Murmur – Artists Support, PR Director (UK)

JOB TITLE: Artists Support – PR Director

REPORTS TO: Director of Operations, Murmur
JOB LOCATION: London
SALARY: c £60 – 80k dependant on experience
CONTRACT: 12 month FTC or freelance, with view to extending

INTRODUCTION

Murmur, a registered charity, founded by leaders in climate strategy and the creative industries, enables the worlds of visual arts and music to play their part in combating the climate crisis.

OUR VISION

To help shift hearts and minds on environmental action based on artists communications – could you support us to do this?

Our vision is a society in which artists are informed advocates, operating in climate literate and responsible industries, and collaborating with world-class environmental organisations.

Art can influence society by changing opinions, instilling values and translating experiences. Artists have previously helped to shape thinking and policy on major societal issues such as race, sexuality and the AIDS epidemic. Music in particular has consistently had a significant
cultural and political impact on real-world events and provided power for positive change and unity at historic moments.

ARTISTS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO IGNITE A CRITICAL MASS OF ACTION ON THE CLIMATE CRISIS AND TO BE LEADERS ON THIS VITAL ISSUE.

Murmur is working with Groundswell, part of the Global Optimism movement, and communications leaders such as Richard Dawes (dawbell PR) to design a programme to support artists who want to speak up on climate and on behalf of the planet.

We believe that by bringing artists together with communications experts, we can change the climate conversation and unlock the enormous potential of cultural actors to drive change. We will do this by:

• Co-creating authentic and inspiring stories with a select group of artists
• Ensuring that these messages are beneficial to the artists communicating them
• Delivering rapid response communications
• Training, convening and inspiring the industry

Through Murmur’s Artist Climate Support, artists can:

• Inspire people’s imagination about the healthier future we can still create and generate political support to deliver on the overwhelming global support for action.
• Build a recognisable (and potentially profitable) narrative around an issue they – as well as majorities in every country of the world – care about.

This personalised approach, supported by climate communications experts, will ensure that reputational risks are mitigated.

THE ROLE

We are looking for an outstanding PR professional to deliver Murmur’s Artist Climate Support programme, a specific workstream which will:

• Work with a small group of artists to develop their unique and authentic voice on the issue of climate change and activate this both in their off and online work.
• Deliver rapid response communications, working with artists to deliver instant commentary and framing on current climate developments.
• Help inspire the artists’ community and potential develop workshops/trainings with PRs / talent agencies

This is a new programme which will be delivered by Murmur, in partnership with other influential climate, music and arts organisations.

Deliverables

• Oversee strategy
• Drive timely delivery of the programme
• Act as principal convenor for the project:
  • Act as main point of contact for artists, artist teams and talent agencies
  • Act as the primary point of contact between Murmur and programme partners, managing input into project strategy and delivery
• Manage other stakeholders associated with the project
• Research and develop instantly recognisable and understandable concise messages for artists and musicians working with climate and communications experts.

Ideally your skills and experience will include:

• Considerable experience working at a senior level in PR in the music sector
• An understanding of the challenges faced by the music and arts sectors in terms of communicating issues around climate change
• Excellent client management and campaign execution skills
• Strong management & people skills
• Experience of training and coaching others
• Ability to influence and manage change
• Project management skills
• High-level media knowledge
• Solid relationships with media
• High-level understanding of PR strategy
• Working under pressure
• Strong writing, grammar and editing

Ideally you will be:

• Hands on and motivated by delivery
• A great communicator
• Passionate about making impactful changes to reduce the impact of climate change

APPLICATION PROCEDURE

Please send your CV to info@murmur.earth with a description of why you would be suitable for this role.
NB Please note that only applications sent via this process will be considered.

www.murmur.earth