The Communications Officer will support the communications, audience development and fundraising across all our activities and initiatives including the annual Festival and year-round schools and communities work.
The Communications Officer is a vital part of the Communications and Development team, playing a crucial role in developing and delivering year round communications and fundraising campaigns. The post holder needs strong digital marketing skills (particularly in delivery of social media, e-mail campaigns and website), communication and administrative skills, as well as good understanding of marketing and development for the arts.
We expect the role to start in late November.
It is essential that the Communications Officer has:
• strong track record of delivering social media content in the workplace
• ability to manage own workload and prioritise tasks
• excellent verbal and written communication skills
• experience of marketing and development campaigns
• experience of website Content Management Systems
• experience of project management
• an interest in arts and culture (for example but not limited to music, performance, visual art, and circus)
• experience of creating graphic design assets, ideally using Adobe suite software
For more information, including role responsibilities, please see the job pack on our website.
How to Apply
Application is by the completion of Norfolk & Norwich Festival's Application Form which should be emailed to [email protected] along with a completed Equal Opportunities Recruitment Monitoring Form.
We understand some applicants will use AI to assist with their proposal. Our experience tells us proposals with an authentic voice are more compelling.
For the supporting statement in section 3 of the application form, we encourage you to use examples to demonstrate how your skills and experience meet the criteria in the person specification.
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