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Adelaide Fringe employs a team of year round staff who work in marketing, partnerships, program operations, production, finance and ticketing. As we come closer to festival season, we also advertise a wide range of short-term contract roles and casual positions.

Adelaide  Fringe  supports  flexible  and  accessible  working  arrangements  for  all.  This  includes  people  with  a disability,  Aboriginal  and  Torres  Strait  Islanders,  culturally, religiously  and  linguistically  diverse  people,  young people, older people, women, and people who identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, intersex or queer. We draw pride and strength from our diversity, remain open to new approaches and actively foster an inclusive workplace that celebrates the contribution made by all our people.


Benefits of working at Adelaide Fringe:
  • 1 week bonus (post) festival leave for year round staff (in addition to 4 weeks annual leave)
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • 9 day working fortnight
  • 2 days of Volunteer Leave for all full year and seasonal salaried staff
  • Ongoing training opportunities
  • Staff development days and opportunities
  • An Adelaide Fringe Membership
  • Flexible work environment
  • An optional social calendar and events
  • Study leave.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Our Disability Access and Inclusion Plan outlines ways that Fringe is working to make workplaces, services and products more accessible and inclusive to people living with a disability. 

Our Reconciliation Action Plan outlines practical plans of action for Fringe to actively contribute to reconciliation, creating space to listen and celebrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander voices and support First Nations artists, staff and volunteers. 

Our Sustainability Action Plan outlines a commitment to seven of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, to utilise Fringe’s influence to generate positive social and environmental change. 

Our Multicultural Inclusion Action Plan (in development) will outline actions to ensure the cultural diversity of South Australia is reflected in Fringe participation, and provide opportunities for refugee and migrant communities. 
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Positions Available

› Fundraising Coordinator

Applications close: 2025-06-13

The Fundraising Coordinator plays a pivotal role in driving philanthropic growth and strengthening donor relationships to support the vision and impact of Adelaide Fringe. This role supports the delivery of the fundraising strategy set out for the foundation by Donor Republic and managed by the Head Philanthropy & Development. This includes donor administration and stewardship, campaign & brand development, grant coordination, and major gift cultivation. Working closely with Head of Philanthropy & Development and broader Business Development (BD) team, the Fundraising Coordinator supports the financial sustainability of key programs such as the Community Fund and Fringe Fund as well as growing our Donor Circle, Philanthropic Partnerships and delivering successful fundraising campaigns throughout the year.

This position requires strong communication skills, confidence in making unsolicited approaches, relationship management expertise, and a deep passion for the arts and community engagement.

This role is responsible for engaging with individual members of the public through a wide range of channels, including Face-to-Face, online, direct mail, telemarketing, and digital media.

The role collaborates with all areas of Adelaide Fringe including closely with the marketing team on all campaigns and communications, the digital team on website developments, the events and production teams and the ticketing team.

Key Fundraising initiatives include;

– Annual Giving Day

– Regular giving campaigns

– Major gifts and bequests

– Mid-tier donations and campaigns (eg EOFY)

– Micro donations

– Donor Circle

– Foundations & grants

› Industry Coordinator

Applications close: 2025-06-13

The Industry Coordinator will provide a pivotal role in the growth and development of the industry marketplace and support projects across our key stakeholders that include industry, venues, councils/government, artists and funders. Working with the Marketplace Manager they will coordinate the industry program (both online and in person) and work collaboratively with the Artist & Venues team to deliver key projects that drive touring outcomes, industry collaborations and foster new sector relationships to support the vision of empowering artists, venues and programmers to flourish in the creative industries locally, nationally and globally. Projects include the coordination and delivery of the Honey Pot delegate program, My Honey Pot applications, Industry research and outreach, guest coordination, arts industry collaborations, tour ready award recipients and stakeholders, Visas for industry and artists, CRM transition, outcomes tracking, grant writing and artist and venues registration support.

This role will bridge collaborations between industry and artists and assist in the facilitation of connections across the fringe year and see greater stakeholder engagement that sees new works participating in Fringe and greater onward programming and opportunities for artists and companies.

The position requires strong industry knowledge and previous experience in arts and festival environments. A public facing role needing a confident and proactive approach to building new relationships, coordinating hundreds of stakeholders and driving connections and outcomes within the marketplace with the Marketplace Manager.

About Honey Pot

The marketplace program, Honey Pot, is instrumental in providing registered artists with opportunities for programming, new commissions, collaborations, professional development and networking. It does this by hosting over 400 leading programmers and presenters from around Australia and the world, to see shows, meet artists, participate in key networking events, and navigate the program for the most unique and progressive contemporary work to present for a future season. Delegates take part either virtually or physically – we tailor their experience depending on how they opt in.

About Artists & Venues

The Artist & Venue team liaise with and provide support to Adelaide Fringe registered Artists and Venues. This includes facilitating Artist and Venue registrations, planning and delivering professional development and information sessions for Artists and Venues, planning and producing artist and venue resources and events, managing artist and venue communications, managing the Fringe Fund grants program, producing the Adelaide Fringe Guide and facilitating the Awards Program along with a host of other programs and opportunities to strengthen the Adelaide Fringe experience for artists and venues.