Jobs for the Arts, Culture and Heritage sector

Join the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment as our new Accounts Officer.  Based in North London within the OAE’s lively home at Acland Burghley School, this is not just a job: it’s a chance to be part of a global-trailblazer in period instrument performance, education, and innovation.

Responsibilities include:

• Process, record, and check all invoices, payments, and receipts, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance with best accounting / charity / arts financial standards.

• Maintain clear, up-to-date bookkeeping records, including general ledger entries, reconciliations (bank, supplier, etc.), making sure all financial data is clean and audit-ready.

• Support all departments with budgeting, forecasting, and financial reporting — helping to translate artistic ambition into realistic budgets, tracking variances, and enabling confident decision making.

• Assist the Director of Finance and Finance Manager in administrative tasks, financial controls, internal process improvements, and preparation for audits or external review.

For more information and to apply, please visit our website. 

The deadline for applications is 17:00 on Friday 7th November 2025.

Birmingham Hippodrome is incredibly proud to be one of the West Midlands’ largest cultural organisations, and one of the busiest theatres in the UK. As well as welcoming over 600,000 people to shows, the Hippodrome engages with more than 325,000 people through a vast programme of education and young people’s projects, festivals, events, produced work and artist development programmes. The Hippodrome is an independent charity, attracting support from trusts, foundations and project partners, but is not an Arts Council England NPO and doesn’t receive any regular public funding.

The Director of Creative Programmes is the critical role in ensuring that the charity can continue to deliver for the communities and creatives of Birmingham and the West Midlands. It will work with colleagues and external partners to deliver the Hippodrome’s mission by building a sustainable strategy to have an even greater impact on our region. The role will also play an important role on the Hippodrome’s team of Directors to ensure that there is a creative voice in all parts of the organisation’s decision-making.

The post focuses on three key areas: young people and education, access, artist development and site-specific/festival work. This work is central to the Hippodrome’s vision of ‘a distinctive, world-class Birmingham cultural scene with the Hippodrome at its heart’. The post-holder will be expected to work with their team to ensure these areas keep evolving to respond to changes within the cultural landscape. As well as motivating and developing Creative Programmes team, the role is responsible for building and maintaining external relationships with the creative community of the region. They will also hold relationships with building partners, including the world-class dance ecology with whom we share facilities.

Please visit our website and view the candidate pack for much more information about this fantastic role. 

Some of the core requirements for the ideal candidate include:

• Strategic thinker: able to align creative programming with organisational vision, goals, financial sustainability, growth and impact.
• Proven leadership skills: managing creative teams and production staff. Experience of line management, staff development, resource planning or capacity building.
• Ability to work effectively as part of a senior leadership team with other departments.
• Demonstrable experience of curating or programming high-quality, distinctive theatre/arts work.
• Experience of working with young people, Familiarity with arts education, learning or participation and creative learning practice.
• Significant lived experience or strong empathy/track record of working with under-represented, under-served or marginalised communities.
• Experience commissioning or producing work and programmes in collaboration with communities (co-creation), with strong stakeholder consultation and participation.
• Ability to build and maintain strategic partnerships—national, regional, local; plus partnerships with artists, cultural institutions, community organisations.

Do you have a strong appreciation for the role of philanthropy in the arts? Do you have experience developing and delivering individual giving and philanthropy strategies? If so, you could be our new Head of Philanthropy.

The Head of Philanthropy will lead on day-to-day fundraising across individual giving, memberships, appeals and campaigns for Leeds Playhouse. This role is central to building and sustaining a robust philanthropic programme, with a particular focus on developing a strong pipeline of mid- and high-level donors, cultivating and stewarding High Net Worth Individuals (HNWI), and driving engagement through compelling communications and events.

We are seeking an excellent communicator and strategic fundraiser who is creative, resilient, and highly motivated. The Head of Philanthropy will play a key role in shaping and delivering sustainable income growth through individual giving, and major donor engagement—ensuring our work is resourced for the long term.

