Communications Assistant

Salary: £21,500 pro rata

Sheffield DocFest are looking for a Communications Assistant to support their Marketing and Communications team. 

About

Sheffield DocFest is the UK’s leading documentary festival and one of the world’s most influential markets for documentary projects. We champion and present the breadth of documentary form – film, television, immersive and art – in the vibrant city of Sheffield each June. We offer makers and audiences a place for inspiration, debate, development, learning and challenge. Our programming represents our core values – creativity, empathy, freedom, inclusivity and internationalism.

Sheffield DocFest is run by International Documentary Festival Sheffield, an independent registered charity (no.1184849), whose purpose is to advance the art of film, education and training in documentary filmmaking. Our core values as a charity centre around empathy, inclusiveness, social engagement, freedom and internationalism.

Communications Assistant

Contract: Fixed term, payroll contract
Tenure: 24 April, 3 days per week. Full time from 2 May until 22 June 2023.
(Inclusive of festival dates over the weekend, 17 and 18 June 2023)
Holidays: 4 days
Location: Sheffield and mixture of hybrid working online, remotely and in the office
Line Manager: Communications Coordinator

As Communications Assistant, you will support the Marketing and Communications team to create and deliver compelling and engaging marketing collateral, social media and website content to promote the festival programme and activity.

For more information please download the full job description here.

Applications

We are inviting potential applicants to apply for this role by submitting an up-to-date CV plus either:

a) a covering letter (no longer than 2 pages)

b) a video letter (up to 7 minutes in length), explaining what attracts you to the role and what you can bring.

If you have any questions or would like to discuss the role prior to applying please contact, Maria Stoneman, Head of HR at: recruitment@sheffdocfest.com

Please address applications to: Maria Stoneman, Head of HR email: recruitment@sheffdocfest.com

If you require further information (including requests for printed forms/access support), please contact us on +44 (0) 114 276 5141 or email recruitment@sheffdocfest.com

We monitor the diversity of our workforce and for the purposes of reporting to our key funders we ask that you help us by clicking on the link below to complete the questionnaire anonymously. https://forms.gle/GPQV1WFsZSMQif7Q8

Interviews: week commencing 17 April 2023.

The closing date for this position is 13/04/2023 at 09:00