Rebel Head of Magazine Design
Listed by Essex Students' Union
Applying
Application deadline: Sun 18 Jun 2017 23:59
Rate
From £7.20 p/h
Details
HEAD OF MAGAZINE DESIGN.
this is no normal job.
We're on a journey to become the world's most student-centred organisation and this is your chance to join us. As a key member of our Creative Studios you will build, motivate and inspire a team of volunteer, designers and photographers to produce our award winning student magazine 'Rebel' You work hard, you play hard and we want you to have the very best experience and opportunities in everything you do
WHAT YOU'LL DO.
THE DAY TO DAY.
As Head of Magazine Design you will lead a team of volunteer designers and photographers, working with them to provide high quality content for the magazine.
What we stand for
Our promises.
Our mission can be easily summed up in four promises we make to all of our members. Every single thing we do falls under one of these promises.
1: We promise to get you an amazing degree and job
We'll fill up your CV, make sure you course is great, and even give out fruit and water before exams. We'll give you all the tools you need to destroy the competition in interviews.
2: We promise to give you a kick-ass membership
Bars, coffee shops, restaurants, a nightclub, hair salon, even a cinema, all on campus. And hundreds of clubs and societies too. You'll never be bored at Essex.
3: We promise to let you shape everything
You're in charge of what we stock in our venues and how we work. You can vote by dropping a token in a box, and write on our walls. You control everything we do together.
4: We promise to be here for everyone
We're a mix of students from 135 different countries of every age, gender, sexuality, religion, year of study and shoe size. We'll look after you whatever.
Your Responsibilities
The things you'll be looking after
- The design of Rebel magazine
- Lead and support a team of volunteer designers, photographers and artists
- Nurture students to help them create high quality content
- Ensure that all photography and design is created on schedule
- Attend all relevant training.
- Collaborate with content editors to support design and photography needs.
- Coordinate art, design and photography workshops.
- Adhere to all relevant media law.
Who you are
The kind of person you'll need to be
We need staff ready for action, full of enthusiasm and a passion for going the extra mile to help create brilliant experiences for our students. We want people with ideas, and the creative skills and ability to put those ideas into practice. You’ll be a current registered student, so we’ll expect you to know and understand what your fellow students want from a magazine, and most especially we’ll expect you to help us deliver on that and take it to the next level.
We understand how your school study days, priority weeks, rehearsals, shows and showings work, and we are keen to make the Venue Assistant role work around you and your circumstances.
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Excellent organisational skills
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Ability to lead and inspire a team including effective delegation
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Ability to accurately record information
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Ability to work on your own initiative and with minimum supervison
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Ability to help develop others
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| Ability to meet deadlines |
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| An understanding of the work of the SU |
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| Commitment to equality of opportunity |
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| Demonstrable experience of using Adobe Creative Cloud design software |
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| An understanding of photography |
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| Excellent IT Skills, Word, Powerpoint, Excel |
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the perks
As well as a competitive salary, you'll also get all this great stuff too.
Working on campus
If you live on campus, you're a quick walk away from work, and it's super easy to make it in time for your lecture or class.
staff discounts
You’ll get 10% off food in some SU venues.
Flexibility
We're the Students' Union, so we're all students. We understand that if you've got a deadline next week, you might not want shifts this week.
Free Safety Bus
If you're working on a late shift you'll be able to get the Safety Bus back home for free.
Access to great training
You'll get access to a huge range of training courses to make your CV stand out.
Socials
You'll be part of a great group of people who work hard and play hard. All of our departments have regular nights out and
So that's a bit about us.
what about you?
Sounds like the dream job for you? Good, now it's time to show us why you're the person we're looking for.
I'm ready to apply, let's do this.
Campus
Colchester
Job type
Student
Student/Career
Student