Breakthrough is a 6‑month employability programme from arts charity, Artswork. It's designed as a stepping stone to get you workplace experience and all-important employment skills. This short placement gives insight into a future career in the Creative Industry, supporting your confidence and professionalism in the workplace, and helping you to break through into a career that matters to you.
You must apply via the Artswork website, otherwise your application will not be accepted - https://artswork.org.uk/opportunities/breakthrough-creative-learning-and-marketing-assistant-ashford
Eligibility criteria:
To be eligible to apply for a Breakthrough training programme role, applicants must:
- Be aged 18-25 on the 28 September 2026
- Have the right to work and be usually resident in the UK
- Available to start work on the 28 September 2026 and available for the duration of the placement (until 28 March 2027)
- Have no or little (less than one month) previous experience of working in an arts, creative or voluntary sector organisation
We particularly welcome applications from applicants who:
- Are currently not in employment, education or training
- Are disabled and/or neurodivergent
- Have experienced barriers to employment due to current or prior mental health issues
- Have experienced barriers because of racism, homophobic or transgender discrimination
- Are recent school or sixth form college leavers
- Are struggling to find work due to lack of training or employment experience
Please note that this programme is not suitable for those on a degree placement year or an MA programme.
Job Description:
This dynamic, cross-departmental role offers the opportunity to work across both the Creative Learning and Marketing teams, providing a well-rounded experience of the organisation’s artistic, educational, and audience development work.
This role will include assisting with:
- planning and delivery of Creative Learning programmes, including community classes, workshops, and educational activity (dance experience essential for assisting classes).
- administrative coordination (e.g. travel and accommodation) and practical rehearsal and production support.
- front-of-house operations at JV H.O.M.E., ensuring a professional and welcoming audience experience.
- administrative and evaluative support, including collecting and organising data on programme delivery, engagement, and outcomes.
- marketing and communications by documenting activity and assisting with content creation, reporting, and promotional materials (e.g. social media, newsletters, and case studies).
- Any other duties as reasonably required by the Company.
The role will based at JV H.O.M.E, Creative Enterprise Quarter, Javelin Way, Ashford TN24 8FN.
About the employer:
Founded in 1998, and a leading force in British dance theatre for over twenty years, the Jasmin Vardimon Company has built a reputation for challenging and visually arresting dance productions infused with social and political commentary.
With the opening of JV H.O.M.E, a new building located in Ashford, Kent and dedicated to the company’s research, creation and multi-disciplinary creative learning programme, Artistic Director Jasmin Vardimon continues to add to an extensive body of critically acclaimed, artistically respected work both for her own Company and for some of the world’s leading arts institutions that she has collaborated with across the world. Click here to watch our documentary on the JV H.O.M.E build process.
Having developed a uniquely individual choreographic voice, distinguished by beautifully detailed movement, insightful humour, and engaging drama, Vardimon is renowned for her physical and theatrical style. Incorporating innovative technologies, text and dance, her work is accentuated with an acute observation of human behaviour. As such, it is widely accessible, socially relevant, and always delivered by her company dancers with passion, skill, and commitment.
Jasmin Vardimon has been an Associate Artist of Sadler’s Wells since 2006, and her company tours nationally and internationally, performing at high profile theatres throughout the World.
You must apply via the Artswork website, otherwise your application will not be accepted - https://artswork.org.uk/opportunities/breakthrough-creative-learning-and-marketing-assistant-ashford
About Breakthrough
Breakthrough is a 6‑month employability programme designed as a stepping stone to get you workplace experience and all-important employment skills. This short placement gives you insight into a future career in the Creative Industry, supporting your confidence and professionalism in the workplace, and helping you to break through into a career that matters to you!
The role
This dynamic, cross-departmental role offers the opportunity to work across both the Creative Learning and Marketing teams, providing a well-rounded experience of the organisation’s artistic, educational, and audience development work.
This role will include assisting with:
- planning and delivery of Creative Learning programmes, including community classes, workshops, and educational activity (dance experience essential for assisting classes).
- administrative coordination (e.g. travel and accommodation) and practical rehearsal and production support.
- front-of-house operations at JV H.O.M.E., ensuring a professional and welcoming audience experience.
- administrative and evaluative support, including collecting and organising data on programme delivery, engagement, and outcomes.
- marketing and communications by documenting activity and assisting with content creation, reporting, and promotional materials (e.g. social media, newsletters, and case studies).
- Any other duties as reasonably required by the Company.
The role will based at JV H.O.M.E, Creative Enterprise Quarter, Javelin Way, Ashford TN24 8FN.
About the employer
Founded in 1998, and a leading force in British dance theatre for over twenty years, the Jasmin Vardimon Company has built a reputation for challenging and visually arresting dance productions infused with social and political commentary.
With the opening of JV H.O.M.E, a new building located in Ashford, Kent and dedicated to the company’s research, creation and multi-disciplinary creative learning programme, Artistic Director Jasmin Vardimon continues to add to an extensive body of critically acclaimed, artistically respected work both for her own Company and for some of the world’s leading arts institutions that she has collaborated with across the world. Click here to watch our documentary on the JV H.O.M.E build process.
Having developed a uniquely individual choreographic voice, distinguished by beautifully detailed movement, insightful humour, and engaging drama, Vardimon is renowned for her physical and theatrical style. Incorporating innovative technologies, text and dance, her work is accentuated with an acute observation of human behaviour. As such, it is widely accessible, socially relevant, and always delivered by her company dancers with passion, skill, and commitment.
Jasmin Vardimon has been an Associate Artist of Sadler’s Wells since 2006, and her company tours nationally and internationally, performing at high profile theatres throughout the World.
Pay: £12.71 per hour
Benefits:
- Casual dress
- Free parking
- On-site parking
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Ashford TN24: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (preferred)
Application question(s):
- Be aged 18-25 on the 28 September 2026
- Available to start work on the 28 September 2026 and available for the duration of the placement (until 28 March 2027)
- Have no or little (less than one month) previous experience of working in an arts, creative or voluntary sector organisation
Work Location: In person
