Soul City Arts : Digital Designer

Designer is needed in Birmingham, United Kingdom.

Client: Soul City Arts

Location: Birmingham, UK

Contract: Part Time

Role: Digital Creator

Base: Birmingham office with some remote working

Reporting to: Artistic Director

Contract Type: Part-time, 3 days per week - fixed-term contract of employment

Salary: £16,800 gross per annum (based on 3 days per week, £28,000 gross full-time equivalent)

Timescales: To commence from January 2024 (or sooner if available), initially until the end of March 2026

The Role

Reporting directly to the Artistic Director, Soul City Arts seeks to employ a Digital Creator. The Digital Creator will take a lead on delivering all external organisational and project-based communications across all SCA platforms, including developing platforms and use.

Responsibilities

• Create organisational and project communications
• Learn and become an ambassador for the SCA brand, voice, and house style
• Manage current communication platforms and develop new ones
• Design and edit digital content both images and video
• Work closely and collaboratively with the Artistic Director
• Work collaboratively with all colleagues, including direct work with the Public Engagement Lead
• To contribute to the delivery of SCA’s Investment Principles Plan submitted to Arts Council England

All postholders are expected to participate in training and development activity and to contribute time and expertise to supporting our training programmes. This list of responsibilities is not exhaustive and team members will be required to perform duties outside of this as operationally required.

Person Specification

• An experienced designer, experienced with tools such as Adobe Premiere Pro, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Audition, and Adobe After Effects
• An attention to establishing and maintaining a good brand presence
• An excellent communicator with a solid, working knowledge and understanding of different communication channels and their use
• A collaborative worker, demonstrating an interest across all work strands
• A creative storyteller, able to bring the mission and vision to life whilst expanding reach
• Excellent attention to detail, ensuring accuracy of all content and alignment with SCA brand
• Target focused, building audiences and engagement through content creation
• Excellent organisation skills, with the ability to balance and prioritise a diverse workload, working well autonomously and as part of a team
• Competent across IT and software, including a strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office, and willingness to learn other software programmes and digital tools quickly
• An effective communicator, able to build and maintain relationships with colleagues, agencies, and partners
• A can-do attitude to working in small and busy team structure, with multiple work strands with competing demands
• Attributes of diplomacy, confidentiality, trust and respect for colleagues and partners
• To be based in, or able to move within commuting distance of Birmingham
• A personal and professional interest in arts, culture and heritage
• Familiarity with and appreciation of diverse cultures and faith in all its forms
• Understanding and appreciation of the vision and values of SCA