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Nemours Children’s Health is seeking a Community Relations Coordinator- Contractor in Jacksonville to help lead strategic initiatives dedicated to changing children’s health for good. The strategic initiatives for Community Relations include addressing social determinants of health for children, building thought leadership tied to our clinical programs, and growing partnerships and visibility that underscore Nemours’ commitment to the communities we serve. This person will collaborate with Nemours internal stakeholders across Florida as well as likeminded community leaders, executives, and organizations that also want to improve the health of children. Initiatives, current and new, reflect both the Health, Value and Equity as well as the National Reputation and Impact pillars of Nemours Children’s strategic plan.

The role requires an understanding of how to create and enhance partnerships that include programs, events, webinars, social media engagement, presentations, internal communications and digital content creation. The candidate should possess an aptitude for building internal and external relationships, exceptional communication skills and requires setting up and working events on nights and weekends. This individual will work with communications and marketing colleagues in Florida.

Reporting to the manager of Community Relations, this role will reside in Jacksonville but may support the Community Relations activities implemented across the state. This role will also work closely with the PR Specialist and internal communications contractor in Jacksonville. While much occurs out in the community, this individual will be required to staff events and programs at Nemours Children’s Health, Jacksonville as well as Nemours headquarters occasionally when the need arises.

Essential Functions:

• Represent Nemours Children’s Health in the community, and serve as a local point of contact for Jacksonville community relations initiatives and events in conjunction with the local PR specialist.

• Organize and execute events spanning community and health fairs, walk/runs, and other community-based initiatives and sponsorships. Help lead and implement the logistics related to all activations.

• Create and promote quarterly volunteer opportunities for associates. Advertise opportunities through the implementation of a substantive communications plan as well as building relationships with Nemours associates to grow participation. Execute volunteer events and manage all reporting.

• Administrative tasks include securing and submitting invoices with proper formatting, managing inventory of promotional items and updating reporting databases. Maintain and update event spreadsheet that includes all logistical information.

• Assist with webinars and social media reflecting community events as needed by identifying important trends or topics and securing potential expert from region.

Job Requirements:

• Bachelors Degree required

• 3-5 years of related experience required

We are looking for an experienced Public Relations Manager to increase consumer and corporate awareness of Daniel Thwaites and our enviable collection of hotels, spas, inns and pubs by developing and executing effective communication programmes.

You will be skilled in copywriting and story-telling, PR campaign management, strategy development and relationship building. You will have strong media contacts across consumer and B2B titles and experience in managing media, brand and influencer partnerships. Experience in travel and hospitality is preferred but not essential.

Your day-to-day activities will include:

• In line with marketing campaigns, develop press and communications plans including strategy, goals, budget and tactics
• In line with business needs, develop pro-active media relations strategies, seeking high-level coverage in print, broadcast and online media
• Coordinate, manage and evaluate PR events
• Engage with and work alongside the social media team to engage audiences across media platforms
• Engage with and work alongside the People Team to bolster the Internal Communications programme for the business
• Manage high profile media enquiries and interview requests
• Manage media monitoring and communicate PR results on a regular basis
• Evaluate and manage opportunities for media partnerships, sponsorships and advertising
• Build relationships with stakeholders and thought leaders to place trends and insight articles across industry press
• Manage, train and support one direct report – the PR and Media Executive
• The job may involve occasional weekend and evening work and requires travel to our beautiful properties across the UK

Who are we looking for:

• We’re looking for someone with excellent communication skills, great attention to detail, excellent management capabilities and ideally 5+ years’ experience in a senior PR role with relevant qualifications in Journalism Studies, Public Relations or Communications
• You will have a full, clean driving licence

In return, we are offering a rewarding role with scope for career progression along with;

• A fun environment where you will receive the training and support to develop and progress
• Flexible working including working from Head Office, from our properties and from home
• Excellent discounts on stays and food/beverages across Daniel Thwaites’ beautiful collection of hotels, spas and inns
• 33 days annual leave
• Long service awards, including free meals and free stays with your friends and family
• Health cash plan with access to discounted perks
• Pension Life assurance
• Wagestream – Ability to access up to 40% of your wages as you earn giving you more control over your finances
• Employee Assistance Programme available 24/7
• Free parking at our beautiful Head Office in Mellor Brook complete with a brewery, a pub, listed cottages and stables for our famous Shire Horses.