The post-holder will report to the Strategic Director of Fundraising & Development, deputising as required, and will line manage the Development Administrator. This role is predominantly based at Leeds Playhouse with some scope for hybrid working, complementing the Strategic Director role (a part-time role, mostly working remotely).

This is a permanent, full time contract. We would like to fill a requirement for 35 hours per week, which is full-time for this role, with some flexibility to work evenings and weekends when required. However, we are open to hearing from people interested in part-time work or job sharing. Pay for the role is £35,700 per year based on 35 hours per week.

Benefits at Leeds Playhouse include 5 weeks holiday entitlement (plus 1.6 weeks of bank holidays), that increases with length of continuous employment; 2 wellbeing days a year; and discounts across our food and drinks, free show tickets and a local gym and swimming discount. Please see our job pack for more benefits we offer.

To find out more about this role, please download our job pack on our website.

To apply, please fill in both of the forms linked on our website listing before the deadline.

The closing date for applications is 10am Wednesday 12 November 2025.

Interviews are currently scheduled for 19 November 2025.

About Ukie  

Ukie is the trade association that represents and supports the UK’s thriving video game and interactive entertainment industry. Our small team supports a membership of nearly 700 leading businesses, helping them as they create some of the world’s most exciting games. Our membership includes cutting-edge companies working across the interactive entertainment industry from Sony PlayStation, Electronic Arts and Microsoft to Jagex, Roblox, Ustwo games and many more. 

This role is focussed on supporting industry talent through our education, skills and equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) initiatives. Ukie endeavours to empower the next generation of industry talent through our programmes, including; Digital Schoolhouse (DSH), Student Membership, Raise the Game (RTG) and supporting family friendly video games through Ask About Games. Working together we aim to enable anyone with a passion for video games to flourish. We promote a fun and playful approach to education, with creativity and innovation sitting at the heart of what we do. The education team at Ukie sits across disciplines, supports our members, and works with a broad range of partners and stakeholders. The successful candidate will play an integral and role within this team, enabling them to experience the breadth of the games industry.

There are opportunities for the successful candidate to showcase their strategic leadership and entrepreneurial spirit and co-ordinate activity whilst working with people from different backgrounds and levels of seniority. Stakeholder and relationship management are key to this role. 

Ukie is an inclusive, small, diverse, not-for-profit company of 20 people with a commitment to the exciting, creative, innovative sector we represent. An inclusive team attitude is essential. We offer a work culture and environment where entrepreneurialism and teamwork are celebrated. We encourage you to have a look at the Ukie website to see who the team members are and to read our Values and Beliefs.   

 About you 

This is an exciting opportunity for a highly organised and motivated Project and Programme Manager with experience of delivering complex and multi-stakeholder programmes on time, and within budget.

You will oversee a portfolio of internally and externally-funded projects focused on the delivery of Ukie’s Supercharged mission. Initially, this is likely to include Ukie’s successful Raise the Game initiative alongside a number of smaller skills-related projects. 

Ideally you will bring: 

• Strong organisational skills with the ability and experience to manage multiple projects, meet deadlines and competing priorities. 

• Exceptional stakeholder management skills, including the ability to build strong and collaborative working relationships across teams and with external stakeholders 

• Effective leadership, interpersonal and communication skills. 

• The ability to work accurately with a good eye for detail. 

• Good knowledge and experience of programme and project management methods and how to apply them. 

• Enthusiastic, with an understanding and sensitivity to the wide range of issues facing the games industry.  

• A commitment to promoting equality, diversity, inclusion and cultural sensitivity in all our communication work.  

• The ability to work with a range of internal and external stakeholders with varied priorities. 

• Ability to work under pressure when required.   

• A proactive and flexible attitude and the ability to act on own initiative but knowing when to seek advice and/or approval.    

• Diplomatic, friendly, efficient, empathetic and helpful attitude.   

• The ability to work and communicate collaboratively as part of a team.  

