About The Role
For informal enquiries, please contact [Confidential Information].
Thank you for your interest in joining us at Warwick Arts Centre. We are on a mission to create a dynamic, relevant, and artistically ambitious and sustainable arts centre and we need more great people to help us achieve our plans.
We are committed to creating an environment where everyone feels they belong, a place of fairness and equity and to be an organisation that reflects the diversity of its city. If this sounds like somewhere you would like to work, we would like to hear from you.
The Arts Centre is equipped with three state-of-the-art Cinema screens and this role will be responsible for developing and delivering a year-round programme of cinema, plus live film-based events including talks, workshops, and pre/post-screening entertainment.
The Screen Producer will also be responsible for developing and delivering activities that continue to build and broaden our film audience and develop opportunities across the wider live events, visual arts, music centre and creative learning programmes as defined by Warwick Arts Centres values and unique position within the local community.
Online information session
23rd July 5:30-6:30pm on Teams
Join our Creative Director and Screen Administrator for an information session about the role. They will outline what we are looking for in the role, what makes the best application and will also talk about Warwick Arts Centres current film programme and processes to give candidates an idea of how the Screen Producer role will work. There will also be an opportunity to ask questions.
To book a place click here: https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/a55524eb-1edc-40db-8c01-f3708ad61381@09bacfbd-47ef-4465-9265-3546f2eaf6bc
We will consider applications for employment on a part-time or other flexible working basis, even where a position is advertised as full-time, unless there are operational or other objective reasons why it is not possible to do so.
About You
The Screen Producer will sit as part of Warwick Arts Centres programme team, reporting to the Creative Director, but they will work closely alongside the Cinema Administrator and members of the technical and operations teams who deliver the film programme.
The Roles Central Remit Is To
- Develop and deliver programme and schedule for three cinemas ensuring fit and alignment with the Arts Centres wider programming strategy and values.
- Develop and deliver a wider year-round screen based programme eg AR/VR/gaming projects; talks; Q&As; workshops/ short courses; and other thematically linked pre/post-screening events that reflect the programming vision.
- Contribute to wider programming in cross team projects and festivals.
- Help establish Warwick Arts Centre as a desirable addition to the independent film circuit for multi-venue festivals and other relevant events.
- Work with creative learning and marketing to raise awareness of film and build relationships with audiences, increase audiences and develop initiatives for attracting new audiences.
- Act as key contact for cinema and screen related enquiries, including hires, evaluating any incoming proposals and ensuring decisions balance both the artistic and financial ambitions of the Arts Centre.
- Help set annual budgets and achieve agreed sales targets.
- Identify and secure new sources of funding and take the lead in monitoring and reporting for secured funds.
This is an exciting opportunity for a candidate with a wide knowledge of film and a passion for screen projects, who understands their power to tell stories, reflect on social issues and engage a broad and representative range of audience.
For further information regarding the skills required for this role please see the personal specification section of the attached job description.
About The Department
Warwick Arts Centre is the largest multi art form arts centre outside London, presenting events, activities, films and exhibitions to over 200,000 people every year.
We are one of the regions leading learning, visual arts, cinema and performing arts venues. We work with exceptional artists and creatives from the city, region and globally delivering a programme that reflects our local and global context. As an arts centre on a university campus our ambition is to develop programmes which speak to and reach our audiences on campus, in the city of Coventry and the wider region. Our city is one of the most ethnically diverse and youngest in Europe our goal is to reflect this through our work and the people we employ.
Vision and Values
When We Re-opened Our New Building In 2021 a New Brand Positioning Was Developed With a Focus On Forming a Better Bridge Between Arts And The Community And Also Highlighting The Venue As a Melting Pot Of Different People And Ideas
Purpose:Were here to share our love for the arts.
Belief: We believe the arts are a place we can all meet - a place to share our experiences, a place to find common ground and understanding, a place to connect, to transform and explore new possibilities together.
Promise: Experiences youll feel and never forget be it joy, excitement or sadness and whoever you are, wherever youre from
More information can be found on our website
Our commitment to equality
Warwick is committedto building an organisation ofmutual respectanddignity, promoting awelcoming, diverse, and inclusive workingand learning environment. We recognise that everyone is different in a variety of visible and non-visible ways, and that those differences are to berecognised, respected, and valued. Where possible, we go beyond legislation to provide a place where everyone can thrive, supporting all staff to achieve their full potential. We aspire to remove economic, social, and cultural barriers that may otherwise prevent people from succeeding.