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Daniel Thwaites has a proud heritage, delivering warm hospitality for over 200 years. Alongside its brewery and pubs which are known throughout the world, it also runs hotels, inns and spas throughout the country under the brand of The House of Daniel Thwaites.

Behind the scenes is a support crew in its Head Office that helps the smooth day to day running of all its operations. It’s a wide and varied team, comprising of many different characters and skill sets. They’ve only recently moved into a new, purpose-built home in Mellor Brook, surrounded by ancient woodland, so it’s a great time to join them.

• Promotional & brand films
• Social media & digital content
• Branded stings, idents & infographics
• Animation and motion graphics
• Training and eLearning
• Event openers, content & cascades
• Live & studio broadcasts
• Audio podcasts

• Concept development and creative direction
• Storylining, scriptwriting and storyboarding
• Film production
• Video editing and crafting a narrative
• Motion graphics, animation, 3D and visual effects

• Devising, collaborating and delivering creative content across a number of different platforms and mediums to a highly professional standard.
• You will efficiently and effectively lead film projects from initial briefing through to final delivery, including overseeing shoots, managing post-production; editing, graphics and any visual effects.
• Applying your complete technical awareness and creative expertise to every job, and delivering all work to ICF Next’s high quality and creative standards: accurately, efficiently, on time and on budget.
• Ensuring all projects across pre-production, production, direction and post-production are accurately costed appropriately and efficiently planned and resourced, while ensuring budgets are maintained and client expectations are met.
• All while keeping abreast of technological trends and new releases, communicate new ideas, concepts and innovations with colleagues, and continually contributing to the quality and creativity of the team to ensure our offering is class leading.
• Working closely with the wider team(s) to create impactful creative content, whilst achieving consistently high quality standards.
• Working proactively to raise the team’s profile, you’ll take briefs confidently and accurately – with an eye to identifying opportunities to upsell services.
• You’ll play a crucial role in the development of the Film team and be a trusted advisor in all that you do.

• You are an experienced Producer with ambition, positivity and professionalism.
• You have a proven ability to tell stories through original film concepts and experience of working with a diverse range of clients and brands.
• You are commercially astute and highly organised individual with the ability to solve problems and think outside the box.
• You are able to multitask, think logically and decisively in order to efficiently plan, delegate and adapt in a challenging, fast-paced creative environment.
• You are a strong empathetic team player, you have drive and ambition to support the team.
• Being an outstanding communicator, you have excellent interpersonal and client-facing presentation skills, whilst remaining confident in challenging a brief to ensure client expectations are achieved within budget.
• You’re a skilled diplomat who can influence and negotiate with tact while maintaining a cool headed, flexible and supportive approach when under pressure.
• You have an expert understanding of the end-to-end production process, and of advanced film production techniques, kit and creative solutions.
• You can demonstrate that you take a strong strategic and creative approach to your work.

• You are self-motivated, with a commitment to developing your knowledge and skills.
• You have the drive and ambition to continually push your skills to the limit and deliver award-winning work.
• You are confident and demonstrate a passion and pride for your work.
• You’re an excellent communicator and able to build effective working relationships.
• You have a creative approach to problem-solving and are a strong decision-maker.
• You take people on the journey with you and your work.
• You are a team player and demonstrate a collaborative approach in all you do.
• You keep a cool head under pressure and easily adapt to change, taking a flexible approach to meeting client requirements and deadlines.

