Show 2026 MA Install Chelsea (7500)

Responsibilities:

• UAL require Arts Temp/s to work flexibly on the dates listed below to support the build and installation of the post Graduate Show 2026:

• 24-26th June

• 29th June - 3rd July

Tasks include but not limited to:

• Building and moving temporary walls, materials, exhibition furniture or other fixtures.

• Clearing studios, arranging show spaces and workspaces and organising materials.

• Fixing rails and hanging systems into walls/boards.

• Assisting students and Showcase Team with all relevant install tasks.

• Following verbal, written and drawn instructions to building temporary exhibition spaces for a range of courses.

Please note:

• No weekend days or bank holiday working.

• Workday is 8 hrs with 1 hr lunch (unpaid).

• 9am–5pm unless otherwise agreed with Showcase Team Manager.

Essential:

• Must be available for ALL dates listed.

• UAL ORB Ladder/Working at Height training: https://orb-arts.siso.co/ Please provide screenshot of successfully completed training confirmation with your application.

• Completion of any or all the following showcase sessions:

  • Showcase Team Core Skills: Working at Height and Manual Handling session attended and practical completed.

  • Showcase Team Core Skills: Risk Assessments and Method Statements session attended and practical completed.

• Able to confidently and competently use drills and basic hand tools: Please provide detail of your current experience with your application.

• Must be able to communicate and interact with students and staff professionally.

• Familiar with site and staff structure.

Desirable

• Completion of any or all the following showcase sessions:

  1. Introduction to Installing Audio Visual for Professional Display

  2. Introduction to Packing Art, Moving and Storage

  3. Introduction to Hanging and Suspending Work

  4. Introduction to Plinths/Shelf/Flat & Temporary Wall Fabrication

  5. Introduction to Space Preparation, Painting and Making Good

• Prior experience installing exhibitions. Confident with basic exhibition build tasks, building temporary walls and structures, installing brackets, shelves.

• Competent reading floorplans and RA documentation.

• Must have a calm, positive and flexible approach to problem solving with others.

• Must be comfortable using own initiative and taking instructions.

We are an equal opportunities employer and positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.