Design and Office IT Manager

The Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra seeks a highly motivated Design and Office IT Manager. The main purpose of the job is to manage the production of all the organisation’s publicity materials, maintain our websites and be the liaison between our IT external advisers and web developers to ensure all IT and communication systems are in good working order.

The chosen candidate will report to the Directors.

This is a permanent, 4-day a week job, based in our London Office. The holiday entitlement is 20 days (prorated) plus Bank Holidays.

Responsibilities:
Design:
• Design all publicity materials (based on existing templates and according to our brand guidelines) to print-ready artwork such as brochures, concert programmes, ads, posters, leaflets, newsletters, stationery, banners, CDs, email and social media graphics
• Liaise with external suppliers, printers, artists’ agents, photographers, web developers and IT specialists, as well as the OPO team, to ensure that print and digital design is produced within given deadline and budget
• Maintain our websites and liaise with external web developers to fix issues
• Work with marketing department to create designs that will attract targeted audiences

Office Management
• Liaise with our external consultants on IT and communication systems to ensure all IT and communication systems are working properly

Essential abilities/qualifications:
• Graphic design degree and/or equivalent qualification
• 2 years (minimum) graphic design experience with a portfolio of designs
• Excellent organisational skills and meticulous attention to detail
• Excellent IT skills
• Creativity
• Strong communication skills
• Motivated team-player
• Ability to work independently
• Technical Skills required: Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Acrobat Pro, HTML/CSS, UI/UX, Microsoft Office, WordPress for web design
• Applicant must have the right to work in t