Purpose
Meaningful impact
Every project is co-authored with custodian communities and returns royalties, credit and continuity to the people whose knowledge it carries.
Careers, Vol. I
Your calling is history.
A small, multidisciplinary studio building living archives with custodian communities. We hire for craft, care and long attention, and we pay for it accordingly.
Echoes of HeritageWorking with Echoes of HeritageBespoke Custodians
The invitation
Work that will outlast you.
Echoes of Heritage is a studio, an atelier and a small publisher. We record living traditions with the people who carry them, and we build the objects, films and programmes that keep those traditions in circulation. The people who work here are curious, patient and technically excellent. They are also kind. We optimise for both.
We hire slowly. When we do, we hire for a decade, not a season. If any of the roles below fit, or if none do and you still feel you belong here, please write. We read every application and reply to each one.
Why join us
Six commitmentsStudio
02Innovative environment
A quiet, well-tooled studio that treats fieldwork, scholarship, film and craft as one continuous practice, not siloed departments.
Collaboration
03Multidisciplinary team
You will sit next to curators, dramaturgs, cinematographers, textile masters and legal counsel, and be expected to learn from all of them.
Growth
Professional growth
Mentorship from senior custodians, an annual research allowance and time protected on the calendar for your own long-form work.
Reach
Global fieldwork
Residencies and shoots across West Africa, the Levant, the Arabian Peninsula and Europe. Passports get used, per diems are generous, safety is planned.
Care
06Human first
Real contracts, four-day summer weeks, private healthcare, and a company that says no to work that would compromise a community or a colleague.
Life at the studio
Long attention, shared craft.
Mornings are quiet and reading-heavy. Afternoons are collaborative: cutting films, reviewing garments off the loom, dialling into a custodian call in Fez or Aleppo. Once a quarter the whole studio travels together to sit with a partner community for a week.
- Four-day summer weeks, always
- Annual research and travel stipend
- Private healthcare and pension from day one
- A named mentor across disciplines
- Right to refuse projects that compromise a community
Open roles
Currently hiring
Applications are read weekly. Please include a short letter, a working sample and one custodian, teacher or collaborator we may write to.
- Field & ResearchCultural Field ResearcherLondon, remote fieldworkFull-timeFull-time
- ProductionDocumentary ProducerLondon or LisbonFull-timeFull-time
- CraftAtelier Coordinator, Custodian EditionsLondonFull-timeFull-time
- StudioDesign & Editorial LeadLondon or remote (GMT ±3)Full-timeFull-time
- ProgrammesCommunity Programmes ManagerLondon, quarterly travelFull-timeFull-time
- Open callSpeculative applications welcomeAnywhereOngoingOngoing
Not seeing your role?
Write to us anyway. We read every letter.
Tell us where you have been paying attention, what you would build here, and one collaborator we should meet. A short film, an essay, a garment, a recording. Any language.
Continue exploring
Related programmes and pages.
- The StudioAbout Us
The people, the practice and the principles behind the studio.
- CommunityOur Community
The custodian communities and collaborators we build alongside.
- FeaturedCasting Call
Open calls for on-camera roles across the documentary series.
- Write to usContact
Speculative applications, partnerships and press enquiries.