Just left school and thinking of your next steps? Or are you looking to change careers to the arts and cultural sector? You might never even have considered a role in arts and culture. This is your chance to learn while gaining hands-on experience in a real job - and getting paid for it!
This opportunity closes on Wednesday 30 September at 5pm.
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The Trust is looking to appoint a 21 Streets Coordinator to support the delivery of the 21 Streets project which is funded by the National Lottery Community Fund and led by the Collaborative Team Producers. Through this project we will co-create cultural activity with communities and organisations in all 18 wards across the City, to be presented as part of the City of Culture programme. The postholder will work as part of the Collaborative City team with responsibility for ensuring that the 21 Streets project is delivered effectively, efficiently and achieves its outcomes.
Applications close – Wednesday 23 September 2020, 12 noon
Interview date – Thursday 1 October 2020
21 Streets Coordinator - Word Document
We also ask that all applicants please fill out our Diversity and Equal Opportunities form:
The Trust seeks to appoint an Arts Education Manager to develop the Trust’s relationship with educational bodies in the city, maximising the reach of the 2021 year and ensuring inclusion of Coventry schools, universities and further education institutions in the City of Culture programme in order to provide children and young people and teachers with the opportunity to engage with the themes of the year through the wider curriculum.
Applications close – Monday 28 September 2020, 10am
Interview date – Friday 2 October 2020 TBC
Arts Education Manager - Word Document
We also ask that all applicants please fill out our Diversity and Equal Opportunities form:
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Coventry City of Culture Trust is looking to appoint a Development Events Manager to take the lead on all aspects of the Development Team’s cultivation, stakeholder, hospitality and partnership events.
Applications close – Monday 28 September 2020, 12 noon
Interview date – Monday 5 October 2020
Development Events Manager - PDF
Development Events Manager - Word Document
We also ask that all applicants please fill out our Diversity and Equal Opportunities form:
We are looking for a CRM Officer to join our Marketing department. Initially you will coordinate the integration of our new Customer Relationship Management system (Microsoft Dynamics) working with colleagues across the Trust, and our Ticketing Partner The Ticket Factory.
Once up and running you will be responsible for the maintenance of the database and, in collaboration with our Monitoring and Evaluation team, you’ll help the wider team to develop an understanding of audience behaviour in order to deliver targeted and creative marketing and communication campaigns.
Applications close – Wednesday 30 September 2020, 12 noon
Interview date – Friday 16 October 2020
We also ask that all applicants please fill out our Diversity and Equal Opportunities form:
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We are looking for an experienced Destination Marketing Officer to help us reach our ambitious visitor targets for City of Culture. The postholder will work as a member of the Marketing Team to create City of Culture joyful and celebratory and appropriate campaigns to attract audiences predominantly from the region and from across the UK. You will work closely with partners across the city, including Coventry City Council, to ensure that we take full advantage of the opportunities to welcome visitors to Coventry in 2021/22 and to incentivise them to return again.
Applications close – Wednesday 30 September 2020, 12 noon
Interview date – Tuesday 20 October 2020
Destination Marketing Officer - PDF
Destination Marketing Officer - Word Document
We also ask that all applicants please fill out our Diversity and Equal Opportunities form:
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We are looking for an experienced and creative Digital Content Producer to join the Marketing and Communications Team. The postholder will develop engaging digital content to tell the stories of City of Culture to our audiences. Content may include behind-the-scenes videos, photography, social media posts and blogs to deliver the wider Communications Plan.
Applications close – Wednesday 30 September 2020, 12 noon
Interview date – Wednesday 14 October 2020
Digital Content Producer - PDF
Digital Content Producer - Word Document
We also ask that all applicants please fill out our Diversity and Equal Opportunities form:
We are looking to recruit a Ticketing Officer co-ordinate the administration of all aspects of ticketing for Coventry UK City of Culture 2021. The postholder will be responsible for working with the Head of Ticketing and partners at The Ticket Factory to deliver the Trust’s ticketing strategy to achieve ambitious audience and income targets and an associated loyalty programme. They will also work with partners across the city who will also be using the Trust’s ticketing system.
Applications close – Wednesday 30 September 2020, 12 noon
Interview date – Thursday 15 October 2020
Ticketing Officer - Word Document
We also ask that all applicants please fill out our Diversity and Equal Opportunities form:
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Our Production team would like to establish a list of preferred suppliers to plan and deliver a wide range of ambitious public cultural activities. We'd like to hear from suppliers in the eight key areas listed below.
To register your interest, visit our Preferred Suppliers Tender page, then submit your proposal by email to [email protected] before 12pm on Friday 16 October 2020.
We're looking to appoint an organisation or agency to help us understand, track and report how City of Culture is being perceived.
Applicants are invited to respond to the attached brief by submitting a short proposal outlining how they would intend to work with us.
