Communications & Outreach Coordinator

Salary: £125 per day / £250 per week

Birds’ Eye View is seeking to contract a Communications and Outreach freelance professional to work with them on their mission to champion films by women & non-binary people.

The appointed communications exec will creatively input and effectively deliver communications & outreach campaigns for our Reclaim the Frame project and for Birds’ Eye View’s wider work in advocating for equality, diversity and inclusion in cinema. They will be passionate about community building and about using communications to further the conversations presented by the films we support.

• Contract: Freelance, fixed term
• Days: 2 days a week to be worked flexibly throughout the week
• Tenure: 3-month initial contract, Jan-March 2022 with intention to extend
• Location: anywhere in the UK / from home or from London office
• Report to: Director, working closely with Campaign Manager
• Start date: W/c 4 January 2022

About the role

Together with the core Birds’ Eye View team, plus a network of marketing/outreach freelancers across the UK, you will work closely with distributors and exhibitors, to champion the female & non-binary perspective and to build audiences for diverse, culturally rich films which support our values of representation and inclusion.

Supporting communications for the organisation on a day-to-day basis, your responsibilities will include:

• Inputting into and delivering digital communications and community outreach campaigns
• Managing, monitoring and updating the social media profiles/website for the charity
• Content creation: creating and issuing copy, graphics, social media posts, e-news, outreach emails
• Analysing the impact of communications and building on the learnings
• Supporting Reclaim the Frame events planning by providing slides, promotional materials, etc
• Support in the coordination of the Reclaim the Frame influencer network
• Issue, data input and analyse audience surveys
• Work within the charity’s data protection and environmental policies and suggest policy and process improvements as necessary

Person requirements

• Experience in delivering digital communications and outreach campaigns to (though not exclusively) developing audiences for international/independent cinema
• A creative approach to communications, and a passion for creating bespoke campaigns which create  conversations around individual films
• Experience in monitoring and learning from analytics to measure impact and further improve campaigns
• A personable, flexible and empathetic approach to working with community groups
• Proficiency in mailchimp, social media channels, google analytics, photoshop, and in-design – and / or a willingness to learn
• Excellent organisational skills with an ability to meet deadlines and targets
• A team player who has the ability to work under their own steam and take initiative as needed
• A commitment to championing women & non-binary voices in cinema, and to Birds’ Eye View’s values.

We understand that you may not have strong experience in all these areas but would nevertheless urge you to apply if you believe you have capability and interest in rapidly building those missing skills to deliver on this role. We are seeking someone with experience around film and/or cultural activism, who can bring their unique perspective to the work of the charity.

We are committed to diversity and inclusion and encourage applications from people of all races, cultural backgrounds, ethnicity, age, gender, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, language and education (our EDI policy is here).

To apply

For full details of the role and how to apply, visit our website.

The closing date for this position is 09/12/2021 at 10:00