Marketing Assistant, BBC Philharmonic Marketing Assistant, BBC Philharmonic

Campaign Delivery

• Supports the overall development and delivery of marketing campaigns.


• Supports the Marketing & Audiences team in the process of creative asset development by taking ownership of a range of campaign assets and ensuring delivery is made according to each individual campaign plan.


• Runs some contained end-to-end marketing campaigns for less complex deliverables in the Marketing Plan.


• Assists in the planning and creation of digital and social media content.


• Assists in the development and management of events.


• Supports the Marketing & Audiences team with the necessary compliance of all marketing and communications activity by following BBC Editorial Guidelines.


• Organises all campaign collateral and documentation such that we maintain strong records of assets, plans, and performance of individual campaigns.


Strategy and Planning

• Follows Marketing Plans as guidance throughout the campaign development process.


• Understands audience insights relevant to campaigns, and applies them to the creation of campaign assets.


• Assists in the evaluation of campaign performance, including supply of assets for testing, and understanding results of audience research.


• Accountable for multiple deliverables at any one time, successfully managing their time across them all to ensure each is delivered with excellence.


General

• Understand the BBC's Mission to inform, educate and entertain.


• Live the BBC Values, and contribute to making the BBC a fantastic place to work.


• Assists in cross-team co-ordination across creative, media, social, and comms to ensure that campaign tactics are well understood and integrated across the teams, for a timely and integrated delivery across the team.


• Takes a proactive interest in learning and developing their marketing discipline skills, and proactively offer opinion and seek feedback to influence plans, and to grow and develop professional expertise.
  
  The Head of Philharmonic Marketing is a central role within the Philharmonic's senior leadership team, equivalent to a Director-level marketing role at a non-BBC UK symphony orchestra. We are looking for someone with marketing savvy and management experience to help us tell our story and to connect with our current and future audiences. The job includes equal parts strategic planning, management responsibilities, and campaign delivery (including a significant brand and programme refresh aligned with the 25/26 season launch). Key partners will include BBC marketing and public relations teams, external agencies, creative personnel, and an international set of venues, festivals, and promoters.


This role is perfect for an experienced communications professional - someone with effective management skills and with a history of delivering high-impact marketing campaigns, managing brands, and developing marketing strategy.

While an extensive knowledge of classical music is not essential, it is important to us that applicants engage with the arts on a broader level and are passionate about different forms of culture - be it specific genres of music, dance, literature, visual art, or any other field.,
• The Marketing Assistant will be expected to either have some marketing experience, or to demonstrate a clear aptitude for marketing work which involves creative judgement, skills of organisation, and ability to influence and collaborate with others.


The role will require:

• Ability to work on own initiative while seeking appropriate input.


• Ability to critically evaluate ideas and information.


• Excellent attention to detail, and strong planning skills.


• Commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion principles.


• Management of stakeholder relationships.


• Ability to express judgement on creative work.


• Good written and spoken communication, with good presentation skills.


• Ability to meet targets and deadlines while managing a wide range of concurrent activities.


• Ability to build relationships with colleagues, partners and creative collaborators.


Desirables (nice to have)

• Experience of working with artists and creatives.


• Knowledge of the UK's arts and culture sector.


• Strong copywriting skills.


• Strong social media skills.


• Experience working with Adobe InDesign, and more broadly, Adobe Creative Suite.


• Interest in classical music.


• Experience assisting and managing on all aspects of a marketing campaign including evaluation
  
  The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, celebrated for its dynamic performances and rich history spanning over a century, is looking to hire a visionary new Head of Philharmonic Marketing. This role is about deepening the relationship that the orchestra holds with its audiences - local, national, and global. The successful applicant will drive growth, build box office income, and enhance the Philharmonic brand. The role is instrumental in shaping the future of this iconic orchestra., 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.


We don't focus simply on what we do - we also care how we do it. Our values and the way we behave are important to us. Please make sure you've read about our values and behaviours here.

Diversity matters at the BBC. We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual's unique contribution, enabling all of our employees to thrive and achieve their full potential.

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.


• 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.