Creative Industries Executive

We are a multi-award winning, creative and innovative organisation and the Creative Industries Team is as the heart of the fundraising we do. Working on critical cross-department initiatives, you will help to drive innovation across War Child s highly ambitious and successful fundraising operations. You will work on a range of events and projects, help to identify new fundraising opportunities and develop meaningful solutions that maintain the values, creativity and entrepreneurialism of War Child UK.

We re looking for a creative, detail oriented and highly organised team player to help plan and deliver a range of exciting projects and innovative fundraising activities. You ll play an integral role in the Creative Industries Team and work closely with our Music and Communications teams to engage new audiences with War Child s mission and generate sustainable income.

If you share our values and believe that children s lives should not be torn apart by war, we want to hear from you. Below are some of the experiences and qualities we re looking for.

Experienced in working in a creative environment, ideally with exposure to fundraising

Highly resilient, with the ability to work in ambiguous circumstances, managing multiple priorities

Experience of project management, working within budget, managing your workload to meet deadlines and hit targets

Experience using data and insight to inform decision making and product and/or process improvement

Experienced in working as part of a team to deliver an event or activation with the ability to work calmly under pressure in a fast-paced event environment

Able to work effectively and appropriately with Influencers and high-profile supporters

Able to work with a variety of internal and external stakeholders, building and maintaining long-lasting, mutually beneficial relationships

Knowledge of trends in the fundraising industry with the willingness to stay up to date on the latest developments that could create opportunities for War Child

Experience using Salesforce or similar CRM database

Up to date knowledge of fundraising regulation and GDPR, and its implications for fundraising policy and practice.

At War Child recognise the considerable benefits that flexible working can bring and are happy to discuss any possible flexible working options with our employees from hiring. For most roles, the following types of flexibility are usually possible: flexible hours, hybrid working and compressed hours.

Please note that on occasion, we might close a vacancy early due to a high number of applications being received. Interested candidates are encouraged to submit their application as early as possible.