Manger Application

This is part of the manager application process for Third Wheel. We are looking at expanding our backroom staff, and would like to have you apply to the position. The role is currently undefined as we want to see what variety of skills people apply with and from there look at a candidate who offers us the most. As musicians, we understand that our strengths do not lie in marketing, content, sales and advertising - we are good at music and we want someone who can take on the non-musical parts and crush it for us.

Applicants we will sadly NOT consider

• People with no experience in sales, management, compliance, content or advertising.

• People who want to work outside of UK working hours.

• People who want to do this in addition to an existing full time job. We will consider applicants who work a part-time job or who have contractual work.

• Applicants who prompted an AI with “how to manage a band” before getting to this page, YOU must come in with the skills required and prove them. AI is a tool for assisting you - we can also prompt and follow a Claude instruction set.

Examples of the kind of person we’d look for

• Person A: Extensive experience in advertising with PROVEN metrics and realistic projections to support large scale spending on digital or traditional advertising.

• Person B: Someone who has experience in merchandise sales and placement and can turn our merchandise into a profitable income stream.

• Person C: Someone who has strong connections to corporate entertainment and can secure loads of placements for Third Wheel as a corporate entertainment solution.

• Person D: A person who has built a strong following for all things wedding related and regularly receives enquiries for live entertainment at weddings, someone who can get Third Wheel more wedding shows

• Person E: A person who is a content guru, able to turn mundane content into semi-viral content but hasn’t yet worked out how to monetize their content ability.

You get the idea, we would consider any of these people as strong candidates, even though there are a variety of skills on offer

The Current Business of Third Wheel Music

Third Wheel has existed in the UK for 5 years after the members emigrated from South Africa to the UK. As professional entertainers, there have been countless pub gigs to get to the point of financial stability and to build a solid reputation in a new country. We now play a range of weddings, corporate functions and the occasional pub show. We have residencies in exclusive London venues and we perform full time. The company is set up as a limited company, we own all of our own gear and vehicles and are compliant with HMRC, PLI etc.... We have built a reasonable social following and have a few different ways of acquiring new business. We have some strategic partnerships with different festivals and venues which have come directly from us proving our quality in person. We do not NEED an additional person, the current business is sustainable, but if we can find someone who can help us level up, then we’d love to add them in order to grow our business properly.

The Future of Third Wheel

We want to expand the offering with a new show next year aimed at high end corporate functions. We also want to franchise this show and add more entertainers to our roster. We’d like to add a merchandise arm long-term which would operate as a complementary novelty gifting arm rather than traditional “band merch”. We have a live stream studio which we have built and would like to grow that with weekly streams, eventually bringing in new hosts and exploring the opportunities that can offer. We want to scale up our existing show and be an end-to-end provider with staging, lighting, audio and entertainment aiming at high end clientele. We want to build a scalable and reliable sales division with a proven marketing strategy which continuously brings in new business and keeps the wheels greased

The Application Process

All applications will be considered and responded to. The application process will close on the 15th of October 2026 will all candidates being contacted by the 31st of October 2026. Successful applicants will be invited to a video call/in person meeting (depending on location) to discuss further.