Senior Communications Officer, Music; ARTCF

Senior Communications Officer, Music (ARTCF
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Arts Council England

Employment Type

Temporary Fixed term until 31 March 2029 working 35 hours per week

Location Hybrid
· United Kingdom(multiple locations) Cambridge
· Bristol
· Brighton
· Newcastle upon Tyne
· Nottingham
· Birmingham
· Leeds
· Manchester Typically 1-2 days per week working from your designated office (one of the locations listed)

Salary £38,689 (GBP) final salary pension scheme, generous annual leave, and flexible and hybrid working

Team Arts and Culture

Seniority Mid-level

• Closing:9:00am, 23rd Jan 2026 GMT

Overall Purpose of the role

You will 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 Arts Council England’s delivery of DCMS’ Music Growth Package scheme, the Supporting Grassroots Music programme and other initiatives.

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

This work builds on Arts Council’s extensive existing investment in Music across programmes including the National Portfolio, National Lottery Project Grants, Develop Your Creative Practice and a range of other sector development investment initiatives.

You will work across two teams: based in the national Music team, you will also work very closely with colleagues in the advocacy and communication team, drawing on expertise from colleagues who lead on different comms specialisms including media, social media, public affairs and internal comms.

The main purpose of this role is to lead and deliver impactful, strategic communication for different audiences, including a broad range of prospective applicants from across all elements of the music sector, as well as with stakeholders from freelance artists to sector bodies, media and other stakeholders; and providing sound communication advice to colleagues as delivery of 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. You will also lead on producing advocacy content for Music Growth Package delivery, and the wider benefits of Arts Council’s music investment work nationally and internationally. Working with grantees to create compelling content, the assets you develop will support and showcase investment impact and strengthen Arts Council’s engagement with both current stakeholders and new audiences.

You will create communications and engagement plans, using a mix of channels to cut through to your audiences. You’ll have a focus on developing clear messaging and narrative that gets our story across in a way that cuts through. You will also build in evaluation measures to your work to make sure you can assess and report on your impact.

The successful applicant will have strong project management and personal communication skills and will comfortable working effectively with senior colleagues in a complex, fast-paced environment to develop an effective strategy to clearly communicate the work we do across the full range of music genres, geographies and other priorities in which we invest.

Main day to day responsibilities

If thinking strategically, championing the use of creativity in your work and others’, and simultaneous working across multiple interesting projects excites you, then you could be the person we’re looking for. You will put your personal communication, prioritisation and problem-solving skills to good use.

We’re looking for someone who can deliver the following on a day-to-day basis:

Work with national Music and communication management colleagues to develop and implement a strategy for music…