Base: Birmingham office with some remote working

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 

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

About Soul City Arts (SCA)

SCA is an arts organisation committed to developing creative programmes with a vision of 'connecting communities and transforming society through creativity'. The organisation is founded and led by artist and curator Mohammed Ali MBE, who has built a strong team over the past two decades. We create events and programmes that explore commonalities and shared narratives of people across all faiths and those of differing perspectives. We seek to build hope, pride and confidence within communities enabling them to celebrate themselves and their narratives. We like to help tell the stories of everyday people in extraordinary form.

The Role

Reporting directly to the Artistic Director, SCA 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.

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 programmes

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.