Good Work for all

Our work with Job‑sharers

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It has shown that returning to work as a mum is achievable, something I didn’t think was possible.
Job-sharer

We believe job-sharing is for everyone.

ReelTime design and deliver job-sharing placement programmes that pair, train, support, and monitor underrepresented talent, creating access to sustainable employment. Discover our…

I absolutely love the job shares and feel that all parties win. The humans involved gain valuable life balance with whatever they have going on. And the business and team wins by having more minds, more time and more enthusiastic, rested, happy crew.
Lucy Spink, Supervisor Graphics, (Riot Women, Drama Republic for for BBC ONE, 2025)

We have nearly used all the money from the job share programme and honestly, it has been such a God send! I really love this scheme! I have been talking anyone who will listen haha.
Pascha Hanaway, Costume HoD (Bridgerton, Shondaland for Netflix, 2020-)

We had a better work life balance as we knew that our partner was carrying on the job seamlessly. Our skills have improved as well as our confidence.
Job‑sharer

It’s the most lovely work experience so far … diverse, safe, healthy, supportive and forward looking.
Job‑sharer

We now know it works well – we have now got a clear idea of what works and what we can offer people going forward. Thank you so much for giving us the opportunity to have time and headspace to pull this together, which will help us going forward.
Job‑sharer

I think that the production has been very lucky, as this job on 3 days a week only, would have been a big challenge for one of us!
Job‑sharer

We had such a good time! A full‑time job is not sustainable so more job‑sharing is my only hope for staying in this industry.
Job‑sharer

Very successful, it feels so good to keep a presence amongst the Locations community and also enables us to show our continued employment, which is essential for mortgages and Government child support
Job‑sharer

Job-share resources

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Resource

ScreenSkills HETV Job‑share Bible

A how-to guide to using job‑sharing as a tool for retaining experienced and diverse crew.

Download (PDF 10Mb)

Resource

ScreenSkills HETV Job‑sharing Talent Brochure

Find job-sharing talent across all off-camera roles and get funding of up to £10,000 per job‑share pair.

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Resources

Share My Telly Job

The Share My Telly Job (SMTJ) website remains as a resource of information for job-sharers. This is where you will find everything you need to make your job-share a success.

Visit the website

Resource

UK Wide Screen Industries Flexible Working Resources

Find flexible working resources and support near you, on this brillant map created by job‑sharer Mairi Claire Bowser.

View the map

I absolutely love the job shares and feel that all parties win. The humans involved gain valuable life balance with whatever they have going on. And the business and team wins by having more minds, more time and more enthusiastic, rested, happy crew.
Lucy Spink, Supervisor Graphics (Riot Women, Drama Republic for BBC ONE, 2025)

We have nearly used all the money from the job share programme and honestly, it has been such a God send! I really love this scheme! I have been talking anyone who will listen haha.
Pascha Hanaway, Costume HoD (Bridgerton, Shondaland for Netflix, 2020-)

We had a better work life balance as we knew that our partner was carrying on the job seamlessly. Our skills have improved as well as our confidence.
Job‑sharer

It’s the most lovely work experience so far … diverse, safe, healthy, supportive and forward looking.
Job‑sharer

We now know it works well – we have now got a clear idea of what works and what we can offer people going forward. Thank you so much for giving us the opportunity to have time and headspace to pull this together, which will help us going forward.
Job‑sharer

I think that the production has been very lucky, as this job on 3 days a week only, would have been a big challenge for one of us!
Job‑sharer

We had such a good time! A full‑time job is not sustainable so more job‑sharing is my only hope for staying in this industry.
Job‑sharer

Very successful, it feels so good to keep a presence amongst the Locations community and also enables us to show our continued employment, which is essential for mortgages and Government child support
Job‑sharer

Want to job-share?

Search for other job‑sharers, apply jointly for jobs, and research job‑share friendly companies through the job‑share function on www.thetalentmanager.com

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people listening to a panel talk at a networking event — ReelTime job‑share networking event. Photo credit: the brilliant job-sharing stills photographers Anastasia Arsentyeva and Sarah Boezalt.