We’re seeking a versatile Junior Content Producer to work with us on capturing and creating content that showcases CDR’s work and impact. This freelance role is fluid by nature, with responsibilities shifting depending on programme activity and events. Some weeks you’ll be focused on capturing live content on site, while others will involve editing, design, or producing campaign assets. You’ll report to the Communications Manager, and work closely on ad hoc needs as they arise, bringing flexibility, creativity, and initiative to a wide variety of projects. For the right person, this is an opportunity to stretch your skills, work across formats, and play a key part in shaping how CDR’s work is seen and shared.

This is an exciting time to join CDR, after recently becoming an Arts Council National Portfolio Organisation we are rapidly growing our projects around the country.  Building on 20 years of heritage in the UK underground music scene, there is a significant opportunity to push on further and grow CDR’s profile to establish ourselves as a leading music and education organisation nationally. 

Contract: Freelance retainer, approximately 4-5 days/month

Hours: Flexible and event-driven. Some weeks may require multiple half days or evenings for event capture, while other weeks may focus on editing and producing campaign assets remotely.

Rate: £200/day

Start date: As soon as possible

Location: London-based, some travel may be required

Deadline: Sunday 30th November, 2025

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Responsibilities include:

• Capture high-quality photo and video content at all CDR events and workshops.
• Edit and repurpose footage from live talks and events for TikTok and Instagram Reels, combining sound technical editing ability with editorial judgment to identify the most impactful moments and deliver them in a concise, platform-optimised format.
• Edit and produce a wide range of digital assets (short-form video, reels, graphics, photo edits) for use across platforms.
• Work closely with the Communications Manager on ad hoc content needs, supporting a wide range of tasks and remaining flexible to shifting priorities.
• Adapt content for different channels and audiences, ensuring clarity, accessibility, and consistency.
• Manage and organise assets, maintaining CDR’s digital content archive.
• Bring creative input to content ideas, campaigns, and storytelling approaches.

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Person Specification

‍Essential

• Self-starter with reliability and initiative. Comfortable taking tasks and running with them while maintaining a high standard of delivery*
• Experienced in editing and optimising live talk or event footage for short-form, vertical video platforms (Instagram, TikTok, YouTube Shorts).
• Strong experience in photo and video capture, including on-site event coverage.
• Skilled with editing and design tools, including Canva, CapCut and Adobe Creative Suite
• A creative eye for storytelling through visuals and design.
• Ability to manage deadlines, adapt quickly, and work independently within a small team.
• Interest in electronic music, underground culture, and community-focused work.

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*A key part of this role requires travelling in and around London to capture media of our programmes and events and, occasionally, in other cities we operate in, such as Manchester.

Desirable

• Experience producing content for charities, arts, or music organisations.
• Familiarity with YouTube, podcast, or live-stream formats.
• Skills in motion graphics or animation.
• Knowledge of CDR’s work and the wider UK music landscape.

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How To Apply

Please send the following to josephine@createdefinerelease.com with the subject line: ‘CDR Content Producer– [Your Name]’

• Your CV (no more than 2 pages)
• A short cover letter (max 1 page) explaining:
  
  • Why you’re interested in the role
  • How your experience matches the person specification
• 2-4 examples of your content work (please send no more than 4 examples) including at least one video edit and at least one visual/graphic or photo edit. If you have experience editing live talk, podcast or event footage for vertical formats, please include.
  
  • For each of your examples, please provide a short paragraph on the following:
    
    • Some context about the project or event
    • Why you chose the format, style and platform that you did
    • Any notable outcomes (engagement, reach, or other achievements)

Deadline: Sunday 30th November

Interviews: Expected w/c 1st December and onward

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About Create Define Release (CDR):

CDR is a black-led music and talent development organisation with a deep heritage in the UK's grassroots electronic  music scene. We are a community made up of generations of music producers, practitioners and fans. 

Our purpose is to nurture independent music makers and progress black electronic music across many genres: from Hip-hop to Brokenbeat, Techno to Jazz, Garage to Grime and the many fusions in between.

We work with children and young people in schools and youth centres, as well as the older heads in clubs and venues. London-based with an increasing national & international footprint, we're operating in towns and cities around the country and the world, from Bristol to Nairobi.

CDR is led by Tony Nwachukwu, a renowned artist and educator known to many as the producer of Attica Blues.  We are driven by a small team in London and sustained by a community of contributors and volunteers around the country and beyond, all people passionate about creating opportunities for people to connect and develop through music.