Toonspeak are recruiting two young people aged 18-25 to join their Connectors. The Toonspeak Connectors are a team of young people working together to capture and share engaging content on Toonspeak’s impact, and ensure they are listening to participants’ input. This role offers a variety of training sessions on digital media, photography, and marketing, giving Connectors the opportunity to develop a wide range of additional skills.
Job Title: Toonspeak Connector
Responsible to: Toonspeak Connector Coordinator
Purpose of the role: To design, deliver and monitor engaging content across Toonspeak’s social and communication channels. Working to increase brand awareness, audience growth and deliver content reflective of our participant voice
Position: This is a part-time, temporary position from March 2023 – August 2023 *with
the possibility of extension
Rate of Pay: £10.90 per hour, as per Real Living Wage
Hours of Work: The role involves a minimum of 1 day per week or the hourly equivalent of seven hours per week. The delivery of these hours can be flexible and there may be times when additional
hours are required, however this will be arranged in advance with your Connector Coordinator. They will aim for each Connector to work a minimum of seven hours / one day per week. Workdays and training will be scheduled at your first meeting with your Connector Coordinator and will depend on the availability of all Connectors.
Training: Within the period of work, you will be provided with six masterclasses which will cover
various creative areas such as operating an DSLR camera, using Adobe software such as Photoshop, Lightroom, Illustrator and Premier Pro.
To apply, please send the following to info@toonspeak.co.uk
- A personal statement of 500 words maximum, outlining your experience of, and passion for, media / marketing / communications and the arts.
Consider: Why do you want to be a Connector? What experience will you bring to the role? What would you like to learn? - Share a piece of content you have created. This could be a photograph, a video or a design. Send as an attachment or direct link.
Deadline for application: Tue 14 February 2023, 5pm
Interview Date: Week commencing 20 February 2023
Role commences: Week commencing 6 March 2023
For further information, see the full job description at https://toonspeak.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Connectors-Job-Description-2023-2-1.pdf