• Flexibility to work with different parts of the team and adapt to changing requirements.  

We are a flexible and inclusive employer. If you are excited by the role, but do not feel you meet 100% of the requirements or qualifications we encourage you to apply anyway explaining why your skills and experience make you an ideal candidate.  

What you’ll be doing 

As a Programme Manager, based primarily within the Education team you will also be responsible for leading on the delivery of a range of funded partner projects. Working with colleagues across teams, you will support funding bids for new education and social impact based projects. Should these be successful then you will hold lead responsibility for co-ordinating work with colleagues to ensure successful delivery. 

Key responsibilities  

As Programme Manager you will: 

• Provide programme leadership for our Raise the Game (RTG) initiative. Oversee the end-to-end delivery, ensuring the programme meets its objectives and delivers measurable impact across the UK video games industry.

• Shape the programme’s strategy and roadmap, aligning activities with Ukie’s wider mission and priorities.

• Stakeholder engagement and partnerships. Build and maintain strong relationships with partner organisations, industry leaders, educators and community groups. Act as the key point of contact for all programme stakeholders, championing diversity and inclusion in every interaction. 

• Establish the RTG small grant funding pot and oversee its process for distribution. 

• Plan, co-ordinate and deliver key programme activities, including the annual Festival of Food event. 

• Manage programme budgets and resources effectively, ensuring value for money and long term sustainability.

• Work closely with Ukie’s Communications team to develop and deliver impactful content, case studies and campaigns that amplify our initiatives and increase engagement. 

• Represent Ukie at external events, roundtables and conferences as a visible ambassador. 

• Promote good practice in diversity, equity and inclusion practices across the games sector, influencing industry approaches.

• Co-ordinate working groups and steering committees related to initiatives and projects being managed.

• Work with Ukie colleagues to seek and apply for funding opportunities related to Ukie’s social impact and education work.

• Work with colleagues to design and deliver funded projects. 

• Oversee end to end delivery of individual projects. Managing roles and responsibilities as appropriate.

• Manage project budgets, allocating staff capacity and resources whilst adapting to changing requirements. 

• Build and manage relationships with senior stakeholders, ensuring clear and concise communication of progress and managing expectations.

• Monitor project delivery, overseeing progress and ensuring the project meets milestones and quality standards.

What you can expect from us    

• An opportunity to work with a friendly energetic and supportive team on behalf of the UK’s fast growing video games industry.  

• A chance to gain hands on experience, assuming real responsibility over your areas of work.  

• Support for your training and development to ensure that you continue to develop while working at Ukie.  

• An opportunity to be at the heart of global games industry and its leaders.  

• A great working environment, which provides access to mental health support, financial advice and regular socialising within the team.  

• A flexible working environment with paid time off for volunteering. 

• The chance to travel and attend a range of industry events, both nationally and internationally.  

• Generous annual leave with additional long service entitlements. 

• Pension and Private Healthcare upon completion of probation. 

• Access to the annual bonus scheme and additional benefits.  

• Early finish on Friday’s and lots of opportunities to play video games! 

Other information  

Monday to Friday – 9.00am to 5.30pm  

Expectation that some evening and weekend work will be required to attend events as the business requires.   

Ukie allows remote work, but there is an expectation of regular visits to the office.  

This role profile is not exhaustive; it will be subject to periodic review and may be amended to meet the changing needs of the business.   

The post holder will be expected to participate in this process and we would aim to reach agreement to the changes.   

Marketing Manager
Contract: Fixed Term,12 months
Hours: Full-Time, 40 hours per week
Salary: £35,360 Per Annum,
Location: Pembroke Street, Oxford OX1 1BP

About You and the Role

The Marketing Manager is responsible for the management and delivery of the organisation’s marketing work spanning advertising, social media, print, content creation, data capture and intelligence gathering, evaluation and reporting.

Working closely with the Head of Digital and Communications and the Design and Communications Officer, this role is instrumental in the delivery of marketing and communications strategies, and plays a role in nurturing relationships with stakeholders, including partners, artists and audiences.

