Want to join ConFuzzled staff? We're looking for a new Head of Design!

To apply, go here: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/PD3RTXJ (Closes 7th July)

As Head of Design, your main responsibility is to source and create artwork for the convention, in line with the theme choice each year.

Some of your key tasks will include;
+ Sourcing all requested artwork for the convention
+ Design the convention conbook / mini guide
+ Create the hotel theming for the convention
+ Designing (with suitable notice) items for other teams (conpack, roll up banners, posters)
+ Discussion with suppliers for printing / conpack items
+ Preparing the website design and layout
+ Adding the ConFuzzled personality to the written word (where appropriate and required)

As part of these responsibilities, you'll have to be able to work to certain deadlines. The most obvious one is the convention itself, but other deadlines will come throughout the year, including ensuring material is ready to send to printers, or materials needed for our website.

As the Head of the Design department, you may also be responsible for managing others in your department. You will also be reporting to an Associate Director within the convention, who will help co-ordinate your activities.

For the above Head of Design role, we've extended the deadline for applications to Tuesday 13th July - get your applications in soon! :)

Our awesome virtual ConFuzzled T-Shirts have arrived! Soon, we'll have all the shipping materials in place, and can get them delivered to you. Thanks for your patience - hopefully not too much longer to wait! ^.^

ConFuzzled is hiring for a new Design & Theming Administrator!

Want to skip right to the application form? Fill out the form here, and don't forget to enter the job you are applying for in the form: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/PY5B5L9

As the administrator for the Design and Theming departments your main responsibility will be managing inter departmental communications for both departments, keeping track of key deadlines for the departments, overseeing department budgets, and working with heads of Department.

In this role, your key responsibilities will be:

+ Managing departmental calendars to ensure that upcoming deadlines are met.
+ Keeping track of departmental budgets.
+ Organising departmental and interdepartmental meetings.
+ Tracking departmental communications and ensuring smooth communication between Design, Theming, and other departments.
+ Assisting the two heads of departments in achieving their strategic goals for the convention.

This role calls for a highly organised individual with good communications and some managerial skills. You would be jointly responsible, with the heads of department, of delivering theming materials and design outputs to the convention on time and to budget

If you think this is you, apply using the link above!

There's still time to apply for our staff opening for Design & Theming administrator - see the post above, or visit: https://2021.confuzzled.org.uk/2021/07/19/confuzzled-is-hiring-design-theming-administrator/

We're looking for your feedback to help us with our Guest of Honour selection processes. Anyone can take part, it only takes a few minutes, and is completely anonymous. Visit here to share your thoughts: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/HHLR2NK - Thank you!

We're hiring for two staff roles at ConFuzzled! To read more about the roles, and apply, see the following links:

Head of Events Scheduling & Support: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/PNPL58V

Head of Artshow: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/P6SFZCX

We know it has taken a little while to get them out the door, but the virtual ConFuzzled T-shirts have now shipped, and are on the way to those of you who ordered them! :)

IMPORTANT NEWS: We're announcing today that residential registrations for ConFuzzled are moving to a lottery process. For more information, and answers to common questions, see the full details here: https://2021.confuzzled.org.uk/2021/08/26/new-lottery-process-for-residential-registrations/ - contact registration@confuzzled.org.uk if you have any questions about the new process.

We're hiring! ConFuzzled is looking for a new Deputy Head of Dealers Den! To read more, and apply, go here: https://2021.confuzzled.org.uk/2021/09/29/were-hiring-deputy-head-of-dealers-den/

In our lottery announcement, we mentioned we'd have further advice on accessible rooms. We can now share that, having posted up the information here: https://confuzzled.org.uk/2021/10/24/accessible-rooms-update/

We’ve heard from many of you who have concerns and questions regarding accessibility and rooms at the convention. We are going to review the messages we have received and make further clarifications soon.

