Audience Development training programme through BASA x British Council Connect ZA

Business and Arts South Africa (BASA) in partnership with the British Council Connect ZA is launching an intensive Audience Development training programme for the arts in South Africa. 

The project seeks to address the challenges which many arts organisations are facing in addressing audience development, as they lack knowledge and skills in the field.  The model is designed to help arts organisations to discover and share good practice and implement that practice by adapting and improving processes and techniques to significantly grow their audience, and capturing their learning to share with others across the country.

The programme is designed to train 2 fellows each in Johannesburg and Cape Town over a 6 month period on a part –time basis.  The intensive training programme is designed to further the career of a marketer with a specific interest in audience development and a technology biased/digital marketing professional also with a keen interest in audience development.

BASA and the British Council Connect ZA are working with the highly respected Arts Marketing Association (AMA) based in the UK to train four local professionals as fellows to become the South African experts in Audience Development.

Please see below a description of the person specification for the roles of:

a)   Marketing/Audience development fellow 6 month appointment (one person in Johannesburg and one person in Cape Town)

b)   Digital Marketing Audience development fellow 6 month appointment (one person in Johannesburg and one person in Cape Town)

c)   Stipend of R5000 per month for six months

d)   Valid up-to-date passport

Candidates need to send a cv and motivational letter to diana@basa.co.za by  23rd of September. 

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