Tensta producer

Nobel Week Lights — © Nobel Prize Outreach. Foto: Benoît Derrier

Tensta producer

Come work with us! Apply to the 2026 Tensta producer role below. Applications close on 7 May.

Nobel Week Lights is an annual public light art festival taking place in Stockholm during the Nobel Week: 5–13 December 2026. The festival is presented by the Nobel Prize Museum and produced by a small dedicated team with diverse cultural and professional backgrounds.

We value an inclusive and supportive working environment that plays with new and creative ideas. Each person in the team has their role and responsibilities, however we value dialogue across the sectors in order to strengthen all elements of the festival. Creative new ideas are valued in order to develop and grow the festival further.

The festival has the goals of:

Presenting high quality light-artworks in public space to a broad audience
Transforming the way in which Stockholmers see and connect with their city and the urban environment
Inviting the audience into the Nobel celebrations by presenting artworks inspired by and communicating the ideas of the Nobel Prizes and laureates to the public

Team and office

Nobel Week Lights is initiated, curated and produced by Troika Art, a not-for-profit company founded by Annika Levin, Alexandra Manson and Lara Szabo Greisman. Lara is the Festival director of Nobel Week Lights and supervises and leads all members of the operations team.

This role works parallel to the City producer, reports to the Festival director and is assisted by the Järva outreach intern.

Nobel Week Lights is presented by Nobel Prize Museum and the festival HQ is located in the library of the museum, situated at Stortorget 2, in Gamla Stan.

About the Tensta producer role

Dates: 18 May–16 December 2026

Hours: 18 May–30 June 50%, 1 August–16 December 100%

Workspace: Festival office at Nobel Prize Museum and in Tensta

This is a project contract connected to the Tensta festival zone.

The Tensta producer role is structured around four key priority areas: Production, outreach events, stakeholders, and mobility + unity.

Below you can find an overview of what each area entails.

Production

Coordinating production of 2–4 artworks in Tensta
Delivery of festival’s strategic goals for nomadic festival zone
Close contact with selected artists for production of artworks onsite
Dialogue with local tech suppliers for equipment and delivery
Pre-production problem solving for power and site logistics (with Trafikkontoret)
Supervision of production and de-install of all artworks
Gather all invoices from artists and outreach partners before end of festival
During festival: daily dialogue with security staff and swat technicial
Gather communication materials and info for artworks and outreach events

Outreach events

Produce a streamlined programme of Nobel-connected events during the festival
All outreach events designed with goal of bringing audience to see artworks
Coordinate with event co-organisers and supervise all events onsite
Synergize with any “off-programme” events organised by Järva Stadsdelsförvaltning or other

Stakeholders

Ambassador: meet with and welcome local community
Create close dialogue with local stakeholders to find synergies
Reconnect with local organisations and build outreach based on local interests
Meet regularly with local stakeholders

Mobility + unity

Create mobility initiatives to bring audiences from both festivals to each-other
Collaborate closely with festival team for unity and connection between the zones
Syncronize strategies for festival messaging and goals within both festivals
Ensure all secondary zone production information is updated in the drive