Employment Type: Freelance / ad hoc project based 

Location: UK (willingness and ability to get to London for training)

Start Date: ASAP 

About BUILDHOLLYWOOD  

BUILDHOLLYWOOD is dedicated to placing creativity in the heart of our cities. As the UK’s leading street advertising specialist, we develop, curate and offer street poster space to a range of clients within the music, fashion, arts and culture sectors. BUILDHOLLYWOOD creates the space and our family of agencies, DIABOLICAL, JACK and JACK ARTS work with clients to bring their campaigns to life on the street.  

Built on an art school mentality that stretches back decades to our founder, we have a talented family of agencies – DIABOLICAL, JACK and JACK ARTS – who specialise in their own sectors to produce street-level poster campaigns, creative billboards, hand-painted murals, interactive installations, ambient activities, and unique experiential campaigns, creating authentic interactions with people on the street. 

This combination of format, creativity and position is unique to BUILDHOLLYWOOD. It’s the reason why we work and collaborate with the most exciting brands, artists and creative institutions in the world.

Role Description:  

We are looking for freelance Set builders and Installers to support our Creative Projects team. You’ll be involved in creative building installations and special builds on site.  

What You’ll be Doing:   

 We have a huge amount of outdoor poster frames and sites across London and the UK, that are used by our Creative Projects team to create spill boards, which see elements of the artwork extending up and beyond the confines of the frame. We’ve been known to add large 3D props to sites, lights, sound, vinyl’s and smoke machines. We also help clients bring experiential ideas and campaigns to life, providing set, actors, and locations.  

 The role requires a willingness to work with new materials and mediums, to take an experimental approach to find creative solutions. Requiring an ability to work with a large range of materials and in multiple mediums and can independently source sustainable solutions to build projects.  

About You:  

You will have confidence in your carpentry skills, possess a UK drivers’ licence, be comfortable working at ladder height, and at your happiest when being challenged to create something new and exciting.   

You will need to be able to read technical drawings and mock-ups to convert into construction.  

 You will be hard working, conscientious, reliable, methodical, have a great attention to detail and be willing to get stuck in, making sure sets are built safely to specific deadline and instruction. The role requires early starts, and to sometimes arrive promptly to location with regular communicating back to the team. This role is on an ad hoc basis and would be project dependent.  

Our Values 

Our values are really important to us. Below is a brief overview, but we’d love to tell you more! 

• AUTHENTIC – We believe that we are at our strongest and most creative when everyone can be their authentic selves. We treat everyone with respect, share our own differences and unique perspectives and feel proud of them. We are confident to pursue our passions.  
• CARE – We take care in what we do, we are meticulous in the execution of our tasks, care for our craft is what sets us apart from the competition. We care about the world around us and how we affect it, we strive to reduce our impact, make positive contributions and improve the environments we work in. We care about our own wellbeing and each other’s, we provide support, knowledge and empathy where we can.  
• COMMUNITY – We are part of something bigger than ourselves, one team and one community with a common goal and purpose. We each play our own important part but cannot thrive without each other. We are present and engaged for our colleagues. We recognise our role and influence in building a positive community, caring how we speak to one another, the way we make each other feel and the support we give one another.   
• CURIOUS – We are always asking questions and learning whilst doing. We celebrate the gaining of knowledge for personal and professional growth. We keep ourselves well informed. We are collaborative and embrace alternative viewpoints and innovative approaches. We respond to the creativity in the world around us.  
• GROW – We take ownership of our careers, set ourselves goals and thrive on challenge. We are ambitious, we see effort as necessary to grow. Individual success is all of our success. We seek out learning and embrace feedback. And we enjoy the journey.

BUILDHOLLYWOOD is committed to creating an environment that is inclusive to all, where everyone is treated with kindness and respect. We believe in equal opportunities for everyone and welcome applicants from all backgrounds. Do reach out to let us know if there’s any actions we can take to better support an environment where you feel comfortable.

Please let us know if you have any accessibility requirements at any stage of the recruitment process.  We are always open to ideas from our candidates that help us to make our processes more inclusive.

How to apply:

You can apply for the position here.