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temporary festival staff

from 22 May till 3 July

Holland Festival is the largest international performing arts festival in the Netherlands. Thanks to the Holland Festival, internationally acclaimed performances are brought to our country that would otherwise pass us by. 

The festival employs a team of about 25 enthusiastic and passionate employees and over 120 temporary festival workers. In this dynamic and inspiring working environment, you as a temporary employee are indispensable for the success of the festival. Moreover, you will get a unique look behind the scenes of an international performing arts festival. 

This year, the Holland Festival celebrates its 76th edition and for this we are looking for representative, customer-friendly colleagues who have an affinity with art and culture. You can apply via the link at the bottom of this page.

We are looking for employees for the following positions:

Production assistant general
- Light production work ranging from painting to buying set supplies and catering/hospitality support;
- Support with loading and unloading and setting up and dismantling sets;
- Light technical work (if you have experience in this). 

Promotion assistant
- Ticket control and providing information to audience;
- Selling merchandise;
- Supporter at art installations;
- Ticket sales on location;
- Hosts at receptions. 

Job requirements
- You are representative, customer-friendly and have an affinity with art and culture;
- You want to work on an hourly basis;
- You have no objection to irregular working hours; work usually takes place between 6 a.m. and 2 a.m. and sometimes at night;
- You are sufficiently employable between 22 May and 2 July. 

What we offer you
- The work is remunerated at €16.63 gross per hour;
- The work is in Amsterdam;
- You will receive an on-call employee card that allows you to visit Holland Festival performances at a discount and fun employee drinks are organised;
- You will get a unique look behind the scenes of special productions;
- You will be part of an enthusiastic and international on-call team. 

Interested?
We would like to reflect Dutch society and are therefore looking for more diversity in our workforce. We therefore hope to receive applications from candidates with diverse cultural backgrounds.

You can apply for this vacancy until Monday 10 2 April via
https://holland-festival.homerun.co/tijdelijke-festivalmedewerker/nl/apply 

Interviews will take place on 11, 13 & 19 April. For more information, please contact Angela van Kalsbeek by e-mail, [email protected].