Music & Culture Manager
About the role
Music & Culture Manager
If you have spent years in the creative industries building capital and are looking for somewhere to bring that expertise to bear, this is a route into the NGO world that does not ask you to leave your sector behind.
This role is for someone working anywhere across the creative industries - music, film, art, gaming, sport, literature - who wants to put their skills and connections to work for the planet, and to develop a specialism at the intersection of culture and environmental advocacy.
This role is for someone working anywhere across the creative industries - music, film, art, gaming, sport, literature - who wants to put their skills and connections to work for the planet, and to develop a specialism at the intersection of culture and environmental advocacy.
The legal work is at the centre of what ClientEarth does. The cultural work builds the understanding, the pressure and the relationships that help it land. This role sits in that space.
There is real ownership here: your own projects, your own relationships, your own contributions. The work will regularly take you to events, evenings, industry forums and there is a generous time off in lieu policy to reflect that. Office attendance in our London office is 20% of the month.
Important dates to note:
- Deadline to submit an initial application: 27th of September
- If your profile passes initial screening, you will be asked to submit additional information in the form of three additional questions.
- The deadline to submit your answers is the29th of September
- If we do not receive a response to these questions by the deadline we will assume you are no longer interested in the role.
- Interviews will take place on the 17th, 19th and 20th of October.
Please also review the "Our Hiring Process" section at the bottom of this advert to learn more about the stages involved for this specific role.
Key Responsibilities
- Identify and develop a broad portfolio of cultural relationships and supporters across music, arts, film, TV, gaming, literature, books and sport, drawing on your own network and ClientEarth's existing relationships, working in close collaboration with the team lead
- Project manage the Music & Culture team's contribution to major international advocacy and campaigning moments across the year (e.g. COP, Climate Week NYC, London Climate Action Week, individual and innovative campaigning moments around case launches and similar)
- Collaborate with colleagues across the organisation to identify how cultural engagement, partnerships and influential voices can help advance advocacy, communications, fundraising and programme objectives, agreeing priorities with the team lead.
- Represent ClientEarth in discussions with senior cultural leaders, talent representatives, institutions and strategic partners, consulting the team lead before significant negotiations or commitments and exercising judgement and diplomacy in managing sensitive stakeholder relationships
See the job description for a full list of duties for this role.
Skills, Knowledge & Expertise
- A career background in the creative industries with your own established network and contacts in the sector
- Strong written communication skills: experience producing clear, compelling copy for a range of audiences and formats, whether internal reports, external communications, brochures, proposals or editorial content
- Proven track record of building and managing relationships with senior or influential figures in the creative industries
- An understanding of how creative industries work from the inside and knowing how to make the right people feel this organisation is worth their time
See the job description for a full list of requirements for this role.
Job Benefits
Flexible working: We are proud to be a
Flexa accredited Employer. Visit our
Flexa Employer page for more information on our approach to flexible working. Our flexible working policy allows our people the choice to decide to work from home/another location in the country where their contract of employment is issued for 80% of their month, with the other 20% of their month being office-based. See our benefits page for more:
Benefits | ClientEarth Careers
as well as our flexible working FAQ
ClientEarth values diversity and inclusion and the benefits this brings. We aim to appoint the most suitable candidate at all times and welcome applications from people from all different backgrounds.
ClientEarth is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice or legal services to third parties.
About ClientEarth
We take governments to court – and win. We force polluting industries to shut down. We protect irreplaceable forests and vulnerable species. We empower people and NGOs with the legal rights to bring forward environmental battles of their own. Using the law means that we create real, long-lasting and embedded change.
We’re working to secure a lasting civilisation in which people and nature thrive together. We work in partnership across borders, systems and sectors, ingeniously using the law to protect life on Earth.