Creative Producer

In 2025 Rotherham has become the world’s first Children’s Capital of Culture, designed and delivered by children and young people aged 0-to-25. 2025 is a year-long celebration of creativity, culture and community, taking place across all 25 of Rotherham’s wards.

The Children’s Capital of Culture team are working with hundreds of artists and organisations across Rotherham, South Yorkshire, and further afield to deliver a vibrant and innovative Festival Year programme for everyone to enjoy. Underpinning this creative programme is a core focus on building children and young people’s skills, confidence, aspirations, wellbeing, and sense of civic pride and community connection.

Children’s Capital of Culture are now seeking to appoint an experienced, enthusiastic and organised Creative Producer, who will join our creative and committed staff team.

As our Creative Producer, you will have a key role in ensuring the delivery of a high-quality and imaginative events and festivals offer for the Children’s Capital of Culture Festival Year. You will help manage the safe and successful delivery of large-scale creative events and festivals, as well as supporting smaller community event organisers.

Our Festival Year’s creative programme is large and diverse. It includes:

1. Working with partners to devise and deliver brand-new, large-scale events and festivals, including: UPLIFT: Rotherham Skate and Art Festival; Signals Festival; Plug In & Play; and WOW Rotherham.
2. Working with partners to enhance and add capacity to existing events and festivals across the borough, including Rotherham Show, Ferham Festival, and other community events.
3. Working with partners to coordinate large-scale exhibition and public art programmes, across both gallery settings and outdoor spaces.
4. Delivering dynamic programmes of pop-up performances, ranging across drama, dance and music, in unexpected locations across the Rotherham borough.
5. And much more!

Youth voice is at the heart of Children’s Capital of Culture, and all our creative programme is co-produced with children and young people from Rotherham. It’s also informed by ongoing community engagement initiatives, creative consultation work, and action research.

If you have significant experience of delivering large-scale creative, cultural or community events and festivals, are a brilliant project manager with excellent organisational skills, and are excited about joining a passionate staff team who are committed to making amazing things happen across Rotherham, then we would love to hear from you.

When submitting your application, please remember to give examples in the ‘Skills and Experience’ section of how you meet the essential shortlisting criteria listed on the Job & Person Profile.

If you would like to arrange an informal discussion about this role, please contact Sarah Christie, Programme Manager for Children’s Capital of Culture, on sarah.christie@rotherham.gov.uk.

To apply please click the Apply Now link below.