Volunteer Creative directors for community-led environmental charity | East London Waterworks Park

East London Water Park; London; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking charity dedicated to transforming urban spaces into biodiverse parks. As a Creative Director, you'll play a pivotal role in shaping a community-led brand that inspires and engages diverse audiences. Your creative vision will directly contribute to the development of natural swimming ponds and outdoor learning spaces, fostering a deep connection between communities and the environment. Collaborate with passionate professionals and help drive support for sustainable initiatives that benefit both people and nature. This is a unique opportunity to make a meaningful impact in your community while working alongside a dedicated team of volunteers.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in developing and implementing successful creative strategies.
• Strong ability to lead and inspire creative teams with community engagement focus.

Responsibilities

• Guide the growth of a community-led brand to inspire nature and creative leadership.
• Craft compelling narratives and engage diverse communities through creative campaigns.

Skills

Creative Strategy

Brand Management

Visual Communication Leadership

Narrative Storytelling

Campaign Execution

Community Co-Creation

Interdisciplinary Collaboration

Job description

Volunteer Creative Directors for Community-led Environmental Charity | East London Waterworks Park

East London Waterworks Park is looking for Creative Directors to guide the growth of our community-led brand to inspire nature, communities and creative leadership in creating new spaces and community infrastructure.

What difference will you make?
Contribute to the creation of a new biodiverse community-owned park with free access natural swimming ponds and outdoor learning spaces. Your creative direction of our community-led brand will be instrumental in fostering a strong connection between our communities, stakeholders, and the green and blue community spaces we create. Your input will help us craft compelling brand activations that inspire, educate, and engage our volunteers, stakeholders, funders, and the general public, ultimately driving support for the park's mission and ensuring its long-term sustainability.

What are we looking for?

• Skills

1. Creative Strategy: Ability to develop and articulate a compelling creative vision that aligns with the charity's mission and resonates with diverse communities.
2. Brand Management: Expertise in building, evolving, and maintaining a strong and consistent brand identity across all touchpoints.
3. Visual Communication Leadership: Ability to effectively lead and direct creative teams to produce high-quality, impactful content.
4. Narrative Storytelling: Ability to craft compelling narratives that communicate the charity's impact, engage audiences, and inspire action across various media.
5. Campaign Execution: Developing and executing creative campaigns that effectively reach target audiences and achieve organisational goals.
6. Community Co-Creation: Engaging diverse communities, facilitating co-design workshops, navigating perspectives, and communicating complex ideas accessibly.
7. Interdisciplinary Collaboration: Excellent ability to collaborate within multidisciplinary teams, facilitate communication, and apply systems thinking to project interactions.

Experience: Demonstrating a track record of developing and implementing successful creative strategies. Leading and inspiring creative teams. Working with an emphasis on community engagement and diverse audience needs. Developing creative solutions across a range of media. Translating strategic objectives and user insights into impactful creative concepts. Working with non-profits or on projects with a social or environmental focus.

Qualities:

1. Empathetic & Community-Focused: A genuine passion for the charity's mission and a deep understanding of how creative work can connect with and empower communities.
2. Strategic & Results-Oriented: Understanding how creative work contributes to broader organisational goals and a drive to create impactful outcomes.
3. Open-minded & Adaptable: Willingness to embrace new ideas, adapt to changing circumstances, and incorporate feedback from various sources.
4. Passionate About Environment: A deep commitment to the values and goals of a community-led environmental charity.

What will you be doing?
East London Waterworks Park is a volunteer-led charity that won a 2024 New London Architecture award and has raised £2m towards buying land from the Department for Education to transform the 14-acre Thames Water Depot on Lea Bridge Road on the border of Waltham Forest and Hackney, into a new biodiverse park with natural swimming ponds, forest schools and community spaces. We are looking for creative directors to participate in our community-led working group who are communicating the work of our charity, in creating green community spaces, so that our brand grows with our 350+ architects, teachers, researchers, campaigners and communications professionals. The Comms Circle currently meets fortnightly on a Tuesday evening on Google Meet and spends voluntary time outside of the meeting completing agreed tasks remotely.

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Job function

Marketing, Writing/Editing, and Design

Industries

Non-profit Organizations