Kings Place is an adventurous music, arts and conference destination in the heart of King’s Cross. A wealth of live performance takes place across multiple venues, run by Kings Place Music Foundation, a registered charity promoting the power of music and the arts. We offer enriching live experiences and stage world-class conferences and events alongside art galleries, bars and a canal-side restaurant. The award-winning building was the first of its kind in the regenerated King’s Cross development.
Kings Place is a committed equal opportunities employer. We strive to provide our employees with a work environment free from discrimination where everyone can succeed and excel. We recognise that our organisation is enriched and strengthened by a diverse workforce and we welcome applications from everyone.
Our employees are motivated and passionate, supporting our work through their dedication to our charitable goals. We encourage personal development and training across all departments to ensure our working lives are progressive and stimulating.
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Permanent job opportunities will be advertised here.
We run recruitment drives for casual roles within the venue at regular points throughout the year. These include a variety of positions within the Box Office, Front of House, plus House Crew, Stage Managers, Sound Technicians, AV Technicians, Camera Operators and Lighting Technicians for varying levels of experience.
We are delighted to be recruiting Lighting Technicians to join our Hourly Rate team.
You should have a good working knowledge of lighting to ensure the highest quality of technical delivery throughout all performances, events and conferences.
Based on discussions with clients/artists, production notes and venue house styles, lighting states are designed and plotted during set up and rehearsal.
During the show, lights are operated either as a cue stack or as ‘busked’ faders (or both) depending on the style and needs of the event.
Most events use our fixed rig of static and moving head lights. Occasionally, changes to the fixed rig are agreed with organisers prior to the event. On the day, knowledge of health and safety, rigging, patching and focusing are required.
– Set up and operate in-house and hired lighting equipment during events
– Return all areas to standard post-show
– Maintain and conform to venue policies and procedures
– Work independently, including during out-of-office hours
– Ensure that all technical setups and installs follow the correct Health & Safety Codes of Practice and that correct PPE is used
– Routinely report equipment faults or issues to the relevant technical manager
– As a lighting technician, work with and assist other technical departments (Sound, Filming, Stage Management).
Essential
– Excellent working knowledge of ETC EOS desks (ETC Ion XE)
– On-the-day designing, programming and cueing lighting for conferences, concerts and other events
– Rigging, patching and focusing generic and intelligent lights, including best practices in safety
– Strong communication skills, working with clients and artists to achieve their lighting needs
– Strong teamwork to ensure the safe and smooth running of events
– Adaptability to adjust lighting based on artist request, venue feedback or the needs of other colleagues (e.g. lighting for streamed and filmed events)
– Experience with live artistic events and performances
– Willingness to learn and develop technical knowledge.
Download the full Job Description and Requirements HERE
Contract: Hours are allocated as required, but not guaranteed.
Hourly rate: £18.49/hr + holiday and sick pay
Closing Date: 6 pm on the 6th November 2026
Interviews will follow 1-2 weeks after the closing date, and the 1st round interviews will be on Zoom .
To apply, please send your CV and Covering Letter to recruitment@kingsplace.co.uk
We are happy to make reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process to help with your application. Please contact us at recruitment@kingsplace.co.uk
We have been delighted by the overwhelming response to our volunteering programme and are currently not recruiting new volunteers.
Please check this page for future volunteering opportunities and updates on when applications may reopen.
KPMF offers a number of internships in various departments throughout the year and they will be advertised on this page. Each internship is created especially by the departments involved and designed to offer someone the best possible learning and development experience. As such we are unable to offer placements to individuals applying for unsolicited internships outside of these times. We welcome all applications for our advertised internships.
For any recruitment questions please contact recruitment@kingsplace.co.uk