Senior Communications Officer, Music; ARTCF

Senior Communications Officer, Music (ARTCF
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This role is provided by Arts Council England. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

This role can be based from any of the following Arts Council offices:
Manchester, Leeds, Newcastle, Birmingham, Nottingham, Bristol, Cambridge, Brighton

Lead and deliver Arts Council England’s communications around Music, working with the national Music and Advocacy and Communications teams to communicate information about the work of the national Music team and related investment and other opportunities, including the delivery of the DCMS Music Growth Package scheme and the Supporting Grassroots Music programme.

Arts Council England is responsible for delivering the Music Growth Package on behalf of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). The Council will facilitate investment of up to £10 million per annum over the next three years to help sustain and grow the sector in line with the objectives of the Creative Industries Sector Plan.

This work builds on existing investment in Music across programmes such as the National Portfolio, National Lottery Project Grants, Develop Your Creative Practice and other sector development initiatives.

You will work across two teams: the national Music team and the advocacy and communication team, drawing on expertise from media, social media, public affairs and internal communications.

The main purpose of this role is to lead and deliver impactful, strategic communication for a broad range of audiences, including prospective applicants, sector bodies, media and other stakeholders, and to provide sound communication advice as the Music Growth Package progresses.

Acting as a champion for accessible content and plain English, you will support the team in developing information and guidance, and lead on producing advocacy content for the Music Growth Package delivery and the wider benefits of Arts Council’s music investment.

You will create communications and engagement plans, using a mix of channels to reach your audiences, focus on clear messaging and narrative, and build in evaluation measures to assess and report on impact.

• Work with national Music and communication management colleagues to develop and implement a strategy for music communication, connecting to the Arts Council’s wider work and helping colleagues to make the most of existing opportunities.
• Provide advice for colleagues across different departments and at all levels, shaping projects from the start and reacting to issues, helping set the best course of action across multiple channels (web, social, email, media, internal).
• Develop, manage and implement communication tasks and campaigns of different scales with creativity, precision and enthusiasm. Measure and report on impact for projects such as research reports, fund deadlines, web content strategy and media releases.
• Ensure and manage contributions from others in a matrix working setting, champion your own work and connect opportunities between the two busy teams.
• Use your skills and knowledge to translate complicated information into effective communication, with a deep understanding of the marketing mix to drive complex projects both in short bursts and over longer periods.
• Bring curiosity and interest that generates new ideas and perspectives for the team.

This role will work with a wide range of stakeholders, internal and external, including the executive board and chair, directors, senior leaders, music industry sector bodies, the Music Growth Package Advisory Group, music businesses, freelance artists and bands, and government partners such as MPs and the Department for Digital Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS).

Organisationally, you will collaborate flexibly and manage both formal and informal reporting relationships, and may lead projects across different teams within the wider communication family.

This role doesn’t have direct budget responsibility, but will track, approve and account for spend as needed.

• Strong writing and…