadline has been extended - this role was previously advertised to close 14 January 2024.
Please include a cover letter, CV (including two referees) and a response to the key selection criteria, each as separate PDF documents. Interviews for shortlisted candidates are likely to be held between 5 to 9 February 2024 – if possible, please include your availability for that week in your cover letter. 

Applications should be addressed to Director Kate O’Hara, and emailed to both:
Kate O’Hara - [email protected] and Daniel Qualischefski - [email protected]


PUNQ Festival Coordinator 

Position status: Full time, 12 month contract (with opportunity to extend) 
Commencement: February 2024
Reports to
: Director and Creative Producer 
 
Direct reports: Festival Volunteer Team 
Internal Relationships: Marketing and Communication Manager and the Business and Partnerships Manager 
External Relationships: Artists, publicists, suppliers 
Salary package: $53,500 per annum + 11% superannuation 

The Festival Coordinator is vital role in the delivery of PUNQ 2024. We are looking for a highly organised, skilled person with strong team and interpersonal skillsThe successful applicant will have a ‘can do’ attitude with excellent problem-solving skills. The position requires flexibility, with work outside standard working hours, including intense periods of work leading into and during the festival. Download the position description below.

Applications close 11:59pm AEST Sunday 28 January 2024
Please note, the deadline has been extended - this role was previously advertised to close 14 January 2024.
Please include a cover letter, CV (including two referees) and a response to the key selection criteria, each as separate PDF documents. Interviews for shortlisted candidates are likely to be held between 5 to 9 February 2024 – if possible, please include your availability for that week in your cover letter. 

Applications should be addressed to Director Kate O’Hara, and emailed to both:
Kate O’Hara - [email protected] and Daniel Qualischefski - [email protected]

Harbour City View by Megan MacKinnon

Jill Chism, Preserve/Conserve – Invocation #3: Openness – Going with the Flow, Pop Up North Queensland (PUNQ) 2021. Image: Aaron Ashley

David Rowe's 'Site #272' (detail) in situ of a cane field in Hinchinbrook, Queensland. Pop Up North Queensland (PUNQ) 2021 commission. Photograph: Gav Rossetti.

Dancenorth, World Interior, Pop Up North Queensland (PUNQ) 2021 commission. Photograph: Amber Haines. 

Libby Harward, WRONG WAY GO BLACK as part of the Both Ways billboard exhibition, Pop Up North Queensland (PUNQ) 2021. Image: Aaron Ashley

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Acknowledgement of Country

Umbrella Studio Contemporary Arts respectfully acknowledges the Wulgurukaba of Gurambilbarra and Yunbenun and the surrounding groups of our region; Bindal, Gugu Badhan, Nywaigi, Warrgamay, Bandjin and Gudjal as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we gather, share and celebrate local creative practice. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging. We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders as the first people of Australia. They have never ceded sovereignty and remain strong in their enduring connection to land and Culture.

Umbrella is a Dealer Member of the Indigenous Art Code. This means we are committed to fair and ethical trade with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists, and transparency in the promotion and sale of artwork. As a Dealer Member and signatory to the Code we must act fairly, honestly, professionally and in good conscience in all direct or indirect dealings with artists.

Acknowledgements

Umbrella is supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland, part of the Department of Communities, Housing and Digital Economy, and by the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy, an initiative of the Australian, state and territory governments. | Umbrella is supported by the Tim Fairfax Family Foundation and receives funds through the Australian Cultural Fund. | Townsville City Council is a funding partner of Umbrella's program.