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Communications assistant
Salary: £22,984
Duration: 12 months
Location: London
Deadline: 13th June 2022 at 23:59
Start date: mid July 2022
Combine your passion for communications with your love of dance in this role! There's no time to waste, start your application today...
New Adventures is an iconic and ground-breaking British dance-theatre company, famous for telling stories with a unique theatrical twist. For over 30 years Matthew Bourne and New Adventures have delighted, inspired and nurtured people of all ages and backgrounds: audiences, artists and the next generation. They create world class productions and engaging projects, reaching thousands worldwide every year.
Working closely with the administration manager, the creative content producer (CCP) and the New Adventures staff team, the communications assistant will support the company’s communications strategy and help to develop and advance their engagement with audiences.
What you will learn
Social media and content
- Create and schedule content for social media platforms supported by the creative content producer
- Maintain and populate social media platforms, engage and respond appropriately to comments
- Manage Instagram takeovers and specific venue content requests
- Take photos at rehearsals, workshops and events
- Assist the creative content producer in ensuring that approvals and rights are secured for content and that the correct credits are used
- Track and log statistics on social media and website engagement and report as required
Website
- Ensure News Stories are updated with press releases and other news from across the company
- Assist in managing and cataloguing photography and film assets
- Update and maintain the website supported by Supercool (website agency)
- Oversee major update work as required with Supercool
Communications
- Minute press and marketing meetings as required
- Check marketing copy and bios are regularly updated; collate content and write copy for the monthly newsletter and internal communications
- Provide support for press launches, photoshoots and other events
- Keep internal and external content Dropboxes up to date and archiving on server
- Ensure Arts Council marketing team is updated on New Adventures activity
- Support the creative content producer in collating information and content for the Annual Review (a public facing report that details our achievements and activity across a year)
- Update New Adventures programme pages for touring venues working with external designer
- Support the development team with imagery, invitation design and printing as required
Audience monitoring
- Collate data on audience numbers and sales and report as required
- Assist in maintenance of Google AdGrant (a programme that provides free Google Ads to select charitable organisations) with the relevant external agency
Knowledge, skills, experience
- Communication skills – verbal and written
- Good digital skills, including the ability to create engaging digital content
- Administration skills, including time management and organisation
- Teamwork, flexibility and a proactive approach
- Interested in communications and working for an arts organisation with various stakeholders and across a broad scope of activity from productions to Take Part workshops
Desirable
- A keen interest in dance/the arts
- A keen interest in social media
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Fully IT literate and confident using Apple OS and Microsoft Office
- Strong attention to detail and a high level of accuracy
- Desire to work collaboratively as part of a small team and in varied environments
To apply
- Log in to your Creative Access account or register today to apply for this opportunity
- Upload your CV and your answer to the following question as one document:
Please give an example of a time when you’ve had to draw on your experience and use your initiative to solve a problem? (300 words max) You can draw on experience from or outside of work.
- Once submitted, you can no longer amend your application, so proof-read carefully
- Do not contact the company directly
- Please email any queries about this role to Creative Access at this address: recruit@creativeaccess.org.uk
This opportunity is only open to individuals from a group that is under-represented in the creative industries. This includes, but is not limited to Black, Asian and ethnically diverse candidates, disabled people, and individuals from lower socioeconomic backgrounds.
We will support any access requirements you may have during the recruitment process and ensure that reasonable adjustments are in place. If you have any access needs, or barriers to access that you would like to discuss, please do not hesitate to let us know either before applying or as part of your application.
We are happy to discuss solutions that allow people to balance individual requirements with their working lives, for example through job shares or flexible working.
The successful candidate for this opportunity will also participate in a Creative Access support programme that sits alongside workplace training. This includes a programme of induction training, monthly masterclasses, wellbeing support, buddying / mentoring and more.