Festival of Libraries Communications Support Officer - Manchester City of Literature

The current opportunity is available for current Manchester Met students, to apply you must be based in the UK for the duration of the role.

Manchester City of Literature are looking for a Festival of Libraries Communications Support Officer.

You will assist the Communications Manager during planning for Festival of Libraries. There is a specific production during the Festival of Libraries 2024 that requires a dedicated skill set to manage adequate communications and production. This will be of particular interest to those with an interest in local community engagement as well as international collaboration.

Your Duties will include:

• Creating rich and dynamic digital content for the Festival of Libraries website and social media platforms
• Researching and collating information on our public and independent libraries
• Liaison with artists, archives & library staff
• Curating thematic content to attract new audiences
• Editing copy and preparing images as well as proofing and uploading to the Festival of Libraries page on our website and YouTube channel
• Preparing linked social media content
• Managing ticket reporting for events 

Details

Dates: March-June 2026 (specific dates agreed upon hire)
Hours: 7 hours per week
Company: Manchester City of Literature
Location: Central Manchester

This role will be for up to 75 hours work.

The Company

Manchester was successful in its bid to join UNESCO’s worldwide Creative Cities network as a City of Literature in 2017. Joining 38 other Cities of Literature, a consortium including Manchester City Council, the Universities, Manchester Literature Festival plus a range of the city’s writers, publishers and literary organisations has formed to enable this to happen.

Manchester City of Literature is here to celebrate all of the things that make our city such a dynamic, diverse and inspiring place for the written and spoken word. It’s a chance to think big and develop exciting, collaborative projects aimed at getting people reading, writing and enjoying literature in all it’s forms, not just books. Manchester’s radical tradition means that free expression is central to civic identity. Find out more.

You will be:

- A student studying in the School of English.
- Creating rich and dynamic digital content for the Festival of Libraries website and social media platforms.
- Researching and collating information on our public and independent libraries
- Liaison with artists, archives & library staff
- Curating thematic content to attract new audiences
- Editing copy and preparing images as well as proofing and uploading to the Festival of Libraries page on our website and YouTube channel
- Preparing linked social media content
- Managing ticket reporting for events 
- On site support during the festival

You will need the following skills:

- Good writing and copy editing skills for a variety of channels and audiences.
- Confident using a range of social media platforms.
- Familiarity with communication tools and platforms (e.g., Canva, Photoshop, WordPress, video editing).
- Attention to detail with good organisational skills.
- Ability to act on initiative and self motivate to manage tasks effectively. 
- Experience working collaboratively as part of a broader team.

You will be working within a very small team and so will need to be proactive and flexible to our working rhythm (as we will be to yours).