Hackney Empire is situated in the heart of London’s East End and has been an iconic venue for the arts and popular culture since it first opened in 1901. It is now a unique variety theatre for the 21st century that embraces a local and global community of artists and audiences; and nurtures and presents work that is at once extraordinary, popular, inspirational and transformative.
Front of House Staff
Hours: Casual shifts, depending on show scheduled
Front of house are the eyes and ears of the venue. They look after all Front of house areas to make sure audiences are getting to where they need to be safely and on time and ensure the venue is clean, running smoothly and are there to answer any questions, sell ice creams & merchandise.
Person Specification:
You should be friendly, confident, good with people and able to organise large numbers of people. You must have excellent customer service skills, work well within a team and be able to keep your cool under pressure.
Shifts are arranged around our programme schedule. Therefore you must be happy to work day shifts, evenings and weekends.
TO APPLY
Send a full CV and a covering letter (not more than two sides of A4) to
Marcello.Manara@hackneyempire.co.uk with the Job role in the subject line.
Please also return with your application a completed Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form. This form is for statistical purposes only and will not be used in the assessment of your application.
Deadline: Ongoing
Box Office Cashier
Hours: Casual shifts, depending on show scheduled
We’re recruiting a Box Office cashier to join our Box Office Sales and Customer Service team to help us deliver an excellent customer experience, in a pivotal role that brings together our entertainment offer and the ticket-buying public.
The role facilitates all our ticket income across our Co-Promotions and Hires activities across the venue. It involves phone and face to face customer services, accurate booking transactions, reporting, cash handing and accounting and vital feedback from our customers to continue to grow and develop our programme and venue.
You will be for the first point of contact for our customers & visitors to the venue, providing a smooth and efficient service of the box office on a day-to-day basis, meeting and greeting customers, answering queries and delivering excellent customer service. You will use the Spektrix ticketing system to oversee and facilitate sales, prepare reports for internal staff an promoters.
Person Specification:
You should be friendly, confident, good with people and have a good phone manor and experience of using computer, ideally ticketing platforms. You must have excellent customer service skills, work well within a team and be able to keep your cool under pressure.
Shifts are arranged around our programme schedule. Therefore you must be happy to work day shifts, evenings and weekends.
Experience:
TO APPLY
Send a full CV and a covering letter (not more than two sides of A4) to
marika@hackneyempire.co.uk with the Job role in the subject line.
Please also return with your application a completed Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form. This form is for statistical purposes only and will not be used in the assessment of your application.
Deadline: Ongoing