Communications and Partnerships Manager

About Us
BSA is a new but fast-growing UK drama school with a high-quality conservatoire-style training school, offering an innovative BA in Film TV and New Media Acting and a BA Acting for Stage and Screen as well as new Cert HE Foundation course and a BA Technical Theatre Arts course. Our full time Extended Diplomas for 16-18 year olds in Acting and Musical Theatre are widely acknowledged as some of the best in the region. We are at an important time in our development and need to establish our place in the top 20 actor training establishments in the UK.
The Role
The focus will be to build lasting, mutually beneficial relationships with external partners and stakeholders in theatre, TV and film, broaden our audience, and drive growth in student numbers by developing a more prominent profile in the industry.
This role is Bristol based with some requirement to network in London. The role will be office based for a minimum of 4 days a week, if full time. As a public facing role, the post holder is expected to be at the first night of every BSA production, screenings and showcases.

Key Responsibilities
Partnership Management: Identify, cultivate, and manage strategic partnerships to drive the visibility of BSA in the industry, including working with industry liaison partners to extend BSA’s reach among agents and casting directors.

Strategic Brand Communications: Develop and deliver engaging communications strategies to support the business and elevate our brand presence.

Press and PR Communications: Lead the development of the PR strategy for BSA, driving national press around BSA’s core purpose.

Advertising Campaigns: Develop a coherent brand narrative strategy that promotes BSA, its students and its core programmes to meet application targets.

Content Creation oversight: Oversee the work of social media content creators to control social media content across a range of appropriate platforms are brand aligned