Communications & Marketing Manager (Talbot Rice Gallery) Edinburgh, Scotland
Job description
UE06: £30,619.00 - £35,308.00 Per Annum
CAHSS / Edinburgh College of Art / Talbot Rice Gallery
Open Ended Contract - Permanent: Full Time - 35 Hours per Week
The Opportunity
Talbot Rice Gallery are seeking a Communications & Marketing Manager who is passionate about the visual arts to join our team. The role will be responsible for leading the strategic development and delivery of Talbot Rice Gallery’s Communications & Marketing Strategy to ensure the widest possible reach within the University context and beyond to local, national and international audiences.
The Communications & Marketing Manager will be responsible for leading and delivering work across press, digital, social media, print and advertising to grow engagement with Talbot Rice Gallery and build our reputation and profile as the public art gallery of the University of Edinburgh.
As a member of TRG’s small, highly valued team, you will play an important part in shaping the organisation over the coming years.
Skills and Attributes for Success
- Previous practical experience of marketing and audience development, preferably in a contemporary arts or creative cultural context.
- Understanding of best contemporary practice in marketing and communications.
- Experience of developing a digital strategy and managing social media activity effectively on behalf of an organisation.
- Experience of budgeting and budgetary control.
- Sound knowledge of using Adobe Creative Suite and graphic design proficiency in InDesign and Photoshop
- Excellent communication skills, oral and written.
- Strong project management and administration skills.
- Excellent negotiation and advocacy skills.
- Experience of working positively with Press.
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Closing date: Tuesday 13 June
As a valued member of our team you can expect:
An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. We give you support, nurture your talent and reward success. You will benefit from a competitive reward package and a wide range of staff benefits, which includes a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme , staff discounts, family friendly initiatives , flexible working and much more. Access our staff benefits page for further information and use our reward calculator to find out the total value of pay and benefits provided.
The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.
If invited for interview you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our right to work webpages.
On this occasion the University will not consider applicants requiring sponsorship for this role. International workers will therefore only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.
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