Jobs & Commissions

QUAD, Derby’s leading centre for art and film is looking for a Digital Marketing Officer to cover maternity.

If you have a year’s marketing experience and can

• manage our busy social networks
• content rich website
• eflyers
• be a spark of inspiration for new ways of engaging audiences online and beyond

we would like to hear from you.

Closing Date for applications:      Friday 24thFebruary 2012

Interview date:                          Tuesday 6thMarch 2012

To start in post:                         Monday 2ndApril 2012

Full details and an application form can be found on our website here:http://www.derbyquad.co.uk/vacancies/marketingofficer

You will create a new legendary experience to contribute to BIG DANCE 2012 and the Cultural Olympiad. This is UK’s greatest sporting year staying in the hearts and minds for generations. It will be bespoke to the region, ambitious, exciting audiences with unexpected dance experiences.

The Flagship commission will take place at National Water Sports Centre on 8th July 2012 as part of the National Big Dance week (7th-14th July). Led by Dance4 this commission will be the region's signature Big Dance project for 2012 and act as the focal point for media coverage and our regional dance celebrations. The choreographer will also lead the dance element of a major performance to co inside with Olympic Torch arrival in Nottingham City Centre again led by Dance4 with our partners Lakeside Arts Centre and the University of Nottingham.

We are looking for exciting, realistic proposals that can be made with a development and production budget of approximately £40K inclusive of productions costs, professional dancers and choreographer fees as well as costs for local artists to deliver the community engagement strand.

For more information on how to apply please go to http://www.dance4.co.uk/about/project/big-dance-2012/artists/opportunity/extraordinary-choreographer-needed-big-dance-flagship-commission

Deadline: 5pm on 2nd March 2012

Curve is Leicester’s state of the art theatre situated in the heart of the City’s Cultural Quarter. We are moving into our 4thyear and have an exciting opportunity for a Group Sales and Marketing Officer to join our team and to become part of our continued success.

The Group Sales and Marketing Officer will generate new sales opportunities, and develop new target markets and communication methods for group audiences.

You will be responsible for setting targets, devising and executing sales campaigns and ultimately increasing income through group sales.  You will also oversee an efficient and welcoming service to all group bookers.

Evening and weekend work will be required as a normal part of the working week.

If you meet the above criteria and are excited about joining our successful Communications Team, find out more about the role by visiting www.curveonline.co.uk/careers for further details and to submit an application.

Closing date for applications: Friday 2nd March (12 noon)

Curve is strongly committed to diversity.  We strive to recruit, retain and advance people of all backgrounds so that our workforce reflects the diversity of our customers and our communities. 

Curve is Leicester’s state of the art theatre situated in the heart of the City’s Cultural Quarter. We are moving into our 4thyear and have an exciting opportunity for a Ticket Office Manager to join our team and to become part of our continued success.

The Ticket Office Manager will be responsible for the day to day management of the Ticket Office and its staff and will have previous experience in coaching and developing a successful sales team. 

An excellent level of computer literacy and significant experience of using a box office system is essential. In addition you will have a passion for delivering excellent customer service and will be responsible for ensuring that the Ticket Office delivers an outstanding level of service to all customers whilst maximising ticket sales income. 

The successful applicant will have experience in a comparable role, either in a supervisory position within a large venue, or a managerial position within a smaller organisation. A track record of strong people management skills, and proven expertise in budgeting and financial control is essential. 

Evening and weekend work will be required as a normal part of the working week.

If you meet the above criteria and want to find out more about the role please visitwww.curveonline.co.uk/careers for further details and to submit an application.

Closing date for applications: Friday 2nd March (12 noon)

Curve is strongly committed to diversity.  We strive to recruit, retain and advance people of all backgrounds so that our workforce reflects the diversity of our customers and our communities. 

Curve is Leicester’s state of the art theatre situated in the heart of the City’s Cultural Quarter. We are moving into our 4thyear and have an exciting opportunity for an Assistant Operational Manager to join our Duty Management team within the Operations Department.

The role will be primarily responsible for Duty Managing performances and events (evening and weekend working will be required), leading and motivating the ushering team, maintaining the Operational Department rota, providing exceptional customer service and a professional and friendly first point of contact for both internal and external customers.

