Work with us

The Leach Pottery is expanding provision for local communities by creating more ways to engage in the unique story of this internationally renowned site. Through offering workshops, courses, training, exhibitions and displays we are ensuring our future is for all.

Invitation to quote: website design and build

The Bernard Leach (St Ives) Trust Ltd is seeking an experienced digital partner to design and build a new website for the Leach Pottery, one of the world’s most respected centres for studio ceramics. This commission forms a central strand of our £9.7m capital redevelopment, which will transform our museum, studios, learning spaces, and visitor offer. The new site will serve as the Pottery’s digital home, aligning with our renewed physical spaces to engage audiences locally, nationally, and internationally.

We are looking for a modern, mobile-first, and accessible website that reflects our refreshed brand identity and communicates the Pottery’s unique blend of heritage, craft, and innovation. The site must seamlessly integrate e-commerce, ticketing, course bookings, and marketing, while showcasing our collections, exhibitions, and community programmes. It should also provide intuitive content management for our team, future-proofed architecture, and strong SEO to drive significant audience growth—our target is a 30% increase in online visits.

The project budget is £35–40k, with delivery expected by March 2026. Proposals must consider Shopify-based, drawing on off-the-shelf tools and sustainable web design practices. Suppliers will be evaluated on their understanding of our objectives, technical solution, design approach, experience in cultural/heritage projects, and value for money, with recognition for alignment with our values of craft, community, and sustainability.

This is a unique opportunity to contribute to the next chapter of a world-renowned institution. The Leach Pottery has been a beacon of studio ceramics since 1920, with global influence through its apprentices, exhibitions, and publications. The new website will be a vital platform to share this legacy, support makers, grow audiences, and extend our reach for the next century.

Interested parties can contact projectlead@leachpottery.com for the full pack. The closing date is 10 October 2025.

We have secured £3.49m funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund to support the development of the Leach Pottery, St Ives, West Cornwall. As a result, we have several job opportunities to help us achieve these next steps. Click the links to download the full job description. The Leach Pottery is currently undergoing a site-wide transformation project: The Leach Pottery: The Next 100 years. Our £9.6m capital programme will invest in new learning and production studio facilities, repair and conserve the historic buildings, and reinterpret the site through new displays and exhibition spaces. The project will significantly enhance our visitors’ experience.

We say a fond fair well to two valued team members as they move onto to new training and pursuits and now prepare to welcome two new staff to the team.

Make with Leach Coordinator: Adults & Young People

£25,750K FTE, 1FTE Fixed term contract. 5 days a week.
Closing dates: Deadline extended to Thursday 26 June, 8am

Interviews will be held in person on Thursday 3 July 2025.

This 3 year, fixed term role of Make with Leach Coordinator: Adults & Young People will work with the Learning & Participation Manager and the Make with Leach Coordinator: Schools & Families to successfully support and deliver the Make with Leach programme. The programme, which takes inspiration from the processes, ethos and legacy of the Leach Pottery will engage local families, community groups and neighbours of the Leach Pottery through creative workshops both at the Leach Pottery and offsite. Methods of co-production, skill sharing, museum interpretation will be employed to create a body of work to be celebrated by participants.

The role will contribute to the delivery of the National Lottery Heritage Fund activity programmes.

Funded by the NLHF

Application Process for roles above.

Please send your application and monitoring form to Learning & Participation Manager Ellen Love ellen.love@leachpottery.com. Please state the role you are applying for. You will receive acknowledgement of receipt of your application within two working days. Please email Ellen Love if you have any further questions.

About The National Lottery Heritage Fund

As the largest dedicated funder of the UK’s heritage, The National Lottery Heritage Fund’s vision is for heritage to be valued, cared for and sustained for everyone, now and in the future as set out in our strategic plan, Heritage 2033.

Over the next ten years, we aim to invest £3.6billion raised for good causes by National Lottery players to bring about benefits for people, places and the natural environment.

We help protect, transform and share the things from the past that people care about, from popular museums and historic places, our natural environment and fragile species, to the languages and cultural traditions that celebrate who we are.

We are passionate about heritage and committed to driving innovation and collaboration to make a positive difference to people’s lives today, while leaving a lasting legacy for future generations to enjoy.