The role will also be responsible for sharing intelligence and ideas to support colleagues across the organisation in identifying/developing new digital strategies to positively impact upon Modern Art Oxford’s reach, engagement, brand and profile.

Principal Responsibilities

• To work closely with the Head of Digital and Communications and in consultation with the wider team, to plan, develop, manage and deliver Modern Art Oxford’s marketing and communications strategies spanning advertising, print, content production and campaign-specific.
• Develop and manage Modern Art Oxford’s digital marketing work, with assistance from the Design and Communications Officer, including content production for social media, email marketing and website platforms.
• To manage ticketing for our public programme events using Eventbrite.
• To promote and communicate Modern Art Oxford’s artistic programme, spanning exhibitions, projects and learning work, to a diverse and broad range of audiences and stakeholders to support the organisation’s targets for visitor figures and online engagement and reach, whilst consistently protecting and building its brand and profile.
• To lead in promoting Modern Art Oxford’s commercial offer to a broad range of audiences, including our artist-designed café, our shop and our hires offer.
• To manage multiple programmes of work including content management, scheduling, project delivery and evaluation to ensure Modern Art Oxford’s communications work is delivered in an effective and timely manner.
• To gather and share intelligence to identify new and impactful methods to grow Modern Art Oxford’s communications activities in line with the organisation’s mission and business plan.
• Write effective and accurate copy for a variety of different audiences and channels.
• Lead internal content production processes to ensure high quality and accurate campaigns are produced on time and within budget.
• Support the Head of Digital and Communications in the delivery of campaign-specific projects such as fundraising activities and strategic partnerships.
• Support the Head of Digital and Communications in delivering reports for various stakeholders, including funders and the board, by the management of regular data collection processes.

General

• Liaise with external service providers and ensure high quality relationships are maintained with stakeholders such as artists, VIPs, supporters, and suppliers.
• Deploy a range of systems/technologies/approaches relevant to marketing to support colleagues in representing Modern Art Oxford appropriately and effectively.
• Recruit and line manage temporary interns and volunteer placements.
• Work with the Head of Digital and Communications and senior management colleagues to contribute personal expertise to strategic planning and report writing.
• Support the wider work of the Digital and Communications team by attending internal events where appropriate.
• Accurately manage devolved budgets, reporting regularly to the Head of Digital and Communications.

Person Specification

Essential

• A minimum of four years experience of working in a digital marketing or communications role within an arts or comparable organisation.
• Demonstrable experience of content creation and distribution across a wide range of digital platforms.
• Experience of creating printed media, including liaising with designers, printers, distributors and ad providers.
• Experience of working across multiple strands of communications work including campaigns, print, ads, social media, website management and email marketing.
• Strong knowledge of marketing analytics platforms such as social media and Google Analytics and AdWords.
• Experience of working professionally on paid social media campaigns.
• Experience of design packages, such as InDesign, Photoshop, or Canva, and content editing platforms, such as Premier Pro or CapCut.
• Excellent written, editing and verbal communication skills. Rigorous attention to detail and a keen eye for accuracy.
• Excellent customer service skills both on the phone, in person and via email
• Excellent interpersonal, influencing and communications skills. Proven ability to work effectively in collaborative, complex and fast-moving environments.
• Excellent organisational and project management skills: the ability to schedule, prioritise, budget, deliver and evaluate packages of work.
• Experience of managing expenditure budgets and an understanding of financial compliance.
• Ability to work positively and proactively with a broad range of individuals, organisations and audiences.
• A strong affinity with the values and mission of Modern Art Oxford.

Desirable

• Knowledge and interest in contemporary arts and visual culture. 
• Understanding of the UK charitable/publicly funded arts sector.
• Established personal networks within UK arts and culture media sectors.

About Us

Modern Art Oxford is one of the UK’s most exciting and influential contemporary art organisations, renowned for its bold and ambitious artistic programme that promotes diversity and internationalism and celebrates contemporary art as a progressive agent of social change.

