Jobs & Commissions
Graphic Designer
required by market leading brand. Educated to HND or degree level with commercial experience and a flair for new ideas, the potential candidate must be highly skilled in Mac and retouching and possess excellent print knowledge. Attention to detail, ability to work under pressure and manage workflow required. Photography and web skills an advantage. Write enclosing CV and examples of your work to: Jane Adcock, Personnel Manager, Alexander House, Chartwell Drive, Wigston LE18 2EZ. Closing date 23 May.
Temporary Marketing Officer
at Phoenix Independent Cinema/Digital Media Centre, Leicester. £15,153 pro rota - 6 month fixed term contract. To facilitate brochure production, to update website and to generate media activity. Closing Date: Thursday 22nd May.Notification: Monday 25th May (by telephone).
Interviews: Thursday 29th May. please email
ros.hill@phoenix.org.uk or call 0116 224 7710 for an application pack.Please return forms with a COVERING LETTER either by email to
ros.hill@phoenix.org.uk (Ref: MOE1) or by post to Ross Hill (Ref: MOE1) C/o PHOENIX, 21 Upper Brown Street, Leicester LE1 5TE
New opportunities at Curve
This new state-of-the-art theatre in Leicester is recruiting a Facilities Manager, Marketing Trainee and p/t Payroll/Finance Assistant. For full information see
www.curveonline.co.uk or email careers@leicestertheatretrust.co.uk. Closing date 20 May.
Creative Design opportunities
Development Designer and graduate for POP Development Design plus Student Placement for Design dept required by Sheridan & Co - a design through to installation company for Retail Beauty Sites. Student placement requires an interest in retail, Point of Purchase and promotion event design; Designer and graduate require previous POP development design experience together with hands-on apprpoach and commercial experience in a fast-paced environment. Must be fully conversant with Solidworks software. Please send CV with covering letter to Mrs Sue Coupland, HR Manager, Sheridan & Co Ltd, Riverside, Market Harborough, Leics LE16 7PT. Closing date 19 May.
Project Manager & Consultation Manager
The Spark Children’s Art Festival is working with Leicester City Council to create two landscaped play spaces as part of the authority’s Children’s Play Strategy. These play spaces will be situated in Braunstone Park and Aylestone Meadows. The spaces will create a naturalistic play space that can also be utilised for activities and events, such as outside theatre or storytelling. They will fit into the surrounding landscapes and provide a different type of play experience for children (and adults!).
Project Manager: Reporting to the Spark Festival Director, the Project Manager will be responsible for all aspects of the project, from the consultation work through to installation next year. Funded through the Big Lottery, the successful candidate will work in partnership with city council officers and other stakeholders and be responsible for the overall project delivery. Freelance position, approx 45 days work, from July 2008 to July 2009. Fee: £11,250
Consultation Manager: reporting to the Project Manager – the successful candidate will have responsibility for undertaking the design consultation exercises that will be carried out over the summer of 2008. They will have responsibility for engaging with all possible stakeholders over the designs of the spaces, which will form part of the final design brief that will be commissioned from artists / designers. Freelance position, approx 12 days, from August to November 2008. Fee: £2400 For further information please contact Ellen Bianchini on 0116 261 6893 or email
admin@sparkfestival.co.uk Deadline for applications: 30th May 2008.
Dance4 - Freelance Dance and Health Worker
Dance4 are seeking an experienced freelance Dance and Health Worker that has a passion and desire to extent their skills within Dance and Health practice. Fee is £2,400 plus expenses. We are currently looking for a Dance and Health Worker that can help specifically support the development of our creative dance and older people's programme, Young@heart and working alongside the Learning Manager at Dance4 to support and develop future dance and health projects based within the local communities of Nottingham/shire. At present we will be offering a freelance contract until December 2008 however we are keen for this post to develop and extend the working hours. Dance4 are currently applying for various grants to support additional projects. Please note: the Worker must be available on a Tuesday morning from June 10th to deliver 10 practical dance sessions to the young@heart group Newstead. Other sessions are still to be programmed. For more information about the Dance and Health Worker post, please contact Vanessa McGuire at Dance4 on 0115 9410773 or email vanessa@dance4.co.uk. Deadline for applications: 9th May, Interviews to take place on 20th May, Start date: week commencing 3rd June.
The Summer Project
DeMontfort University manage a scheme which assists businesses complete projects that require time or skills that employees in the business may not have. They provide the business with an undergraduate for up to twelve weeks on projects ranging from Marketing, Design, Product design, animation, photography, media production, PR, website design etc. The cost to a business is £190 per week plus a management fee. This is paid to the University who than pay the student (no HR or payroll issues). For further information, contact Yusuf Patel on 0116 2577932 or email
Yusuf.patel@dmu.ac.uk
Public Sector Contracts
This new services gives access to thousands of lower-value contracts offered by the public sector nationally. Sign up at
www.supply2.gov.uk Leicester City Council also runs their own scheme for helping small businesses to get contracts with the council. For further information email
a2p@leicester.gov.uk
