Marketing Coordinator, BBC Proms (20726)

Package Description

Job Reference: 20726

Band: B
Salary: £25,400 - £30,400  depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.
Contract type:   attachment/fixed term contract to end 17th October 2024
Location:   This is a London-based role

We’re happy to discuss flexible working. Please indicate your choice under the flexible working question in the application. There is no obligation to raise this at the application stage but if you wish to do so, you are welcome to. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.
 

• Excellent career progression – the BBC offers great opportunities for employees to seek new challenges and work in different areas of the organisation.
• Unrivalled training and development opportunities – our in-house Academy hosts a wide range of internal and external courses and certification.
• Benefits - We offer a negotiable salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance and 25 days annual leave with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care and gym. You can find out more about working at the BBC by selecting this link to our candidate pack.  

If you need to discuss adjustments or access requirements for the interview process please contact reasonable.adjustments@bbc.co.uk.  For any general queries, please contact: bbchr@bbc.co.uk.

Job Introduction

The BBC Proms is the biggest classical music festival in the world. We run over 90 live events over 2 months in the summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London and venues across the UK. Nearly everything we do is broadcast across BBC Radio, TV and online.  We are a creative, innovative festival that connects with audiences around the UK and across the globe.

You would be part of a dynamic team that looks after Marketing, Communications, Learning, Publications, Business and Live Events. You will build skills in your chosen area and everyone on the team has a chance to work at events. It’s a real team effort.

In any single week at the BBC Proms you could be working on events as wide-ranging as the First and Last Nights of the Proms, family events such as Doctor Who and CBeebies concerts, or a collaboration with a world-class visiting orchestra such as the Berlin Philharmonic. 

Click:  https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0jqmfbg to see a taste of the Proms in 2024.

We want the Proms to be for everyone and are looking for people to help us do that.

This role also looks after the marketing of the BBC Singers. The BBC Singers has held a unique place at the heart of the UK’s choral scene since 1924, collaborating with many of the world’s leading composers, conductors and soloists. Awarded the Royal Philharmonic Society’s prestigious Ensemble Award in March 2024, this is an exciting time to be working with the group as they celebrate their 100 year anniversary in the 24/25 season.

The 2025 BBC Proms runs from 18 July – 13 September 
 

Main Responsibilities

In this role, you will work as part of the Marketing, Publicity, Audience Development and Learning team for the BBC Proms and BBC Singers.  You will assist the Marketing Manager and Marketing Executive in implementing a marketing and publicity campaign which will increase the profile and audience reach whilst meeting ambitious ticket sales targets for Proms and Singers concerts.

Are you the right candidate?

In addition to your passion for live music and events, you will have demonstrable experience of working in a marketing environment preferably within the arts. An understanding of event marketing and experience of working at events is essential, as well as proven experience of producing marketing materials, implementing media plans and working on publicity campaigns with strict deadlines.  Proven experience of updating and maintaining dynamic websites and other digital content including publishing to social platforms is required. In addition to all of the above, you will be a good team player and an effective and persuasive communicator.  You will also have the ability to cope under pressure and be happy to work on a wide variety of tasks.

About the BBC

The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC for different reasons and they will be given priority consideration ahead of other applicants. Priority consideration means for those employees seeking redeployment their application will be considered alongside anyone else at risk of redundancy, prior to any individuals being considered who are not at risk.

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We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to be part of the BBC – whether that’s to contribute to our programming or our wide range of non-production roles. The more diverse our workforce, the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity.

We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. We will consider flexible working requests for all roles, unless operational requirements prevent otherwise.

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