• Our people at ICF, are our most important asset, so we invest in them from the moment you arrive. When you join our team, you’ll have access to a vast array of benefits to help you live your life well.
• ICF offer a hybrid working policy, that will offer you flexibility to collaborate in the office, as well as in the comfort of your own home, to successfully deliver the requirements of your role and the business.
• The employee wellbeing hub, which was launched in January 2022, is designed to provide highly personalised support across a comprehensive range of wellbeing issues, such as mind, body, finances, community, career programs and HR support.
• We also offer a unique and competitive recognition programme called ‘You Matter’, awarding points as a ‘thank you’ for your work achievements, which can be spent on a large variety of high-quality items, as well as online or high-street vouchers, all with zero tax payable by the employee.
• We encourage and provide continued personal and professional growth through ongoing learning, development opportunities and career frameworks.
• ICF also offers a range of competitive benefits, which include, but not limited to the following:
  • Single Private Medical Insurance cover (Bupa), with no restrictions on providing treatment for existing medical conditions. Options available for broader partner or family level cover, plus we also offer dental insurance (Bupa) and an online GP service.
  • 25 days annual leave, plus UK bank holidays (annual leave increases with years of service).
  • Pension scheme with 5% of salary employer contribution (minimum employee contribution 4%).
  • Life assurance paying 4x annual salary and Group Income Protection paying 66% of salary for up to 5 years if you are off work on long term sick.
  • Enhanced parental leave policies, enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption, and shared parental pay.

Leeds – Carlton Mills (GB77)

• Handle complex scheduling for busy music school
• Assist General Manager with a wide variety of tasks as required
• Schedule and lead tours for prospective students and parents
• Greet, and look after students
• Handle opening and closing of school
• Answers phones and field inquiries; pitch the music program
• Works on special projects, prepare reports, and other administration including billing
• Adheres to the SOR Code of Conduct, safety policies, including the Monitoring and Supervision policy.

• Two years + working Front Desk, Reception, and/or Customer Service role
• High detail orientation, multi-tasker
• Welcoming, outgoing demeanor essential
• Good team player who collaborates well
• Experiencing working with Google Drive and Google sheets preferred.
• Some social media experience preferred.
• Interest in music and related arts or experience working with young people a plus

The Live Entertainment Advanced Development Studio (LEAD) is the think tank within Disney Live Entertainment (DLE) that looks towards the future of live experiences by researching emerging entertainment trends, exploring new technologies, and identifying up-and-coming creative talent and organizations as potential project partners. The LEAD Creative Producer oversees and inspires the LEAD strategic vision set by DLE leadership. You will collaborate with other creative and production leaders to define projects, identify creative talent both internally and externally, and bring LEAD projects from concept to completion. Additionally, you will develop budgets, schedules, and strategies, focusing on the research and development of “pie in the sky” ideas. This role will also collaborate on preliminary business planning for experiences conceived to be outside of the Disney Parks, Resorts, and Cruise Ships.

You will report to VP-Creative & Advanced Development

You Will

• Support and develop the creative vision and/or direction of a given project or initiative.
• Create and maintain partnerships across all spectrums of an assignment, from the working teams through division executives.
• Create budgets, schedules, process strategies, negotiate contracts, provide clear direction to teams, and communicate project concepts and important information to all levels of leadership.
• Provide guidance to creative and production collaborators.
• Champion for safety, environmental stewardship, inclusion, relevancy, and other corporate programs, driving our results.
• Focus on ideating experiences within or outside of our parks, resorts, and cruise ships, and build initial business strategies and team goals to determine viability of developed concepts.

Basic Qualifications/You Will Have

• Varied and successful creation and execution of original theatrical works, immersive experiences, dance, music, or visual arts that appeal to diverse audiences
• Minimum 5 years of experience of team leadership in entertainment show production, theatrical, immersive, or live event production.
• Creative development, presentation (C-Suite on down), and communication
• Demonstrated outstanding creative collaboration skills and an ability to inspire diverse groups and individuals
• Knowledge of creative process and deliverables
• Understanding of theatrical technologies, ( i.e., lighting, special effects, audio, projection, set design and construction)
• Negotiate, organize, and provide direction to complete multiple tasks promptly
• Knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite
• Experience creating/maintaining of budgets and schedules
• Available and willing to work weekends, holidays, and third shift
• Creative Mind/Outside of the box thinker

Preferred Qualifications

• Business planning or theatrical touring leadership, with experience in revenue calculations
• Experience with conflict resolution in team building and collaboration
• Willingness to travel on multiple domestic and international assignments
• Fluency in any other language (Mandarin, French, Japanese, Spanish, etc.)