Applications close - Thursday 1 October 2020, 12pm
Interview date - Friday 9 October 2020
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We are looking to appoint an experienced collective, organisation or group of individuals to manage the production and delivery of ‘In Paint We Trust’ – an exciting new street art festival in Coventry. The festival will form part of the ambitious events programme for Coventry UK City of Culture 2021.
Ideally interested organisation will have experience and be able to manage the curation and production for this new festival, as well as providing a vision for the legacy of the event which aims to attract high quality local, national and international artists.
Applications close - Wednesday 14 October 2020, 5pm
Interview date - Friday 23 October 2020
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Do you have a skill you’d like to share with your community? Whether you’re a dancer, quilter, painter or astrophysicist, we want to help!
Coventry City of Culture Trust is supporting local co-created activity throughout the city and wider county. We are offering Micro-Grants of up to £200 to residents who would like to create a Fun Palace as part of the international Fun Palaces Weekend of Action on the 3rd and 4th October 2020.
This opportunity is open to Coventry and Warwickshire residents in collaboration with Voluntary Arts and Fun Palaces.
To find out more and how to apply, read the full call-out document below.
Coventry City of Culture Trust in partnership with StoryFutures Academy, Create Central and Positive Youth Foundation want to examine the value of immersive experiences in supporting better health and wellbeing for young adults in Coventry. The Digital Ambassadors will explore how recreational or educational experiences in virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR) or mixed reality (MR) could have a positive impact on resilience, self-confidence and support young people to live fuller, more active, lifestyles.
We are looking for up to 10 young people aged 16-24 who care about their community and are passionate about all things new and next. We are looking for those who are active online, who have a natural curiosity about the next big thing who are interested in TV, Film, Gaming and who would like to support new approaches to better mental health and become one of our digital ambassadors.
Deadline: 28 September
We also ask that all applicants please fill out our Diversity and Equal Opportunities form:
Grapevine, Central England Law Centre, Positive Youth Foundation and Coventry Refugee and Migrant Centre are working with Coventry’s City of Culture Trust and artist Caroline Horton to develop Zoom Bird, a creative collection of stories gathered through online interviews about the impact of the current pandemic on the lives of Coventry’s people.
We are seeking participants who would like to share their stories and help inspire a final piece of writing developed for a unique sharing as part of Coventry UK City Of Culture 2021.
Please read the call-out document listed below, which explains the types of stories we are keen to hear. This document also explains all the information you need to include in your expression of interest.
If you would like to share your story please send your expression of interest via email to [email protected].
Please note that we might not be able to interview everyone who applies but we will get back to you about your expression of interest by Wednesday 7 October.
Deadline: 17:00 Monday 5 October.
We've formed a partnership with Unlimited, a national arts commissioning programme that enables new work by disabled artists to reach UK and international audiences.
Through this partnership, we are launching the Coventry Emerging Artist Awards which provides 3 awards of up to £10,000 to d/Deaf, disabled and/or neurodivergent artists who live and/or regularly work within a CV postcode (this covers Coventry and parts of wider Warwickshire).
Applications open - Thursday 1 October 2020 on Unlimited's website
Applications close - Tuesday 27 October 2020, 12pm
You can read the full Info Pack as a PDF and Word document below:
*Easy Read refers to the presentation of text in an accessible, easy to understand format. It is often useful for people with learning disabilities, and may also be beneficial for people with other conditions affecting how they process information or for this in which English isn’t their first language. This can be a guided and facilitated activity for those that need support in understanding the Easy Read information.
We also ask that all applicants please fill out our Diversity and Equal Opportunities form:
Diversity and Equal Opportunities Form
A 7-minute British Sign Language (BSL) and captioned video which interprets the contents of the Info Pack can be found below.
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If you're interested in applying for the Emerging Artist Awards, join us on Zoom for one of our information surgeries. These are your chance to learn more about the Coventry Emerging Artist Awards.
This is a great opportunity to find out more and ask any questions you have about applying for an Unlimited Commission award as well as speak with other artists and organisations.
We’ll be co-hosting sessions with Jo Verrent, Senior Producer from Unlimited, across three time slots on Wednesday 7 October.
As part of the UK City of Culture readiness programme and to fulfill the partnership legacy ambitions beyond 2021 - we are inviting all West Midlands, national (UK) and international creatives to submit their interest, proposals, and/or portfolio, in order to be considered within call-outs for current and upcoming public realm regeneration schemes, citywide redevelopment projects and cultural programmes.
The aim is to create a diverse catalogue/database of work and a register of interested artists that can be considered by Coventry City Council and the Coventry City of Culture Trust for future projects.
We are keen to engage local artists to help us create beautiful places for the people of Coventry in what promises to be an exciting year. The nature of the projects is varied and covers all elements of public realm, from garden projects to construction projects, from lighting to street art. We want to talk to you whatever your speciality and whatever your size. Projects will range in budget from very small to several hundred thousand pounds – and we want to invite you to become part of this journey during 2020 and as we progress into 2021.
For more information about the project and how to register interest, please see the full Invitation of Interest document.
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