Digital Content Editor - Wales
Art UK Closing date: Wed, 03 Jun 2026
- Part time
- £25k-£30k
- Apply now
Wed, 20 May 2026 "> published -
Job Summary
Job Description
About Art UK
Art UK is an art education charity and the online home for every public collection of art in the United Kingdom. It is making the UK's national collection of art accessible to everyone online - for enjoyment, learning and research. Art UK brings together art from almost 3,500 British institutions in one of the UK's largest ever arts partnerships.
About You
As Digital Content Editor - Wales, you will lead on the creation of powerful, inclusive content that highlights the richness and diversity of Welsh art and collections. You'll play a vital role in shaping Art UK's editorial voice in Wales, working closely with freelance writers, artists, researchers, and content producers to bring new perspectives to our platform.
You are a skilled digital content editor with excellent judgement, strong writing skills, and an instinct for what makes a great story. You have a deep knowledge of art and are passionate about making it accessible to wider audiences. You care about reaching underrepresented voices and uncovering stories that deserve to be heard. The primary focus of this role will be on creating new written content relating to Wales, while also supporting the Director of Content to better surface, link and enhance existing content on the site.
You'll be confident developing ideas and commissioning contributors, supporting aspiring writers through webinars, and working with Welsh partners and communities to create engaging and authentic content. You're well organised, collaborative, and bring experience of working with diverse contributors across geographies and backgrounds.
Contract terms
- 4 days a week, 0.8 FTE
- Fixed-term contract to 31st March 2027
- Salary £27,500 per annum (pro rata)
- Three-month probationary period
- One-month termination clause
- Work from home, anywhere in Wales
Job Requirements
- Essential: Excellent written communication skills, with the ability to write and edit in different styles and tones, adapting for diverse audiences and platforms
- Essential: Proven experience commissioning and editing long-form content, ideally relating to art, culture, or heritage
- Essential: An understanding of what makes a good story
- Essential: Understanding of audience needs and what will appeal to different audiences
- Essential: Ability to interrogate digital user journeys, edit existing content and re-purpose content as guided by our audience engagement strategy.
- Essential: Excellent organisational and time-management skills
- Essential: Ability to work both independently and as part of a team
- Essential: Interest in art, particularly Welsh art collections and artists
- Desirable: Proofreading and copy-editing experience or qualification
- Desirable: Experience of video production, and other digital content formats
- Desirable: Fluency in Welsh language
Job Responsibilities
- Commission and edit long-form written stories focused on Welsh art, artists, collections, and themes, with an emphasis on:
o Underrepresented artists, including women and artists of colour
o Rural places and communities
o Contemporary Welsh art and current issues (e.g. climate crisis)
- Identify, brief, and support freelance writers, researchers, or cultural contributors in Wales
- Ensure a representative range of voices and perspectives across commissioned content
- Write and contribute original content as needed for the project
- Upload and manage content within Art UK's CMS, ensuring high editorial standards and accessibility
- Contribute to content planning and editorial meetings as part of the wider content team and support with newsletter creation
- Monitor content outputs and contribute to funder reporting ensuring agreed targets and outcomes are met
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Job Overview
- Job Title: Digital Content Editor - Wales
- Salary: £25k-£30k (pro-rata)
- Hours: Part time
- Artform: Visual arts
- Role: Marketing & Digital
- Contract: Temporary
- Closing date: Wed, 03 Jun 2026
- Location: Remote
How to Apply
Please visit our website to download the application form. To apply, please submit your completed application form to [email protected] by 9am on Wednesday 3rd June 2026. If you are experiencing issues downloading the document or require support in completing your form, please contact [email protected]. Forms must be sent in MS Word or a format compatible to MS Word. Please do not send PDFs. Applications sent as a PDF will not be accepted.
Interviews will be held via video call on Monday 15th June 2026. If you have not heard from us within three weeks of the closing date, please consider your application unsuccessful.
As part of our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion please note that we redact some details from applications ahead of the shortlisting stage to ensure the removal of unconscious bias. Details that we redact include (but are not limited to) references to protected characteristics, names of educational institutions and indications of political affiliations.
- Contact name: Lauren Colley
- Contact email: [email protected]
About Art UK
Art UK is an art education charity on a mission to make the art in UK public collections accessible to everyone – for enjoyment, learning and research. It enables a global audience of five million people a year to learn about the UK’s national art collection by digitising artworks and telling the stories behind the art. In addition to innovative engagement tools such as Tagger and Curations, Art UK is currently working on new initiatives including a major learning programme.