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This role is one of six nation-based Producers working across the UK-wide Immersive Arts programme. Based at Cryptic in Glasgow, you will support artists predominantly in Scotland to explore, experiment with and expand their creative practice through immersive technologies.
You will work closely with artists, creative technologists and partner organisations to nurture bold new ideas, build meaningful connections and create opportunities for artists at different stages of their careers.
Alongside Immersive Arts Producers across the UK from Watershed (Bristol), The Nerve Centre (Belfast and Derry), Wales Millennium Centre (Cardiff) and Crossover Labs (Shefield) you will help shape and deliver an ambitious programme that champions experimentation, access, collaboration and innovation in immersive arts.
This is an exciting opportunity for someone passionate about artist development, new technologies and pioneering contemporary art practice.
Salary: £35,500 per annum
Responsible to: Executive Producer, Cryptic
Location: Ideally based at our Glasgow office but not essential, hybrid working. Cryptic, 5 Florence Street, Glasgow. G5 0XL
Contract type: Full time, Fixed Term – Contract runs until 31 Jan 2027 with the potential for extension, funding dependent outcome known in August 2026. This role is available for an immediate start, with some flexibility on the start date for the right candidate.
Hours: Full time (37.5 hours/week) + evenings and weekends as required. (TOIL is granted in accordance with company policy).
Holiday: 20 days annual leave + 11 public holidays pro rata
Pension: Auto enrolment into the company pension scheme. Employee contribution 5% and Cryptic contribution 3%.
Deadline: Friday 19th June 2026
Download the full job description HERE
About Immersive Arts
Immersive Arts is an ambitious three-year programme taking place across the UK, using an artist-led approach to working with immersive technologies. This exciting programme encourages artists of all backgrounds and experience to explore, experiment or expand how they work, or would like to, with immersive technologies.
Our programme of funding, training, research and events aims to:
- generate a rich programme of inclusive and accessible opportunities, breaking down the barriers for people of all backgrounds to engage with immersive tools.
- create a nurturing space for artists to explore, experiment and expand their creative practice with immersive technologies.
- gather the thriving immersive arts ecology across the UK to share, build community and advocate for a sustainable future for the artform, its artists and audiences.
With £3.6million available until 2027, Immersive Arts will fund over 200 UK-based artists through three strands: Explore (£5,000), Experiment (£20,000) and Expand (£50,000). Alongside our integrated research we will share insights about what works best for the sector and create opportunities for audiences of all backgrounds to engage.
Immersive Arts is run by a collaborative consortium of ten partners who are embedded within the UK’s immersive arts and research communities and committed to creating positive change in the sector. Including programme lead University of the West of England (UWE Bristol), programme hub at Pervasive Media Studio and executive producer Watershed. Research partners; University of Bristol andInnovate UK Immersive Tech Network. Producing partners: Watershed, Bristol, Nerve Centre, Derry and Belfast Cryptic, Glasgow and Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff; and UK-wide partners: Crossover Labs, Unlimited and XR Diversity Initiative.
You can read more about the programme here.
