On The Rocks Needs You

Fresh from a brilliant run this year, On the Rocks is recruiting executive committee members for next year’s spring festival. This event is Scotland’s largest student-run arts festival and a key component of the Students’ Association’s partnership with community organisations like the Byre Theatre.

We’re relying on high levels of student ingenuity and effort to continue to grow the festival in 2013, and in return you will receive not just a chance to shape the event but also to develop professional skills and references. We are looking for keen, highly motivated volunteers for a number of positions. 

Below you can find a list and information about the available positions. 
Interested applicants should send a CV and a covering letter of intent to ontherocks@st-andrews.ac.uk by midnight on Sunday, 29 April. Please include in your cover letter your availability for interview on Thursday 3rd May.

Festival Director

Make On the Rocks 2013 a roaring success, and make sure that it will continue for many a year.


Head of Press, Publicity and Design

Sell our festival to the world (or at least the town). Oversee all press, publicity, design and marketing. Make sure our website, programme and other publicity and merchandise look fantastic. Communicate with student, local and national news outlets. Recruit and manage the press, publicity and design team to help you do all these things.



Community Relations Manager

Work throughout the year to increase the number of events in the OTR programme that involve collaboration between students and the community. Forging new relationships, and develop existing ones, with community groups. Find innovative ways of using the arts to allow students to contribute to the St Andrews community. Ensure that the community are aware of and enthusiastic about On the Rocks. 

Head of Events and Programming

Sculpt our programme of events and give the festival its creative direction. Actively seek out interesting and original submissions. Manage the event application process. Choose the events that will put On the Rocks on the map.

Head of Finance, Fundraising and Sponsorship

Create a new financial model for On the Rocks that allows the festival to become financially sustainable. Develop an awareness of our financial situation, and work with the rest of the Exec. Committee to figure out how much we can do with what we have. Get us sponsorship from local and other business. Raise funds through funding applications. Recruit and manage a sponsorship and fundraising team to help you do all these things. 

Operations Manager

Make the festival run like clockwork. Sort out all Box Office and ticketing arrangements and communicate these to event organisers. Work with external ticket agencies. Report back to event organisers on sales. Develop our volunteer programme. Use your amazing organisation skills to solve problems efficiently. Recruit a team of volunteers, and coordinate this team during the festival. 

Venues and Technical Manager

Secure venues for our events. Seek out new and interesting venues for OTR productions. Assess the technical and venue requirements of possible events. Develop our capacity to cater for a wide range of events. Recruit and manage venue managers and technical teams.