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Guy Simon is pivoting from acting to being an Assistant Director, and speaks about the experience for ArtsHub's 'So you want my arts job?' series. An Aboriginal man with black hair and brown eyes gazes steadily into the camera.
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So you want my arts job: Assistant Director

If you are willing to be an extra set of eyes and ears for the director, working as an assistant…

Tonya Meyrick, Guest Curator of Geelong Design Week. A middle-aged woman in black and white wearing black frame glasses and a checkered scarf on a red background with the text “So you want my arts job?”
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So you want my arts job: Design Curator

Design Curator Tonya Meyrick of Geelong Design Week in Australia’s only UNESCO City of Design shares insights into her role.

Composite: Spanish conductor Conductor Lucía Marín
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So you want my arts job: Conductor

If you are intuitive, passionate, generous and able to understand a piece of music as a whole, perhaps conducting is…

Shane Grant, La Mama Theatre’s acting Venue Technical Manager, discusses his role for the So you want my arts job? series. A dark-haired, middle-aged and fair-skinned man with a greying beard and glasses smiles for the camera against a green background.
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So you want my arts job: Venue Technical Manager

If you possess a broad range of technical skills, are calm under pressure and can solve problems creatively, then being…

Against a background of shades of blue, a photo of a woman, Justine Hanna, with glasses and her fair hair hanging across her face. Librarian.
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So you want my arts job: Librarian

Want to be a librarian? You won't get much – if any – time to read books.

So you want my arts job? Indie theatre director Cassandra Fumi smiles at the camera. She is fair-skinned and has wavy, shoulder-length blonde-brown hair and wears a black jumper
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So you want my arts job: Director, Independent Theatre

If you love collaborative storytelling that helps communities form around a common goal, directing indie theatre productions may be the…

A woman with short blonde hair and a white top with black spots, Cass Frances. So you want my arts job is written behind her on a blue background.
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So you want my arts job: Manuscript Assessor

What are the parameters of manuscript assessment and what is beyond the assessor's remit?

a woman with a black polo neck jumper and high bun with fringe, against a pink designed backdrop for SYWMAJ
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So you want my arts job: Photography Curator

Understanding the powers of photography to reflect the zeitgeist and tell a story is vital for anyone interested in the…

Wildlife Illustrator Peter Schouten. A black and white photo of an elderly man wearing slim glasses and a shirt on a digital gold background with the text 'so you want my arts job?'
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So you want my arts job: Wildlife Illustrator

Peter Schouten has been a freelance wildlife illustrator for five decades, with the depiction of prehistoric animals being his speciality.

Against a background of shades of green a man with white hair is crouched down with a black dog next to him.
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So you want my arts job: Dog Wrangler

What kind of skills do you need to train dogs to perform on cue?

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