We therefore welcome and encourage applications from all communities regardless of culture, background, age, disability, sex/gender, gender identity or expression, ethnicity, religion/belief, or sexual or romantic orientation. As part of our commitment to increasing the diversity of staff within the Arts Centre we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from groups that are
Warwick Arts Centre is a department of the University of Warwick, and the successful candidate will be employed by the University of Warwick.
- Global Majority is a collective term that refers to people who are Black, Asian, Brown, dual-heritage, indigenous to the global south, and or, have been racialised as ethnic minorities.
About The University
Born in the 60s with a mindset of boldness, imagination and collaboration, the University of Warwick is a world-leading research-intensive university with the highest academic and research standards. Were one of the worlds top universities, ranked 67th in the world and 10th in the UK*, with 92% of our research assessed to be world leading or internationally excellent**.
You'll be joining a diverse, innovative and globally connected community committed to igniting real world progress. Here at Warwick, we offer you opportunities to follow your ambitions as long as you bring the energy and determination to succeed.
- QS World University Rankings 2024
- Research Excellence Framework 2021
To find out more about us visit our website.
How to Apply
CLOSING DATE: Sunday 18 August 2024 at 11.55pm
To apply, please click Apply below and submit an application form by the closing date. Please plan for any potential delays as
you will not be able to submit an application past this deadline (even if you opened the form at, say, 11.30pm).
Please attach a CV and cover letter.
- Your CV should include your most recent employment experience, any other relevant experience, and education history.
- Your cover letter must detail how you meet each of the essential criteria found in the Job Description document below (desirable criteria too, where possible).
Please see here for guidance on writing a cover letter. We
highly recommend using individual criteria as headers and giving examples below, though you are free to format the letter as you wish.
To streamline our hiring processes, we can only accept applications via our official website, warwick-careers.tal.net.
Interview Date: TBC 29 August or 03 September 2024.
Start Date: TBC
How To Prepare Your Application
- Please review the Job Description and the Person Specification (Essential)
- Attend the online information session at 5:30pm 24th July 2024 if you can and bring any questions you may have about the role (Optional)
- Think about all the different types of roles you have had or work that you have done to support your application (Essential)
- For each of the essential criteria, provide evidence/an example of what you have done that demonstrates that you have the experience, skills or knowledge we are looking for (Essential)
- Remember to tell us why you want to work for Warwick Arts Centre. So, do your research. Look at our website to make sure that you understand the range, scope and scale of our work. Explore our context. Our role in the city of Coventry is very important to us so make sure you understand the demographics and have a view on what that means or should mean for us and our work with audiences (Essential)
- Ask a friend/colleague to review your application and to check that you have provided examples and told the best story of your career to date and your ambitions in this role and the future (Optional)
We can only assess your application based on what you write in your application so make sure that you write your supporting statement/letter with that in mind.
Thank-you for spending the time and good luck with your application.
What we Offer
We will provide you with a great range of benefits, which include an attractive pension scheme, 26 days holiday plus Christmas closure, excellent learning and development opportunities, and savings on a wide range of products and services. We offer a generous maternity/paternity/adoption/parental leave policy, and onsite childcare facilities.
We recognise the importance of a healthy work/life balance and offer you access to flexible working, for more information click here.
We are proud to say that we are a Living Wage employer.
Our Commitment to Inclusion
Warwick is committedto building an organisation ofmutual respectanddignity, promoting awelcoming, diverse, and inclusive workingand learning environment. We recognise that everyone is different in a variety of visible and non-visible ways, and that those differences are to berecognised, respected, and valued. Where possible, we go beyond legislation to provide a place where everyone can thrive, supporting all staff to achieve their full potential. We aspire to remove economic, social, and cultural barriers that may otherwise prevent people from succeeding.
We therefore welcome and encourage applications from all communities regardless of culture, background, age, disability, sex/gender, gender identity or expression, ethnicity, religion/belief, or sexual or romantic orientation. To find out more about our social inclusion work at Warwick visit our webpageshere.
The University currently holds aRace Equality Charter Bronze Award,Athena Swan Sliver Awardand aDisability Smart Bronze Award.The University of Warwick is also one of the six founder institutions of theEUTOPIA European University Alliance.
Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS)
The University of Warwick complies with the DBS Code of Practice and undertakes not to discriminate unfairly against anyone who makes a Disclosure relating to a conviction or other information revealed. More information is available on the Universitys Vacancy pages and applicants may request a copy of the DBS Code of Practice.
Job Description
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