Job Opportunity: Digital Communications Officer

Background to Role: Digital Communications Officer

Who are we?

Nerve Centre is Northern Ireland’s leading creative media arts centre. More than 120,000 people a year benefit from the Nerve Centre’s wide-ranging programme of arts events, cutting edge projects, creative learning centres and state-of-the-art production facilities.

A successful social economy enterprise, the Nerve Centre employs more than 50 staff at sites in Derry~Londonderry and Belfast.

Click here to watch an overview of the activity across the organisation

Vision Changing lives through creative technologies and the arts.

Mission Providing meaningful engagement with creative technologies and the arts for young people and communities. Creating world-class collaborations and partnerships. Increasing access to and participation in life-changing creative opportunities.

Our Communications and Digital Content Team You will be part of our award-winning communications and digital content team which has managed high profile digital and social media campaigns: Check out some below!

Derry Halloween

Youth 19

CultureLab

Digital campaign for Derry City & Strabane District Council Festival

Digital campaign for Derry City & Strabane District Council Initiative

Our Making the Future project’s latest exciting exhibition at the Ulster Museum which features the famous ‘Derry Girls’ blackboard. Visit www.culturelab.makingthefuture.eu

Creative Centenaries Project Nerve Centre is home to the Creative Centenaries project. Creative Centenaries is an online resource and digital creativity hub using resources to reflect on key anniversaries in Ireland’s Decade of Centenaries. Throughout 2021, Creative Centenaries will act as a platform for engagement, information and resources for the general public and stakeholders around the centenary of the formation of Northern Ireland (www.creativecentenaries.org) The Creative Centenaries project is underpinned by the Principles for Remembering: 1. Start from the historical facts.

2. Recognise the implications and consequences of what happened.

3. Understand that different perceptions and interpretations exist.

4. Show how events and activities can deepen understanding of the period.

What to expect Below are examples of just some of the digital content created as part of Creative Centenaries in-house and through working closely with creative agencies.

Website The Creative Centenaries website is a hub of information and resource for the Decade of Centenaries in Northern Ireland. Throughout 2021/22 the site will host an evolving #OnThisDay Section, enticing blog entries, news and events. A digital and social campaign will run alongside to bring new audiences to the content. View here

Partition Animation Parallax animation focussing on the events leading up to and throughout the Partition of Ireland. Watch here

Graphic Novels A series of graphic novels documenting the lives of influential figures throughout the decade of centenaries.

View here

How to apply Get in touch at recruitment@nervecentre.org with any questions and to request an application form - please specify Digital Communications Officer in your email as we have multiple roles advertised at any one time.

Application deadline is 10.00am Monday 19th April. Note, applications submitted after this will not be considered.