Freelance Project Producer for D&AD Shift (New York)

Job title: Freelance Project Producer for D&AD Shift (New York)

Reports to: Senior Programme Manager

Location: New York (Hybrid within New York)

Department: Foundation

Contract: Fixed-term part-time contract, approximately 40 days of delivery. Roughly 1 day per week from mid-November, scaling up to 2 days per week closer to and during the programme running from January 14th to May 8th, 2025.

Salary: $450 – $550 p/d, depending on experience.

Application Deadline: October 18th, 2023

About D&AD

Founded in 1962, D&AD is an organisation that is all about pursuing creative excellence within advertising and design – inspiring, celebrating, and enabling it. A fundamental way of us achieving this is through our world-class learning programmes which upskill the current and future workforce.

Whilst our remit focuses on the advertising and design industry there is a broader goal, to demonstrate the positive impact that creativity can have across education, the economy and within society.

What is D&AD Shift?

Shift exists to challenge the idea that there is only one route into a creative career. College fees and other systemic barriers have prevented some of the best talent from becoming part of our industry. The creative industry needs to change the way we recruit. We need to look at creating alternative pipelines and alternative education channels, in order to change the balance. Shift is a different kind of talent programme. A free, industry-led night school for outstanding, untapped and fresh creatives who don’t have a four-year college degree or industry networks but are looking to kick-start a creative career.

Meeting twice a week online and in agencies around the city, a group of 20 emerging creatives will work on briefs and creative challenges for 15 weeks, culminating in a showcase and paid placements. Your role will be to help make this incredible opportunity happen in New York.

The opportunity:

We are looking for a purpose-driven and innovative Freelance Project Producer to help deliver our award-winning learning program in New York. In this role, you will work closely with the Shift team currently based in London, São Paulo, Germany and Sydney. You will be supported by an assistant in New York and the wider D&AD team.

You’ll be a pivotal force in driving the project successfully while helping reshape the future of design and advertising to be more inclusive and accessible for everyone

Find out more about D&AD Shift  – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5h1NUDCgDZ0

Key responsibilities:

Project Management: Oversee the planning, execution, and management of the program.

Industry Engagement: Conduct outreach for session speakers, mentors and industry contributors.

Curriculum Delivery: Facilitate in-person and online sessions.

Feedback and Assessment: Provide insightful, constructive feedback on creative work.

Partnership Management: Support and manage relationships with partners and key sponsors.

Reporting: Monitor and ensure outcomes are achieved against milestones while reporting the program’s progress to partners and stakeholders

Student Engagement: Establish an excellent working relationship with the Shifters and help maximize their employment opportunities.

Industry Liaison: Serve as the contact for industry employers to match-make and optimize employment opportunities for the Shifters.

Key Experience and Skills

Proven experience in effective project management and delivery

Client management skills and experience

Creative industries background

Experience leading learning initiatives

Ability to lead group discussions and/or training sessions

Excellent written and verbal communication skills 

Keen interest in design and advertising 

Experience in presenting information or pitches to a diverse set of stakeholders 

Fluency in English

Desirable

Basic skills in design software like InDesign are a plus. 

Prior experience or knowledge in the advertising and design industry is beneficial.

To join our team and contribute to D&AD Shift, please submit your application by the deadline. We look forward to reviewing your application and discussing the opportunity to have you as part of our team.

D&AD is committed to diversity, equality, equity, inclusion and respect for all.  Providing a work environment in which all employees are treated with fairness, respect and dignity and which is free of discrimination, victimisation, bullying and harassment.   At D&AD we are interested in every individual bringing their ‘Whole Self’ to work and this includes you! Please email vanessa.knight@btinternet.com to let us know if you need any reasonable adjustments to be made for any part of the recruitment process.

Due to the number of applications we receive, we regret that you will not be contacted unless you are shortlisted for an interview. If you have not heard from us within three weeks of the closing date of your application you should assume that you have not been successful on this occasion. 

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