The Role

Wandsworth's Arts and Culture Service are looking for a Marketing and Communications Assistant to join our team. The Arts and Culture Service deliver the annual Wandsworth Arts Fringe, Wandsworth Art and Wandsworth Artist Open House, creative education programmes and cultural regeneration projects which embed cultural opportunities into the local community.

The Arts and Culture Marketing and Communications Assistant will work closely with the Arts and Culture Marketing and Communications Manager, and all other members of the Arts and Culture Service, as well as the Council’s wider central Communications team to support the delivery of our marketing and communications strategies and communicate the breadth of our work, attracting audiences and recruiting participants. 

This dynamic and varied role requires someone who is passionate about growing audiences for the arts and is a strong communicator with imaginative ideas. With at least 1 year of marketing experience, ideally in arts marketing, this role requires someone proactive and well organised with the ability to juggle multiple projects.

The successful candidate will join an award-winning Arts and Culture Service, within a borough that prides itself on delivering a wide range of creative opportunities for everyone living, working and visiting the borough. For more details on the work already happening in the borough visit Wandsworth Council’s Arts section, Wandsworth Arts Fringe and Wandsworth Art.

Your role:

• Maintain and update arts service websites (Wandsworth Council arts pages, Wandsworth Arts Fringe and Wandsworth Artists’ Open House), collate information for e-newsletters and fliers, and proactively pursue other online opportunities to promote the arts services work.
• Support the delivery of audience development plans for the arts service’s larger projects through collecting analysis of Collect, collate visitor/audience data.
• Work with arts and culture service partners to source materials, interesting content and images to support the marketing and PR of the various programmes and projects.
• Support the Arts Marketing and Communications Manager in administrative duties such as collection and collation of press coverage, public enquires and other materials for reports, archive and presentations.

Please refer to the job profile document attached for additional information.

Working with us:

We recognise the importance of a good balance between work and home life so we do everything we can to accommodate flexible working including, working from home and other arrangements. Please just let us know in your application or at any stage throughout the process (and beyond) if these are options you’d like to explore. We also offer a generous holiday allowance of 39 paid days (pro rata) including bank holidays and a wide range of learning and development opportunities.

In addition, we offer a comprehensive range of staff benefits such as membership of the Local Government pension scheme, childcare vouchers, new technology scheme, interest-free loans on annual travel cards, discounts with many leisure activities, restaurants, shops and other establishments.

At Richmond and Wandsworth Councils, we care more about how you work and what you achieve, rather than where you work on any given day. The difference you can make to our local communities is what really matters most to us, service delivery must always come first. We have carefully considered agile ways of working to provide the best experience for residents, stakeholders and our staff. Our agile working strategy actively supports and encourages a dynamic work environment and daily working experience. Agile working helps put the needs of our staff at the centre of everything we do, so if specific flexible working arrangements helps you with this, feel free to let us know.

Your wellbeing and the flexible way in which you can work is and will remain a key priority for Richmond and Wandsworth Councils. We want you to thrive and feel empowered in your work!

Indicative Recruitment Timeline

Closing Date:  17^th April 2022

Shortlisting Date: W/C 18^th April 2022

Interview Date: 28^th April 2022 (TBC)

For an informal conversation in relation to the role please contact Hannah Hiett - Arts and Culture Marketing and Communications Manager via hannah.hiett@richmondandwandsworth.gov.uk

Useful Information:

Please note the shortlisting for this role is anonymised.

The closing date is given as a guide. We reserve the right to close this vacancy once a sufficient number of applications has been received. We strongly advise you to complete your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

Please note that the advertised dates for interviews may change due to the current Covid-19 situation. If they do, we will let you know as soon as possible.

Your health and wellbeing is our top priority. Should you become unwell due to Covid-19 during the recruitment process we would very much appreciate receiving an update from you as soon as possible.

We particularly welcome applications from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our teams, including black and ethnic minority communities.

Richmond and Wandsworth Councils are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences, recognising that employees from a variety of backgrounds bring important and positive contributions to the Councils and can improve the way we deliver services. We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer.

Richmond and Wandsworth Councils are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Richmond and Wandsworth Councils