Board Fitter - Edinburgh Fringe Festival

The Edinburgh Fringe Festival is the largest arts festival in the world. We are working in partnership with Edinburgh City Council and The Fringe Society again this year and looking for Drivers and Advertisement board fitters to work with us on our Edinburgh Fringe External Advertising Contract.

Out of Hand is an established Design, Print and Distribution specialist with a sister company Out of Hand Scotland based in Edinburgh. We are the operators of the official Outdoor Advertisement scheme for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. We have a fantastic reputation for our Print & Distribution services in the Events & Leisure sector and are on the current Edinburgh City Council's approved suppliers list.

Out of Hand is contracted to handle all aspects of the Edinburgh Fringe Outdoor Advertisement scheme, this covers various aspects such as building advertisement structures, installing advertisement boards, maintenance and break down. Last year's project saw us install over 7km of posters throughout the entire city and our 2023 project is on track to be on a similar scale.

The Role:

Board Fitters will make up the majority of the team in Edinburgh and will be involved in structure assembly, poster installation and maintenance, and project clear down. You will work directly under the Senior Build Supervisor and be assigned to a Build Supervisor each day. You will be expected to feedback progress and issues to your build supervisor who can then escalate these to upper management.

You may be expected to download our company specific apps onto your personal phone in order to assist in the flow of information and Proof of Posting process. All Board Fitters must wear company specific uniform and PPE at all times whilst at work. The ideal candidate for this role should be prepared for a fast-paced team environment, where they will be working outside under direction and responsible for various aspects of this project.

Duties will include:

• Building and putting up advertisement boards, including using company software to scan posters onto site and using our Proof of Posting process.
• Assisting with the distribution of advertisement material to locations in Central Edinburgh.
• Maintenance of the advertisement boards.
• Clearing down of the advertisement boards and general project disassembly.
• Representing the company in a professional manner to all stakeholders.
• Observing our staff policies, particularly the Health and Safety policy, at all times.

Required skills/experience:

• Strong communication skills
• An ability to build on and develop strong relationships.
• A professional manner.
• Strong work ethic and proven ability to meet tight deadlines.
• Ability to undertake physical labouring duties.

Desired but not essential skills/experience:

• Experience of constructing temporary structures, such as festival fencing and outdoor poster displays.
• An understanding of outdoor advertising.
• Have attended and/or have a good understanding of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

Further Information

The ideal candidate should have experience in this type of work, the ability to undertake physical labouring duties and be able to commit to working the whole duration of the project. Uniforms will be supplied but board fitters must bring their own steel toe caps.

The Project will run from Monday 3rd July until Friday 15th September 2023.

We will be running a 7 day a week operation and looking at running some night shifts this year.

Daytime shifts from 8.00am to 6.00pm. Evening shifts from 6.00pm to 2.00am.

Overtime will be available if candidates are interested and paid at an enhance rate of 1.25 times the standard hourly rate per hour worked over 42.5 hours in the week.

Any evening work undertaken between 10pm and 7am will also equate to an enhanced rate of 1.5 times hourly rate.

Please apply with a cover letter and CV to jobs@outofhand.co.uk

Uniforms will be supplied. Please bring your own steel toe caps.

Job Type: Temporary

Salary: £11.00/ hour