Date Posted: 18.2.2020
Salary:c. £25,000 (pro rata)
Contract: Contract for 6 months
Responsible to: Director
Hours: 10 h pw. Part-time, flexible, homebased. (When restrictions are lifted there could be occasional travel involved in the North and Central London areas. This can be discussed)
Purpose of the role:
Executing and overseeing administration, publicity and marketing duties involved in the day to day smooth running of the organisation. Working with team members to meet goals by assigned deadlines. Keeping up to date on all aspects of projects running. Assisting and co-ordinating respective teams dealing with projects, seeing them through to completion in an orderly and timely manner. Some research will be involved for projects at the conception stage. Using expertise to solve unexpected problems.
• Project co-ordination.
• Support for budget management.
• Publicity and marketing
• Responsibility for the smooth and efficient running of all administrative and coordination aspects.
• Plan, prepare and manage the publication and distribution of publicity materials
• Design marketing campaigns on social media
• Organise a calendar of marketing events, such as promotions, exhibitions, product launches, workshops, open days, fundraising activities and student internship programmes.
• Represent the company at events
• Write, edit and proofread marketing material for use in different channels
• Oversee and update the website(s)
• Line manage website manager and partners.
• Analyse the impact of marketing campaigns and prepare measurement reports
• Write press releases and communicate with the media
• Hands-on with the day to day running of the projects to make sure that all members of the project team adhere to set schedules and activities. Keep up with any changes in the overall project plan
• Co-ordinates the exhibitions, showcases, and dissemination sessions by providing back-office support.
• Co-ordinates the volunteer selection process and ensure job and volunteer profiles to the standards required.
• Liaises with all team members, external partners and collaborators to accomplish respective projects and goals.
• Looks for ways to cut back on project expenses and increase the potential for output
• Supports project director in executing publicity and marketing campaigns.
• Provides administrative support to project director in all aspects of the projects running. Keeps upper management in the loop by preparing project updates and reports.
• Ensures effective development and administration of IT systems, such as database, email, cloud filing, back-up and online communication tools including teams, Skype, Zoom as well as web/video/audio conferencing systems. Buying and maintaining online contracts, tools and subscriptions.
Person Specifications: (competencies, qualifications & experience)
• Experience of working in the creative eco-system in the UK.
• Experience of project co-ordination in the performing arts sector
• Experience of working closely with the community, students, creative artists and volunteers.
• Highly developed interpersonal skills.
• Experience of financial management and budget preparation of comparable scale.
• Excellent creative sense of publicity/marketing and social media is highly desired.
• Demonstrable knowledge of effective decision-making and problem-solving.
• Excellent IT skills, including Word and Excel.
• Good standard of education and a good command of written and spoken English skills.
• understanding of the aims and objectives of the creative and cultural community in the UK.
Start date – The role will start as soon as possible to be decided with the successful candidate.
About Abundant Art:
Abundant Art is focused on delivering art and cultural heritage projects in addition to running an art zine. Our art and culture heritage projects aim to rediscover and preserve artistic heritage which is at risk and reconnect people with lost or forgotten heritage. Our projects aim to transform heritage into a living experience through active participation of the members of the community, particularly our younger generation. We strive to make artistic heritage accessible and relevant to people in the most suitable way. We continue to bring a thriving multi-faceted cultural and entertainment scene to our audience through our e-mag. In a short space of 3 years+ we have delivered culturally significant work and also opened up previously unavailable opportunities to learn and create for young people.
Abundant Art gallery is an online curated art gallery focusing on promoting contemporary art. We produce original artworks (paintings and sculptures) through art camps and promote them through our online gallery to collectors and art lovers. We also curate physical exhibitions.
Through our social media channels, we look at bringing fine artists from all styles to share their work and initiate discussions about the art world collectively.
We aim to focus on artists from diverse communities, backgrounds, and demographics to create new opportunities. We identify, inspire and support them with required resources to produce artworks. We have a unique model where following selections we commission the artworks through art camps organised by Abundant Art.
The gallery had started off with Indian Art working across borders creating a link between Indian artists and international audience. Our strategy was to focus on one area to begin with as a learning pad. We now have a planned strategy to extend to the UK artist base.
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Project Background
Investigating the impact of collaboration between Uday Shankar and Anna Pavlova on dance heritage. Memories, oral histories, cultural expressions, artistic creations born out of the iconic collaboration and cultural exchange between dance pioneer Uday Shankar and Prima Ballerina Anna Pavlova will be researched for documentation.
This project is supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund.
Job Description:
We are pleased to announce that we are offering a training course for archival research, oral history interviewing and video recording as part of our heritage project. The training will be delivered by the Oral History Society. This is a free training and will also offer practical experience based on the training, while the project runs until mid-2019.
Person Specification: (competencies, qualifications & experience)
Point of contact: Project Director
Training date: 17th November 10.00am – 4.00pm Venue: The British Library 96 Euston Road, London NW1 2DB
To apply please submit your CV with a covering letter which sets out your relevant skills and experience and why you are interested in the role to info@abundantart.net
Closing date of application: 7th November 6pm
Successful candidates will be advised by email on 9th November and a running order of the training day will be provided prior to the day.
Participants are expected to volunteer in some of the oral history recording sessions on need basis after the training. This will give participants some practical experience and will also provide the opportunity to get involved in the heritage project. Details can be discussed before or after the training session by email.
Project Background
Investigating the impact of collaboration between Uday Shankar and Anna Pavlova on dance heritage. Memories, oral histories, cultural expressions, artistic creations born out of the iconic collaboration and cultural exchange between dance pioneer Uday Shankar and Prima Ballerina Anna Pavlova will be researched for documentation.
This project is supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund.
Job Code: AAJ-HP1-A
Purpose: To direct and manage project including coordination of all activities and interaction with all participants internal and external and HLF.
Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities
Responsibilities
Accountabilities
Working Relationships
Person Specification:
(competencies, qualifications & experience)
Reports to: Project Steering Group
Direct reports: Specialists in the art and heritage sector, dance and academic experts, Choreographers, film maker
Hours: 3 days a week for 26 weeks (1 day of voluntary work is required with 2 days paid)
For immediate start, start date to be confirmed
To apply please submit your CV with a covering letter to info@abundantart.net
Closing date of application: 1 June 6pm
Interview date: 5 June 5pm (Venue in London, to be confirmed)