Digital Content Creator / Job Category: / Creative Apprentice
Location: / Grays, Thurrock / Travel required: / Within the Borough of Thurrock
Level / Salary Range: / £5.30 per hour
£159 per week
£8,268 per annum / Length of Contract: / 12 months
July 2015 – July 2016
Hours of work: / flexible / Time Commitment per week: / 30 hours per week
Line Manager: / Michaela Freeman
/ HR Contact: / Emma Mollica
Criteria for application
This job has been created as part of the Creative Employment Programme.It is part of a programme to broaden entry routes to creative industry jobs funded through Thurrock Council, CCSkills and Arts Council England.
How to apply
Please send a CV and cover letter to Emma Mollica, Chalkwell Hall, Chalkwell Avenue, Southend on Sea, SS0 8NB or email .
Deadline for applications:- 3 July 2015
Interviews will take place:- w/c 6 July 2015
About Metal
Metal was founded in London in 2002by Jude Kelly OBE. We have been active in Liverpool since 2004, in Southend-on-Sea since 2007 and in Peterborough since 2012. In each place, we work from buildings of historic significance that we have transformed from empty or derelict spaces into vibrant cultural community hubs.
From these bases, we work to provide the catalyst that can transform the potential of people and places through great art and inspiring ideas. We support artists from the UK and overseas, working in all disciplines, at all career levels, providing opportunities for them to develop their work and create new projects.
We create large- scale, participatory projects that respond to our immediate environment and involve people of all ages and from all walks of life. We curate exhibitionsand events which attracts audiences to share in great music and art.
About Idea13
Idea13.org is a website developed and run by Metal as a ‘What’s on’ for cultural information and events. It has been running very successfully since 2008 with a focus on the Southend on Sea area. It has around 15,000 unique users with around 45,000 hits each year. We are now expanding the site along South Essex to include the Borough of Thurrock. The current website is being developed to provide Thurrock with its own distinct navigation and content as follows:-
- What’s On calendar
- Idea13 TV - a lively, video-led, preview and review site for events that are coming up or currently on
- Featured Artist – profiling a South Essex artist each month
- Directory – listings of all member profiles – artists / creative industries etc
- Trailblazing - a blog / news page for the cultural entitlement / youth projects across Thurrock
- The Fence - a virtual fence for fly posting marketing posters
- Submit an event – an easy to use form for anyone to use to post events (mediated)
- About – a page about Idea13
Job Description
IDEA13 Thurrock – Digital Content Creator
This position offers gaining experience in using WordPress blogging tool, SEO, tags, plugins, image editing and e-marketing. The successful candidate will be offered initial training after which they will be allowed to work on their own with regular supervision and evaluation.
Duties
- Researching interesting arts and culture news items and opportunities to put on Idea13’s blog
- Writing and adding new blog posts using WordPress
- Researching, editing and adding photos to blog posts
- Interviewing artists / filming, editing and posting onto Idea13 TV
- Managing users and the user directory
- Adding new events to the calendar
- Preparing a weekly newsletter to be sent out
- Promoting the website at events and exhibitions
Person Specification:-
- Keen interest in the arts and music
- Good writing and communication skills
- Good working knowledge of digital technology
- Willingness to learn new skills
- Creativity and resourcefulness
- Ability to troubleshoot
- Ability to work independently
- Enthusiasm
- Ability to work flexible hours
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