We also would like to apologise to those of you who had emailed in after our previous lottery announcement, but didn't get a reply. This was a failure on our part, and we are very sorry for this. We will be reviewing our processes here to ensure that -even when we don't yet have answers- that we at least provide interim replies to let you know you haven't been forgotten about. We'll be trying to do better here in future

-- Rallicat

Accessible Rooms: Yep, we screwed up. We're very sorry. We're going to fix it, and changes are coming. We don't have all the detail to share yet, but we can share with you that we're working on it. More here: https://confuzzled.org.uk/2021/10/27/accessible-rooms-update-1/

-- Rallicat, ConFuzzled Comms Team

If you had a problem with your virtual ConFuzzled shirt this year, or have not received it, please contact dealersden@confuzzled.org.uk - many thanks.

If you sent us some lovely art for our cancelled 2020 convention, we’ve kept it safe! We’re also opening again for art submissions. The deadline is Jan 31st to submit your updated or new art. See our Art Wanted page for more full details; confuzzled.org.uk/art-wanted

For more details on our theme for 2022, check out the theme page on our website. Think solarpunk, rebirth, renewal, positivity, an abundance of colour and a better future for all; confuzzled.org.uk/our-theme

We are pleased to announce that our charity for 2022 will be The Bumblebee Conservation Trust - https://www.bumblebeeconservation.org/ please show them some love! We are looking forward to welcoming them to the convention!

We're looking for someone to join the ConFuzzled team as our Deputy Head of Events!

In this department, you'll work with the team to help identify event ideas, work with the department head (and take over if they are unavailable), and recruit crew to work with attendees and event-runners.

You'll also need to help project manage events, and ensure they run on time. You'll need to support other teams where necessary, such as with event signups and website information. You'll also need to help with documentation including ensuring floor plans and risk assessments are submitted on time. You'll also need to liaise with the events department heads to help create the main convention schedule.

If you'd like to submit an application for this role, please visit our form here: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/CFz_DHoE

Hello everyone,

So we know you are all probably wondering when ConFuzzled is going to open for Registration. We wanted to take a brief moment to assure you we are working away behind the scenes here getting ready to open.

There is however going to be a little bit more delay before we are ready to open for the following reasons:

+The Hilton are adding the final finishing touches to a major overhaul and refurbishment of the hotel.
+They have updated the bedrooms and refurbished the event spaces and the new hotel spaces are looking brilliant.
+We are making changes based on feedback received relating to the way our lottery system handles attendees with accessibility requirements. We want to ensure the system is fair and fit for purpose before we go live.
+To make sure we can open registration with the correct numbers of bedrooms, and offer them to our attendees in an equitable fashion, we have had to put a short delay on opening whilst we await final bedroom numbers from the Hilton.

We are hoping therefore to open toward the end of November.

We can’t give you the exact date just yet but after two years without ConFuzzled we want to make sure your registration experience on opening night is as smooth as we can make it.

We know we'd previously stated we would be looking to open reg at the end of November if we could, but it looks like we're not going to be hitting that mark.

Instead we're aiming for December. We're currently still waiting on final details about the impact the Hotel's renovations have had on room numbers.

In the meantime, we'll be trying to get the pricing details up ASAP as we know many of you would like to see this information in advance.

Also, we're still working on the changes to our accessibility accommodations - this is still coming and we're hoping to share it very soon!

Finally, we know there will be some concern about registration landing during the same month as Christmas - we know it can be an expensive time of year. Whilst we'd hoped to avoid this clash, we've had to work within the constraints of our venue, and that's put some additional pressures into the mix adding to the delays. We still don't yet know the exact timing for reg-open, and the lottery window period, but we'll do our best to make sure the clash is not too egregious.

Stay tuned for further updates!

We are pleased to announce that our registration and hotel pricing is now live on our website here: https://confuzzled.org.uk/registration/

We don't have registration opening dates to share with you just yet, but we'll announce these as soon as possible.

Stay tuned for more updates!

We're hiring! We're looking for a new ConOps Technical Manager! Want to apply? Go here: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/COTECH - job description is linked from the first page if you want to check before proceeding! :)