The successful candidate will be enthusiastic about personal development within a creative environment, have a flexible approach to working patterns and a commitment to working unsociable hours, excellent written and verbal communication skills and an ability to work under pressure.

Previous experience of Duty Management and managing staff working in a customer focused environment is essential.

If you meet the above criteria please visit www.curveonline.co.uk/careers for further details and to submit an application. 

Closing date for applications: Thursday 8th March 2012

Interviews to be held week commencing 12th March 2012

Curve is strongly committed to diversity.  We strive to recruit, retain and advance people of all backgrounds so that our workforce reflects the diversity of our customers and our communities. 

emccan is a consortium comprising Derby, Leicester and Nottingham Caribbean Carnivals and Northampton Carnival. emccan is being incorporated as a not-for-profit CIC and becomes an Arts Council NPO from April 2012.  

This is a significant moment in the development of East Midlands Carnival, with a strong collaborative vision for enhancing the artistic and management development of carnival in the region over the next three years. A part-time Strategic Manager post will shortly be appointed.

emccan has been working on a process of organisational development with ArtReach and now seeks to recruit four independent board members to bring a range of new skills and experience to support the ongoing work

 BOARD MEMBERS

 These are voluntary positions. Some travel expenses can be paid for attending board meetings. The anticipated commitment is to attend six emccan board meetings per annum and it is expected that board members will endeavour to attend each of the region’s four carnivals.

emccan particularly seeks board members who bring developed skills in one or more of arts management, financial management, fundraising, arts development, business development, marketing, partnership working and legal expertise. 

 Please forward a letter (indicating why you are interested in a board position with emccan) and full curriculum vitae to:

 david@artreach.biz

Closing date Friday 9 March 2012

We are looking for an experienced practitioner to deliver a series of workshops to young children and their carers at selected Children’s Centres in North West Leicestershire.  The workshops should focus on developing language and communication skills and personal, social and emotional skills and should include some tools that parents/carers can take away from the sessions. Workshops will take place in morning and afternoon sessions at each centre, and will be offered to two age groups: 0 – 2 years, and 2 – 5 years. The workshops will be offered in conjunction with a visit to performances of shows at The Century Theatre, Snibston and the content of the workshops should ideally reflect themes of the stories.  

Download the full brief for more details.

Please send a brief outline of your experience of delivering workshops for children, and initial ideas for your proposed workshops, together with your CV by Monday 12 March to sallie.wocha@leics.gov.uk

Raffles Education Corporation are looking for people to fill a number of lecturing posts in the Asia Pacifc Region:

They are looking for Lecturers in:

• Visual Communication Lecturer
• Interactive Media Design
• Interior Design / Interior Architecture
• Fashion Design Lecturer
• Fashion Marketing and Management

For full details go to http://www.raffles-education-corporation.com/Careerwithus.html

To apply: Please email a comprehensive resume (with contact number in PDF or Word format), academic certificates and 2 reference letters from previous or current employers (in English Language) as well as a recent photograph to recruitment.educ@gmail.com

Leicester Print Workshop is looking for a practising textile artist to use the studio on a regular basis as the in-house resident expert for a 6 to 12 month period to begin in the summer of 2012.

Whilst unpaid the post holder will have free use of the studio during open access hours and a modest materials budget. It is expected that they also join the LPW team of specialist tutors and will therefore have the opportunity to gain paid employment as a sessional tutor, during and after the residency.

LPW is a fine art printmaking studio and is equipped for a range of techniques including relief, screen printing, intaglio and lithography. We do not have the space for large scale printmaking or printing of long runs of fabric but we do have a wealth of equipment, including a small heat press, for short print runs and one off pieces. We see this opportunity as a time for the resident artist to experiment and to produce new work in a friendly, supportive, community environment but also as an opportunity to support LPW as it improves its provision for textile artists.

Open access hours: Tuesday, 10am – 5pm; Wednesday 10am – 8pm; Thursday 10am – 5pm and the first weekend of every month.

Materials budget: £25 per month

Key outcomes: The selected artist will experiment and test new approaches to printmaking on textiles and whilst not expected to complete a new range of work they will test and trial new approaches using LPW equipment.

The artist will support LPW as it seeks to make improvements to its textile printing provision; some of which will be immediately implemented and some of which will go into a longer term plan for which funding will be sought.

