Creative Coordinator

Job Title:
Creative Coordinator

Closing date: 5 January 17.00 GMT

Interviews: 12/13 January in person

Reports to:
Communications Lead

Location:
Min 2 days per week based in North London office, remote working available for max 3 days a week

Pay: £37,000 - £40,000 full time, gross per annum

Type of

Contract:

One-year fixed term contract

Annual Leave Entitlement: 28 days' annual leave, including UK bank holidays.

Pension: 3% employer pension contribution on eligible earnings.

About The Role

This is a brand-new role and a great opportunity for the right candidate to share their passion and creativity in the social justice space. Ubele is looking to take our communications to the next level. As part of our strategy refresh and pending organisational restructure we are ready to welcome a new team member into this important and valued role.

This role will be responsible for creatively transcribing Ubele's stories into tangible and exciting content across a variety of mediums. Ubele's stories and those of the community are worth telling well and this role needs to work across a variety of stakeholders with differing levels of communications expertise to do it.

Creativity is one of the organisational values and storytelling is at the heart of Ubele's practice. Could you join us in translating that into an impressive communications offering?

Main duties and responsibilities

Design & Branding:

• Provide design and creative support across all departments, ensuring that all visual materials align with our brand identity.
• Maintain and evolve the organisation's brand guidelines, ensuring consistency across all design assets, marketing materials, and sub-brands.
• Design high-quality graphics, digital assets, and printed materials for various projects, including reports, funding applications, presentations, newsletters, and promotional materials.
• Collaborate with internal teams to develop visual assets for campaigns, funding programmes, and stakeholder engagement.
• Oversee the design of event collateral, including signage, brochures, and digital event promotions.

Content Creation & Social Media:

• Support the Social Media Intern and Head of Communications by designing engaging social media content, including static posts, carousels, and infographics.
• Edit short-form content for social media platforms, ensuring that all designs are visually compelling, informative, and on-brand.
• Develop easy-to-use templates for social media and presentations to empower staff to create content independently while maintaining brand consistency.
• Stay up to date with digital trends, ensuring that our social media visuals remain fresh and relevant. Photography & Multimedia
• Act as the in-house photographer, capturing high-quality images at events, meetings, and key organisational activities.
• Edit and prepare photographs for use across digital and print platforms, ensuring a high standard of visual storytelling.
• Maintain a well-organised image library, making it easy for teams to access high-quality photography for marketing and communications.
• Support basic video editing for short clips used in social media, marketing, and stakeholder engagement (preferred but not essential).

Collaboration & Coordination:

• Work closely with the Head of Communications to plan and execute creative projects that align with the organisation's strategy.
• Liaise with freelancers and external agencies when necessary to ensure the delivery of high-quality design work.
• Ensure that all creative assets and design materials are stored, categorised, and easily accessible in a centralised digital library.
• Provide occasional design workshops or guidance to internal staff on maintaining brand consistency.

General:

• To attend and participate in internal and external meetings including London, South and East regions and Ubele meetings and meetings with key stakeholders.
• To attend relevant training to fulfil the requirements of the job.
• To undertake other duties which may from time to time be required and which are appropriate to the responsibilities of the post.
• Ensure that The Ubele initiative internal policies and procedures are followed through in all areas of work.
• Also treat with confidentiality any…