Digital Festival Producer

Overview

Music Theatre Wales (MTW) is looking for a Digital Festival Producer to lead the development and delivery of Cardiff’s first Digital Opera Festival in March 2027. We need someone who is excited by the creative possibilities of digital technology and who thrives on bringing artists, audiences and partners together to realise ambitious, forward-thinking work. This role is about shaping how opera can be experienced today – across screens, public spaces and live events – and helping digital opera reach new and diverse audiences.

• Lead the development and delivery of Cardiff’s first Digital Opera Festival in March 2027.
• Bring artists, audiences and partners together to realise ambitious, forward-thinking work.
• Shape how opera can be experienced today across screens, public spaces and live events.
• Help digital opera reach new and diverse audiences.
• Collaborate with artists, technologists and cultural organisations to help shape the future of opera and make it accessible to audiences everywhere.
• Work across multiple partners and venues and manage complex programmes; support artists to explore new technologies and formats.
• Deliver high-quality projects with confidence and maintain innovative, forward-looking approaches to the arts in the digital age.

• You might be an experienced producer, project manager, or creative practitioner with a background in digital, immersive or screen-based work.
• Experience across multiple partners and venues, managing complex programmes, or supporting artists to explore new technologies and formats.
• Passion for innovation in the arts, confidence in delivering high-quality projects, and motivation to re-imagine opera for the digital age.

• Fee – £19,500 total contract fee
• Hours – To be mutually agreed; approximately 4 days per month for the first 7 months, increasing to around 6 days per month for the following 6 months
• Location – Flexible and hybrid; likely to be primarily home based, with some work at MTW’s offices at Chapter Arts Centre and at the Wales Millennium Centre, where the majority of the Festival will take place
• Contract – Freelance contract from end of February 2026 (or as soon as available thereafter) to end of April 2027
• at 11am
• Interviews – Week commencing 23 February 2026