LPW will add at least one new textile printmaking course to its 2012/13 course programme and will promote printmaking on textiles to its education partners with a view to increasing the number of people practising printmaking in the studio and in the region.

Application Process

Please provide the following information in your emailed application and attach some images of recent work and/or a link to your website.

1. Name & Address including email address

2. Reason for wanting to become the resident

3. Experience to date (including techniques)

4. Areas of interest as far as developing and making use of the residency

5. Amount of time you will be available to come to the studio (see open access hours)

6. Demonstrate your readiness to work with the tech team to improve provision in the studio

7. Do you have any experience of teaching printmaking? (not essential)

8. Please provide the names and email addresses of two referees

Please forward this information to: Lucy@leicesterprintworkshop.com before 31 March 2012. Leicester Print Workshop is a registered charity, based in Highfields in Leicester. Please visit www.leicesterprintworkshop.com for further information or drop in during open access hours.

Creative England is inviting applications from entrepreneurs and professionals working in the digital and games sectors in any part of the English regions, to join its non-executive Board.

The Creative England Board currently has eight members:

• Alison Owen (Ruby Films)
• Andrew Chitty (Illumina Digital)
• Bill Lawrence (Reel Solutions)
• Charles Wace (Twofour Group)
• Heather Rabbatts CBE (Talent House Media)
• Jonnie Turpie MBE (Maverick TV)
• Richard Klein (BBC Four)
• Chairman John Newbigin

Applications are now being invited from entrepreneurs and professionals from the English regions who have the skills and experience to help shape Creative England, and grow the creative economy outside London. 

John Newbigin, Chair of Creative England said: “The Creative England Board already has some of the most experienced and respected figures in film, TV and the media industries who bring with them an intimate understanding of industry needs in different parts of the country.  We are now looking to further strengthen this team with professionals who are at the leading edge of developments in the games and digital media sectors and who understand the challenges and opportunities facing independent creative businesses outside London.”

Creative England launched in October 2011, to support the sustainable growth of independent creative businesses, and the talent that feeds them, in every part of England outside London. It is a BFI delegated body for the distribution of National Lottery funds for film, and a recipient of DCMS Grant-in-Aid funds from the BFI to support the strategic development of film in the English Regions.

In April it will launch a new £5 million investment scheme to support digital content creating companies in the regions, funded by the Government’s Regional Growth Fund.  

If you are a leader in the field of your region’s digital or games sector, and you are interested in helping to shape the future of England’s creative industries, send your CV to board@creativeengland.co.uk.

The national website listing 'lower value' public sector contracts is at www.businesslink.gov.uk/contractsfinder. The site listing 2012 Olympics subcontracts is www.competefor.com. For Leicestershire and Rutland contracts see www.sourceleicestershire.co.uk.

We’re an expanding marketing communications agency with a great set of clients.

Due to a rapidly expanding job book and increased demand for our services we’re now looking for a talented and down to earth designer with a natural flair for creating outstanding B2C and B2B campaigns with real impact.

his is a key role within the team and you will need to be comfortable working from initial brief through to implementation and execution. Ideally you will have one to two years of agency experience and looking for the next step in your career.

You’ll need to demonstrate an ability to generate strong ideas led work and expertise in retail and business messaging to deliver eye catching campaigns for print and web.

You’ll also need to be able to use InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator from concept to artwork. We’re happy to consider both full time and part time positions; we just need a great new member of the team.

If you’re interested please drop us a line with your CV to david@threethinking.co

Soar Media is looking to recruit a professional and proactive sales executive to enhance the meteoric growth of their sports agency and associated projects. The successful applicant must have the drive to unearth and cultivate new leads as well as supplement the company’s existing client relationships. For more information visit www.soarmedia.co.uk/careers.html

Soar Media is looking to recruit a professional, creative and proactive designer to enhance the meteoric growth of our sports agency and associated projects. The successful applicant must have the passion and dedication to create engaging designs for both print and web. You will ideally have a track record of designing for the sports industry and experience of client facing and project coordination. If you are creative, brand driven, have a passion for sport and enjoy producing work at a fast pace and to mass exposure please email your portfolio and CV to hello@soarmedia.co.uk