The Scottish Music Industry Association is looking for a Campaign Producer to lead its flagship project; The Scottish Album of the Year (SAY) Award.
With the SAY Award entering its seventh year, it is looking to recruit a dedicated campaign producer (individual or company applications accepted) to oversee the project, run the campaign and the Award Ceremony event itself.
The SAY Award has historically been split into the following stages
1. Financial planning and budgeting
2. Assembling the supplier team (marketing, design, digital, etc.)
3. Launching the campaign with the opening of applications for eligible albums including liaising with information resources
4. Assessing and appointing 100 industry nominators and 10 judges to nominate their favourite albums
5. Managing promotion and announcement of our 20 strong long list preempted by a PR campaign surrounding those nominations
6. Announcement of our shortlist of 10 albums
7. Planning and delivery of the award ceremony
The campaign producer will be responsible for planning and delivering The SAY Award Campaign in collaboration with, and under guidance from, the SAY Award Steering Group.
The candidate will be required to:
-Attract funding/sponsorship (from public bodies and private enterprises)
-Liaise with stakeholders (especially Renfrewshire Council) partners, venues, event suppliers and media
-Formulate production, PR, marketing, design and content briefs
-Deliver the campaign within budget
-Oversee collaborative promotion of all nominees
-Contribute to post-campaign evaluation
With guidance from the steering group, the candidate will be expected to:
-Work with discretion and impartiality at all times
-Be a competent, experienced event manager
-Communicate precisely with nominators, judges and stakeholders
-Be able to set up and administrate cloud databases
-Communicate effectively within a team
-Recruit project personnel where required
-Understand the challenges of a publicly funded organisation
-Report to our funders
-Help shape then work to the SAY Award campaign plan
-Work transparently and openly alongside the SAY Award steering group
This candidate will:
-Be organised, dedicated, enthusiastic, resourceful, punctual and a great communicator
-Be passionate about music and arts in Scotland
-Understand the creative industries
-Be level-headed, hard working and able to execute the project efficiently
There will also be an assistant campaign producer role. We will consult with the campaign producer before appointing the assistant.
See website link below for Fee / Dates / Details on how to apply
Location: All Scotland
For further information, please contact jobs@smia.org.uk (jobs@smia.org.uk), or visit http://smia.org.uk/sayproducer
The deadline is Friday 23 February 2018 at 18:00.