Marketing & Community Manager, Crash Ensemble

Marketing & Community Manager, Crash Ensemble

Friday, 19 May 2023, 5.00pm

Crash Ensemble is now seeking to appoint a Marketing & Community Manager to join its team. This role will lead on Crash’s marketing, communications and audience development plans. Our community are our audiences, our musicians, composers and music creators, collaborators, funders and partners.

Crash Ensemble is Ireland’s leading new music ensemble, a group of world class musicians who play the most adventurous, ground-breaking music of today.

The Marketing & Community Manager role will play a vital role in supporting and promoting Crash Ensemble’s artistic ambitions and developing new audiences across an exciting programme of work which includes commissioning, performing and collaborating. You will also support the promotion of the organisation’s Friends Programme.

With this role we want you to put your stamp on Crash – you’ll take initiative, be creative, and contribute to the next phase of Crash’s development. You’ll be part of a small, dedicated team who love what we do and the music that we bring to our audiences.

This is a part-time role (18.75 hours per week) year round.

Key Relationships

Reporting to: CEO

Key Internal Relationships: Artistic Director, CEO, Concerts Manager/Producer, Production Manager, Audio Producer, Crash Musicians, Education Officer, Crash Creatives and Production team including Filmmaker in Residence, Composers and Music Makers.

Key External Relationships: Crash strategic partners, media, PR consultant, graphic designer.

Role and Responsibilities

  • Manage the Crash Ensemble brand across all aspects of the organisation’s work and communications ensuring a consistent and cohesive voice for Crash.
  • Manage social media: design and deliver content for digital campaigns covering organic and paid reach.
  • Work with the team to develop marketing strategies and to create dynamic content for all external communications.
  • Work with strategic partners to promote events and initiatives, drive sales and audience awareness ensuring we reach the widest possible audience.
  • Manage newsletter, event listings, website and SEO.
  • Manage Google Ad Account for non profits.
  • Monitor and apply insights from all analytics to support marketing campaigns.
  • Liaise with external PR/Graphic Designers/Printers for larger projects where external contractors are engaged.
  • Manage PR/design for all other campaigns including management of journalist/ blogger/ influencer relationships.
  • Support Crash to foster a culture of inclusivity and diversity, leading on audience development initiatives - nurturing and strengthening existing relationships as well as developing new and diverse audiences for the ensemble’s work.
  • Develop an in-depth understanding of our audience experience.
  • Advocate for contemporary music and the work of Crash.
  • Provide progress reports on identified targets.

General

  • Contribute to the organisation’s overall strategy development
  • Attendance at team meetings.
  • In line with the evolving needs of the organisation, undertaking other duties as may from time to time be assigned.

Person Specification and Skills

Essential

  • At least two years’ experience in a similar role.
  • Fantastic writing skills with a passion for communication and engagement and connecting with artists and audiences.
  • Literacy in digital marketing and analytics including web CMS, email marketing service (Mailchimp), Google Adwords and Analytics.
  • Literacy in all basic computer packages including Google Drive and Google applications and digital media platforms.
  • Superior interpersonal skills - a people person with the ability to work on your own initiative while contributing to a small and dynamic team.
  • Literacy in packages such as Canva / Adobe Creative Suite/ Photoshop.
  • Knowledge about the latest trends and developments in marketing and audience engagement.
  • Deadline oriented with strong attention to detail.
  • Experience in managing relationships with photographers/ designers/printers.

Desirable

  • A love of contemporary music and the arts
  • Experience of working in a performing arts context

Terms

  • Position will include a six-month probationary period.
  • Position is offered on a part-time basis (18.75 hours per week - hours can be flexible but ideally should be worked over a 5-day period in line with the organisation’s programme of work).
  • Hybrid working option with 1-2 days per week at the office. Occasional evening/weekend work will be required.
  • Annual leave entitlement of 10 days.

To Apply

To apply for this position please send a CV, together with a covering letter (of no more than one page) outlining your suitability for the role and why you would like this role by email to sian [at] crashensemble.com with Marketing & Community Manager Application in the subject line.

Closing Date for applications: Friday, 19 May 2023 at 5pm.

Interviews will be held in Dublin on 7 June 2023.

Download the Candidate Information Pack below.

Crash Ensemble is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. We are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of age, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, neurodiversity, gender, religion, nationality, disability, medical history or personal circumstances. We base all our employment decisions on merit and suitability.

Crash Ensemble is strategically funded by the Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon, revenue funded by Dublin City Council with international touring supported by Culture Ireland. Crash is ensemble in residence at the National Concert Hall in Dublin and at Kilkenny Arts Festival.

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Published by Journal of Music on 20 April 2023

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