Head of Festival & Sponsorship

Salary: £50,000

Creative UK Group are seeking a Head of Festival & Sponsorship to curate, produce and raise sponsorship for its flagship festival.

Introduction

The Creative Industries Federation and Creative England have united to form the Creative UK Group. We work to connect, support, champion and invest in the UK’s world-leading creative industries.

Creative Coalition is the largest festival of its kind in the UK bringing together over 10,000 creative leaders and practitioners across 3 days to reimagine, redefine, and reignite their collective future. This is the most exciting opportunity for a creative events expert to spearhead our annual flagship event, its sponsorship and engagement strategy.

Our Head of Festival & Sponsorship will be values driven and highly commercial.  A born collaborator, skilled editor and a savvy leader who does not shy away from engaging with a diverse group of stakeholders and prospective sponsors.

Bringing expertise and enthusiasm to this unique and creative role, you will strive to build an engaging programme and secure sponsorship from corporates, SMEs and wider partners to sustain and expand the delivery of an impactful festival programme.

The role

To curate, produce and raise sponsorship for our flagship festival. There is a core brand team to work alongside who will lead on the overall branding and collateral, alongside a wider team to support on logistics, content curation and delivery.

This role has the potential to grow for the right candidate whilst we continue to evolve as Creative UK Group and build on our events and sponsorship strategy. The main elements of the role during its first 6 months shall be:

• Secure significant sponsorship from commercial and corporate partners. Oversee the budget and ensure it meets profit targets.
• Liaise with senior stakeholders to secure keynote speakers, performers, and partners.
• Provide editorial direction for the festival programme, curating over 60 sessions, and producing headline and thought-provoking sessions with headline talent.
• Engage, manage internal and external session producers
• Manage the logistics of the hybrid three-day event, including the live-streaming programme and in person networking programme. Including location logistics and catering needs.
• Oversee marketing and comms strategies with our Head of Brand to ensure the festival grows on the 2020 success
• To make sure that every attendee feels welcome, and that the content is inclusive and accessible to all. We want to attract creatives from all corners of the UK.
• To lead on commissioning the visual and digital recording of the event
• To evaluate each festival event feeding into strategy for 2023 onwards

This role will have scope to grow beyond the festival to become a lead for Creative UK group events, strategy and to provide oversight of membership engagement. This will include:

• Leading strategy for CUK group events with Marketing Managers and programme teams as delivery agents
• Leading strategy of member engagement and overseeing member engagement content, guiding the Marketing Manager and Development & Partnerships team
• Line management of a Marketing Manager and Events Officer

This description is not intended to be either prescriptive or exhaustive; it is issued as a framework to  outline the main areas of responsibility at the time of writing

To apply

Please read the full job description here:

• Head of Festival & Sponsorship job description

Please submit your CV and a cover letter and/or short 3 minute video summarising why you are suited to this role. This should include at least 3 examples of previous work relevant to the role.

Please also supply 2 references. We will only follow these up if you are appointed.

Applications should be emailed to recruitment@creativeindustriesfederation.com by Thursday 9 September 2021 midday – only electronic copies are required. Successful applicants will be informed if they have been shortlisted by 13th September. Successful applicants will be invited to an interview w/c 13 September. This will be via Teams.

The closing date for this position is 09/09/2021 at 23:59