Animate Projects seeks a Project Manager to work with us to deliver WORK Records, an ambitious, community focused and engaged project, exploring, and developing resources, including three animated films, in response to, three heritage collections across the East Midlands, and a public engagement programme.
Location: Remote working, with travel across the East Midlands
Contract: 0.6 FTE, worked flexibly
Duration: 18 months, June 2025 – October 2026
Salary: £30k pro rata
Annual Leave: 28 days plus Bank Holidays, pro rata
Please follow this link for more background on Animate, WORK Records and our partners.
Person specification
- Experience of working to engage diverse communities in a contemporary heritage and/or visual arts/museum context
- Experience of project management and delivery of community focused and engaged heritage and/or arts projects, working with a range of partners and stakeholders
- A passion for social history
- Strong communication skills with excellent verbal and writing skills and strong attention to detail
- Proven administrative and organisation skills and ability to work to tight deadlines
- Experience of managing budgets
- Confidence with using Excel spreadsheets and Google Sheets, Word documents, and email
- Meticulous attention to detail with strong organisational skills.
- Ability to work remotely, including access to reliable WIFI for regular online meetings
- Ambitious, resilient, flexible, and creative
- Confident in working with Microsoft Office software, Google Sheets, email, and online file management systems
- Professional experience in online content creation for social media and websites
- A commitment to access and inclusion
Key tasks/Responsibilities
You will:
- Work closely with the Animate team, our heritage collection and arts partners, a project historian, and artist facilitators, other partners (including University of Derby), volunteers, community groups and engagement programme partners.
- Develop, lead, coordinate and facilitate the WORK Records project community, and work closely with the artist facilitators to support the work of the three ‘investigative’ teams.
- Contribute to the development, and coordinate delivery, of the public engagement programme, including in person and online events, resources and other materials.
- Contribute to the development of the marketing and communications plan.
- Contribute to evaluation and reporting.
- Maintain clear financial and project administration systems to enable effective communications across the team and efficient reporting
- Support marketing and promotional activity, including contributing to the development of marketing plans, and writing website and promotional copy
- Attending events, meetings and functions, representing the company as required, as deemed appropriate by the directors
- Ensure all work is delivered in line with Animate’s policies and procedures, including Environmental Sustainability and Equality, Diversity and Inclusion.
How to apply
Please send us the following:
- Your CV (maximum two pages)
- A cover letter (maximum two pages) outlining your previous relevant experience and suitability, why you are keen to join us and would like to take on this role
- Name, job title, and contact email for two referees, to be contacted if we offer you the role
Send these as PDF attachments to: workrecords@animateprojects.org
with “Project Manager” as the subject line of your email, by noon, Friday 11 April 2025
If you would prefer to record a 2-3 minute video or voice memo rather than send a cover letter, please send a link to the video on Google Drive or Vimeo or another platform.
If we wish to invite you for a brief interview on Zoom, we will email you by 23 April.
Deadline: noon, Friday 11 April 2025
Interviews: 22/23 April 2025
If you have any questions or if you require the job description in an alternative form, please email Gary Thomas at: workrecords@animateprojects.org
We welcome applications from individuals from a group that is under-represented in the arts and creative industries, because we are committed to creating a more inclusive and diverse workforce. This includes, but is not limited to Black, Asian and ethnically diverse candidates, disabled people, those undergoing gender reassignment/ transitioning and individuals from lower socioeconomic backgrounds.
We ask all applicants to complete an Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form. We will send a link to this upon receipt of your application. The form will not be shared with anyone involved in assessing your application.
If you have any access needs, or barriers to access that you would like to discuss, please do not hesitate to let us know either before applying or as part of your application.
We will notify all candidates who have not been short-listed for interview, but we are unable to offer detailed feedback.
The successful candidate will be required to demonstrate that they have the right to work in the United Kingdom.
Animate Projects is an Art Council England National Portfolio Organisation.
WORK Records is made possible with The National Lottery Heritage Fund.
Thanks to National Lottery players. Supported by Arts Council England.
