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Midsumma Staff (2022) in front of Queer-ways mural, Fitzroy.
Employment opportunities
With a small core team working from the Midsumma Office in Melbourne's CBD all year round, we increase our team size with seasonal staff, summer placements, and volunteers from September to February each year. Head to About Midsumma to learn more about Midsumma Festival, our values, and the work we do.
Midsumma is an Equal Opportunity Employer that values diversity in the workplace. As such we encourage and support applications from people from diverse backgrounds for any jobs that might currently be available.
If you are interested in talking to us about employment or volunteer opportunities, please send a CV and cover letter outlining your interest to [email protected].
Job vacancy: Partnership Development Manager
A new opportunity exists for an experienced enthusiastic corporate Partnership Development Manager to join our Midsumma team. Full-time, with an attractive remuneration of between $90,000 and $100k pa, depending on applicants' corporate / revenue-raising experience, PLUS superannuation.
Working closely with Midsumma’s Chief Executive and Manager of Marketing and Communications, the Partnership Development Manager, is responsible for the effective delivery of Midsumma’s corporate partnerships revenue programs. Proven experience in the development and delivery of corporate partnerships and revenue-raising within an arts or events environment will be required and knowledge of diverse LGBTQIA+ communities preferred.
The role is a full-time fixed-term project-based contract with the opportunity for extension.
All applications must address the role’s position description and provide clear examples of previous related experience. For any further information on the role or organisation please contact [email protected]
Applications close should be sent to [email protected]
Download the position description: Partnership Development Manager
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Midsumma Festival is one of Australia’s premier LGBTQIA+ arts and cultural festivals, for and by communities who live with shared experiences around diverse gender and sexuality.
- A leadership arts organisation cultivating queer arts culture unique to Australia with local, national, international engagement; leading LGBTQIA+ cultural conversations.
- An artistic powerhouse investing in diverse LGBTQIA+ artistic voices to develop powerful new work, across disciplines, that inspire, shares unique stories, build meaningful connections spanning all cultures, age/generations, gender/sexual identities and disability.
Midsumma has repositioned itself as a cultural influencer with artistic leadership, learning, and diversity at its heart. Midsumma has significant programs aimed at disability cultures, indigenous and culturally and linguistically diverse programming. With the attendance of 285,000 per year, our summer Midsumma Festival features up to 200 events across art artforms in venues across Melbourne with both a curated and open access festival program and a year-round arts development program. Midsumma is currently in a state of tremendous growth and success and ready to spring into its next stage.

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