Public Art Producer

The Public Art Producer will play a central role in our public art function, leading on the devising and delivery of public art projects in collaboration with the wider Bricks team, artists, developers, communities and local authorities.

This is primarily about projects that are conditioned via planning process; S106 and planning conditions.

The postholder will produce public art projects including onboarding clients, devising and developing public art plans and strategies, artists briefs, artist selection processes, project management and evaluation.

This role will support the bidding for and securing of new work from clients, and the creation of a pipeline of projects aligned to organisational priorities and objectives.

The role will support the development of and maintaining of public art tools and frameworks, clarifying and building on our processes.

At times the role will support the set up of new spaces and venues, including planning and logistics.

Details

Hours: 22.5 hours per week (three days per week) ome flexible working will be required based on project requirements

Salary: £30,000 pro rata

Contract: 12-month fixed-term PAYE contract (with potential to become permanent)

Location: St Anne's House, Bristol, BS4 4AB

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Timeline

Applications Open: 10 February 2026.

Deadline for Applications: 9 March 2026, 11.30pm.

Candidates notified of shortlisting: 25 March 2026.

Who are we?

Bricks

Bricks is a Bristol-based charity with a mission to build the resilience of Bristol's creative, local and social enterprise communities in ways that are creative and mutually supportive.

We work to local ambition, value collaboration, and believe that creativity has a vital role to play in shaping civic life.

We currently deliver our mission through our flagship projects St Anne's House, Bricks Public Art, and the Creative Infrastructure Agency, with plans to grow this portfolio further in the years ahead.

Founded in 2019, we launched Bricks Public Art in 2020 and took on the lease of St Anne's House in 2021.

St Anne's House

St Anne's House (SAH) is a 25,000 sqft creative community hub in east Bristol, co-designed with local residents and creative communities.

SAH is home to artist studios, coworking and rehearsal spaces, a community café, youth projects, a cooperative gym, and wellbeing facilities including a sauna and therapy rooms. It also hosts a wide range of flexible creative and community projects.

Our vision is to build community resilience, foster connections, support local talent, and provide a space for people to test and grow new ideas. With a long-term asset transfer on the horizon, we are preparing for a capital development programme to retrofit and secure the future of the building.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Public Art Project Delivery

• To produce and project manage public art projects in collaboration with property developers, local authorities, artists and communities including but not limited to:

  • Writing public art plans, public art strategies and artist briefs
  • Client, artist and supplier contract negotiations, review and sign off
  • Project ideation and collaboration
  • Project plan review and collaboration
  • Project budget and timeline planning
  • Project communications planning review
  • Project engagement and activation plans
  • Project documentation plans
  • Running artist selection process, whether via open call process or direct approach
  • Artist appointment and project/ relationship management
  • Supporting artist concept development and planning.
  • Support detailed design, fabrication and installation.

• Relationship holding with:

  • Clients
  • Artists
  • Community members, and partner organisations.
  • Local Planning Authorities including expectation setting, public art plan sign off and project updates and sign offs

• Ensuring throughout compliance with Bricks obligations, organisational policies, insurance and client contracts.

Creative Infrastructure:

• Support Head of Creative Infrastructure & Public Art and wider team on the delivery of Creative Infrastructure consultancy and the set up of new creative and social spaces in Bristol and West of England.

Business Development and Organisational Tools:

• Bid for and win new project work, responding to EOI requests and proactively seeking and winning new work by building relationships in Bristol & The West of England.
• Develop and maintain a database of artists, to engage in public art.
• Develop and document our tools and processes for delivering public art so that these can be analysed and optimised.
• Supporting communications plan writing and delivery for Bricks Public Art in collaboration with the wider team including Communications Producer.

Finance and Budget Administration:

• Contribute to budgeting and forecasting for Public Art aligned with business development plans and confirmed payments.
• Invoicing clients at agreed payment points and tracking payments.
• Reconciliation of budget against forecast

General:

• Preparing a quarterly update on Public Art, to be incorporated into trustee update.
• Other duties relating to the post as mutually agreed.
• Supporting the wider Bricks team to meet the charities objectives.

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Person Specification

Essential:

• Experience producing public art projects or projects that require clearly transferable skills.
• Experience commissioning artists to make permanent works in the public realm.
• Experience managing budgets
• Excellent communication and relationship management skills, with the ability to engage, influence and inspire a wide range of stakeholders
• Highly organised, with strong attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines effectively

Desirable

Note that not all of these things are expected, we want to hear about your relevant experience.

• Experience working in the built environment such as with developers and local authorities
• Experience of business development and winning contracts.
• Experience of strategic business planning, in a creative and/or community setting.
• Experience working with community-led creative projects, taking an asset-based approach.
• Experience of impact reporting and evaluation.
• A connection to Bristol and the surrounding area, or good knowledge of local networks and creative organisations.

How to apply

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Application

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Bricks strives to promote equality and diversity at all levels of our team. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive in our ways of working, and to being a place where all belong. We particularly encourage applications from people underrepresented in the arts and culture sector.