Required Education

• Bachelor’s degree in theater, design, entertainment, or 5+ years equivalent work experience

Benefits and Perks: Disney offers a rewards package to help you live your best life. This includes health and savings benefits, educational opportunities and special extras that only Disney can provide. Learn more about our benefits and perks at https://jobs.disneycareers.com/benefits.

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We are adding chills to our thrills! Go Ape USA, an industry-leading high ropes and zipline operator, is currently seeking scare actors to help deliver a ghostly experience during our Frights at Heights events. If you are looking for an opportunity to flex your frights and deliver a top-notch scary performance, this might be the right opportunity for you!

As a Scare Actor, your responsibilities will include:

• “Scaring” guests who are walking between activities while still promoting a safe and fun environment
• Wearing costumes and make up for the duration of the scheduled events
• Working at night in dark conditions and on outdoor terrain
• This position does NOT require working at height
• Available to work Friday and Saturday nights (approximately 4:00 PM – 10:00 PM)

Requirements:

We don’t require any specific experience, but qualified applicants must:

• Must be at least 18 years of age or older at time of hire
• Comfortable working in all weather conditions
• Hard working and motivated
• Loves being in the outdoors
• Comfortable interacting with guests and providing exceptional customer service

Central to our product and range development process, our Art Directors are the lynch pin between Creative, Product & Ranging and Commercial functions.
Reporting into the Head of Creative, you’ll support the development and implementation of customer-specific creative and commercial visions.

Working as part of a cross-functional, customer-focused team, you will identify creative trends & market gaps and taking your knowledge of design, product development and shopper insights, you’ll establish, articulate and champion customer & consumer needs to create compelling creative strategies and product solutions. Your role is to ensure the product ranges, concepts and formats hit the shelves exceeding expectations in all areas; design aesthetic, cost of product, sustainability, market appetite and sale-ability to name a few.

A varied role, you’ll flex both your creative and commercial skills, bringing to life strategy and creative vision in a way that ultimately speaks to our varied consumer base, on a personal level, helping everyone lead emotionally connected lives.

Your main responsibilities will include:

• Lead creatively in the product and range development process, ensuring the creative vision is fulfilled and championed from concept to delivery
• Interpret the customer strategy, overlay insights and define the creative direction
• Translating consumer, retailer and shopper insights & trends information into market leading product solutions and concepts
• You will play a part in determining how this shows up in store – balancing the creative with the commercials, including cost of goods and consumer appetite
• Leading the design team through inspirational, articulate briefing and art direction, ensuring a successful understanding and execution of strategies to produce market-leading product.
• A cross functional leader, you’ll be the design influencer internally and with the Customer, leading effective ways of working and strong relationships, keeping the creative vision alive
• Exemplary end to end understanding to support best practice ways of working, build efficiencies and continuous improvement in order to improve the product or work process

Whilst design, trend and insights will be the central to your success, you’ll enjoy a varied role equally leveraging your leadership and commercial understanding too. To be successful in this role we’re looking for you to demonstrate:

• Previous experience of working in a similar role, in a creative led environment. FMCG environment beneficial, but not essential.
• Previous experience of developing ranges of products, such as textiles, apparel, homewares, greetings etc
• A solid commercial understanding, seamlessly factoring this into the way you influence others, pitch ideas and lead your team. The ability to commercialise ideation and drive profitability
• A solid understanding of design, product development and visual merchandising process
• You’re skilled at bringing the right product to market, in the right way, at the right time with impact and authority
• Your commitment to engaging in and encouraging a culture of feedback, discussion and collaboration to enable highly productive, flexible and resilient ways of working from ideation through to final sku approval
• A skilled leader of people, ideally with previous experience on performance management with direct and indirect teams
• Experience of building global relationships to utilise resource and shared learnings, would be a significant advantage.

Based at our Dawson Lane site in Bradford, close to key motorway links you’ll be able to take advantage of:

• Competitive salary
• 26 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Annual bonus scheme
• Health cashback scheme
• Pension benefit
• Flexible working opportunities including hybrid working
• Free onsite parking for when you are in the office
• A variety of other cultural and lifestyle benefits, aimed at promoting a positive work/life balance

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