IT Manager, permanent, From £38,000 per annum, plus staff benefits
Lowry is a visual and performing arts venue situated at the heart of MediaCityUK in Salford, one of the world’s most exciting culture and media destinations.
We are looking for a skilled and knowledgeable IT Manager to join Lowry’s IT Team at a very exciting time. The individual will lead and manage Lowry’s IT support service, ensuring the effective operation, support and continuous improvement of systems, applications, infrastructure and user support. There is a huge variety to this role including providing hands-on support to all areas of the organisation from technology used across office, theatre, visitor-facing and operational environments such as laptops, tills, EPOS systems, printers, venue WI-Fi, server and storage platforms as well as printers and payment devices. Key responsibilities in the role will also entail providing technical leadership to the IT team, supporting individual and project development along with improving service standards across Lowry.
The role has a number of staff benefits including:
- Complimentary and discounted theatre and live event tickets.
- Free car parking just a few minutes’ walk from the Lowry building.
- Paid day off for your birthday.
- Discounts at the bars, restaurant and gift shop located within the Lowry building.
- Access to Lowry’s Wellbeing Hub and to other health and wellbeing services, including counselling, physiotherapy and remote GP appointments.
- Group Life Assurance Scheme.
Please note that MediaCityUK is a well-connected destination with a variety of different transport options – bus, car, tram and bike.
The application deadline for this vacancy is Friday 28th August 2026 at Midday.
Interviews will be Friday 4 th September 2026, please ensure your availability for this date.
For more information, please download the Lowry recruitment pack. To apply for this position please submit your CV and a covering letter by clicking on ‘Apply for this job’ via the vacancy on Lowry’s Careers page. Your application should describe how you would apply your knowledge, experience and skills to fulfil the main duties and responsibilities of the post.
To ensure fairness and to enable us to process your application through our shortlisting exercise, we ask that you remove all personal details (such as name, age, location, ethnicity, marital status etc) from your CV and covering letter before uploading. This reduces the risk of any potential bias during our recruitment process and ensures that all shortlisting is based on skills, experience and suitability for a role. Thank you for your understanding.
Lowry is committed to creating an inclusive workforce by reflecting and representing the diversity of Salford and the UK. We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to be part of Lowry – whether that is to work in our creative or support roles. We particularly encourage applications from the following two people groups who are currently under-represented in our work force and in the wider performing and visual arts sector; those people who experience racism and marginalisation, including those from African, Caribbean, North African, LatinX, South Asian, East Asian and South East Asian heritage and their diasporas, those who are disabled, Deaf and neurodivergent or have long-term health conditions.