Modern Art Oxford welcomes approximately 100,000 visitors each year with approximately 15,000 attendances by schools and community groups in creative learning and participation activities. The organisation’s digital content reaches 450,000 through Modern Art Oxford’s digital channels annually.  Through a wide range of high-quality content creation and programming, Modern Art Oxford aims to make contemporary art accessible and engaging to the widest audience and to promote creativity in all its visual forms. Over the last 60 years Modern Art Oxford has brought some of the world’s most important artists to the city, and the UK, and has developed an international reputation for pioneering emerging and under-represented artists.

Modern Art Oxford is a registered charity and receives core funding from Arts Council England and Oxford City Council, and the generous support of individuals, trusts and foundations, sponsors and friends.

Benefits:

• Pension - An auto-enrolment pension scheme is in place with Legal & General. Under pension auto enrolment legislation, the employee will pay 5% (before tax relief) and the employer will pay 3% of qualifying earnings to the Legal and General plan.
• Holiday 25 days annual leave plus eight public bank holidays
• Staff discount in Cafe and shop

Closing date for Applications is Midnight on Sunday 9th November 2025
Interviews for the role will be weeks commencing 17th to 24th November 2025

Interested?

If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website to complete your application for this position.

Modern Art Oxford is committed to creating equality of opportunity for all and we value diversity in our team. As part of our Anti-racism Action Plan, we welcome applications from people from the Global Majority who are under-represented in the workforce in our sector.

No agencies please.

This is a sought-after opportunity to join the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, one of the world’s most exciting and distinctive orchestras. You will make a vital contribution to the OAE’s performances in London, across the UK and around the world. 

The Projects Officer supports the Projects Director and Projects Manager on the day-to-day running of the Projects Department with a particular emphasis on project & tour administration, and concert management.  This role also supports the Projects Manager in nurturing the relationship between the OAE and Acland Burghley School.

Key responsibilities include: 

• Support the planning and delivery of tours, concerts and creative projects with one of the UK’s most dynamic orchestras.

• Help set up rehearsals, welcome artists backstage and stage manage performances at major venues and on tour.

• Assist in the coordination of travel, logistics and technical details that make each project run seamlessly.

• Work closely with musicians, schools and creative partners, supporting everything from chamber concerts to education projects.

• Organise player meetings, create the monthly newsletter and make sure every visitor and artist feels part of the OAE family.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and flexible candidate with the following skills:

• Excellent organisational skills including an ability to prioritise, meticulous attention
• to detail and an ability to work to tight deadlines
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to communicate with a wide variety of people at all levels
• Creative approach to problem solving
• Good working knowledge of computer systems including Word and Excel
• Ability to work well within a small team
• Good levels of physical fitness
• An interest in classical music is desirable but not essential

This is an active role which requires a good level of physical fitness.  This will include setting up orchestral staging, moving musical instruments and setting up/packing away chairs. 

The role is such that good levels of flexibility will be required as a significant amount of the OAE concert work takes place outside standard office hours, with some early starts and late finishes.  The OAE operates a TOIL (time off in lieu) policy.

To find out more and to apply, please visit our website. 

Are you passionate about community creativity and skilled at building strategic partnerships? Creative Lives is seeking an experienced, dynamic individual to drive our place-based work across Scotland and the wider UK.

As Place Director, you will lead the development of new creative place projects that strengthen local cultural infrastructure, support everyday creativity, and build community wellbeing. You will represent Creative Lives nationally, work closely with local authorities and partners to secure funding, and champion our mission to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to express themselves creatively.

We are looking for someone with a proven track record in business development, confident in approaching senior decision-makers, and experienced in securing contracts or commissions with local authorities, funders or partners. You will bring strong communication and negotiation skills, leadership experience, and a deep understanding of Scotland’s cultural landscape.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a pivotal role in a charity that has championed community and volunteer-led creativity for over 30 years