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SalaryProject Producer
Creative Crawley’s Project Producer will play a key role within the organisation ensuring that the September 2024 – August 2025 programme including Creative Playground and in particular The Creative Village is delivered to a high standard.
Fee: £23,400 (£150 per day)
Contract: Part time (3 days a week), fixed term freelance September 2024 – August 2025
Application deadline: 9am Friday 26th July
Ideal start date: 2 September 2024. All applications must be submitted to Creative Crawley by 9am on Friday 26 July
Further details can be found in the Job Pack: https://creativecrawley.com/get_involved/project-producer/
For an informal conversation about the role please contact louise@creativecrawley.com
Shortlisted applicants will be contacted by Tuesday 30 July and invited for interview on either Wednesday 31 July, Thursday 1 August or Mon 5 August in Crawley or via zoom.
About the role
The Project Producer is one of the faces of the company and will be directly in contact with existing and emerging creative professionals and residents to deliver the programme.
In collaboration with the Project Co-Directors, Head of Learning and Production and the Community Producer, the freelance Project Producer will support key aspects of the programme and deliver against the business plan’s Smart Targets, working towards key milestones, targets and agreed project outcomes.
FAQs
Q: What kind of jobs might the successful candidate have done before?
A: They might have been a freelance producer working directly with artists or venues. They might have been worked in a commercial or events setting but will definitely have worked with people aged 16 – 30 in a creative setting.
Q: What are the key skills you are looking for?
A: Someone who can make stuff happen. A self-starter who can run with an idea and deliver it with care and flair. They will be a brilliant communicator, have empathy as a core value and understand the importance of being a bridge between artists, participants and audiences. They will be clever with money, making the most of existing resources and finding solutions for a range of different challenges in a flexible and dynamic way.
Q: What’s it like to work with Creative Crawley?
A: It’s a small team. It’s energetic, fun and encourages people to step out of their comfort zone and learn more. In a staff away day earlier this year, some of the team described the personality of the company with these words: Engaging, Aspirational, Ambitious, Motivated , Sociable, Unexpected, Exciting, Intriguing, Bold, Unafraid and Kind.
Person Specification
Essential
● A minimum of 3 years experience in a similar role.
● Proven experience of working with artists and projects that place participation and/or co-creation at the heart of their practice.
● Proven experience of working with 16 - 30 year olds as participants in arts programmes.
● The ability to communicate with participants who have limited experience of the arts.
● Experience of programming and funding models.
● Well developed creative skills, with the ability to think laterally and innovatively.
● Proven experience of developing and/or maintaining strategic partnerships at a range of levels within the arts, statutory and community and voluntary sectors.
● Experience of working with a range of organisations, groups and individuals and communicating effectively at all levels.
● Experience of the management and control of budgets.
● Excellent networking and advocacy skills.
● An awareness of equal opportunities policy and practice and a commitment to inclusion and access.
● Excellent ability to prioritise, working on own initiative and in a flexible and highly proactive manner.
● High level of presentation and communication skills in written and verbal forms including excellent IT literacy particularly using GDrive.
● Vision, ambition and enthusiasm for the long-term development of cultural infrastructure and high quality offer in Crawley.
● Willingness to undertake an enhanced criminal records disclosure.
● Clean driving licence and access to a car.
Desirable
● Knowledge of Crawley and the wider region’s creative ecology.
● Experience of monitoring, evaluation and report writing.
● Marketing and communications experience.
Please email a letter of application setting out why you are applying, your interest in the position, and how your skills and experience match the job description and ideal candidate specification (maximum 1,000 words) • Details of 2 referees, one being your current or most recent employer • Your Curriculum Vitae to recruitment@creativecrawley.com
Good luck with your application and we look forward to hearing from you.
