Description
NEON is seeking to expand our team capacity to deliver transformational growth across our creative programming. The Community Business Development Manager will transition NEON from project-based delivery to sustainable, recurring programmes while scaling our impact within the creative industries.
This is a creative arts organisation in a growth phase so the role holder and the Founder and Artistic Director will be constantly developing the role to adjust to emerging needs. Drive, flexibility and working at pace are the drivers for the role.
- Person Specification: Essential
- You are passionate about the arts and creative sectors, wanting to use your abilities to nurture the talents of others and increase diversity within these sectors
- You enjoy working in an entrepreneurial and creative , start-up environment - understanding that this may mean doing what is needed to get the outcome, even if not within one's own role
- You have resilience to change course and adapt priorities as needed by the business
- You are as comfortable working independently as you are as part of a team
- You enjoy working with a small team and contributing to the broader ambition of the whole organisation and being an ambassador for our work
- Ability to be self-servicing including proficient use of Microsoft IT and Google Suite packages
- Willing to be based in our studio in Vauxhall
- Applications close on 3rd February 2026 at 23:59 pm.
- Interviews are expected to take place on a rolling basis.
- Experience and skills
- 5 years plus demonstrable experience of income generation and management, delivering on time and within budget
- Demonstrable experience of budget management - strong financial literacy, commercial awareness and analytical mind
- Substantial experience of relationship building and collaborative partnership with people from all sectors and backgrounds - especially at senior management/executive level e.g. stakeholders, funders and delivery partners
- Demonstrable track record of managing and monitoring performance to meet objectives and delivery of targets
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to articulate and present ideas clearly, coherently and persuasively in the written format as well as verbally
- Ability to think, act and communicate strategically and creatively
- Ability to be self-servicing including proficient use of Microsoft IT and Google Suite packages
- Knowledge and/or experience of the arts and creative industries, in a startup or with
The postholder will:
- Expand income generation through studio hires, memberships, events, and trading
- Securing sponsorships, multi-year funding, and philanthropic donations
- Develop contracts and partnerships with schools, local authorities, and corporate entities
- Strengthening impact reporting, financial reporting, and management
- Supporting the Founder and Artistic Director to build a resilient recurring business model across our sites in Vauxhall from 2026.
Cover Letter, up to 300 words
CV, with chronology of paid work experience