Ana-Maria Casson and Lauren Patman are both SMA members and listed on the association's famous Freelist as a successful job sharing team working on West End and off-west end shows on a job share basis.
The SM’s and industry employers will join us for a discussion on job sharing: how to go about it, the positives and negatives, the value to job sharing to our industry and ourselves
In this session, Lauren and Anna Maria will lay out how they work as job-share partners, how they split their workload, and how they hand over to ensure continuity, an approach which has proved to be financially largely cost-neutral to producers.
With Clear-Com they will share what comms they use and how to create a seamless and very positive effect on their shows through careful co-ordination, planning and excellent team work.
The event will include a discussion on the crucial part that good communications play in SM job sharing roles, with updates from Clear-Com on new technologies and comms equipment available and insights on how to make comms. work for you in your work
In this session we will learn the real benefits of having two people sharing a role and how this enhances the pre-production and show running processes as well as the work- life balance and job satisfaction for the sharers.
They will outline the benefits of holding a senior role as a job share and provide evidence and testimonials.
There will be opportunity for questions and discussion throughout.
Check out this infomative article in The Stage
Lauren Patman is also holding a session at PLASA Focus Leeds on job sharing
Lauren will be talking about her job sharing experiences at PLASA Focus Show in Leeds at 1530 13th May 2025 (Barton Suite).