Corporate partnerships officer

Closing date for applications: 31 August 2025

Salary: Up to £32,000

Want to help power the partnerships behind an iconic arts venue? Join a dynamic team building, growing and supporting key corporate relationships.

We are Europe’s largest arts centre and the UK’s fifth most visited attraction, occupying an 11-acre site that sits in the midst of London’s most vibrant cultural quarter on the South Bank of the Thames. Our focus, as a charity, is to remain innovative, bold and experimental in what we do and to be highly relevant to the artists we want to work with and to the audiences we want to attract as well as to our current and future employees. We remain committed to creating a place where as many people as possible can come together to experience bold, unusual, entertaining and eye-opening work.

We are currently looking for a corporate partnerships officer to join on a permanent full time basis. As a corporate partnerships officer, you will look after some of our key relationships with corporate members, delivering core income to the overall team target. The successful applicant will be part of a dynamic and driven team to research, identify, build and secure new corporate partnerships for a variety of Southbank Centre’s projects and creative output.


Responsibilities

• Account manage and deliver Southbank’s Corporate Memberships programme. From onboarding new members to the delivery of contracted benefits and renewing their partnerships, you will be the first point of contact for all members
• Support the corporate partnerships manager in managing and cultivating high value prospective corporate members and partners to deliver against the objectives, deepen the relationship and assist in collating/writing reports and increase long-term financial support
• Support the planning and management of events to steward corporate supporters and cultivate prospects
• Actively contribute and work with the team on lead generation activities, undertaking prospect research, producing due diligence reports and contributing to create engaging decks which respond to prospective partners’ priorities

Knowledge, skills and experience

• Demonstrable experience in a customer service/account management environment
• Can demonstrate ability to form good relationships with a wide range of colleagues and external contacts
• Enjoys pitching on the phone, video calls and in-person
• Can give examples of multitasking and working across various projects to tight deadlines

Please download the job description from our Career Page for a full overview of the role's responsibilities.

We welcome applications from people from a Black, Asian or Ethnically Diverse background or those who are D/deaf or disabled. If you wish to discuss reasonable adjustments, such as a BSL interpreter for your interview, please indicate this on your application form. Interviews will take place at The Southbank Centre. If you would like to speak to someone about any adjustments or concerns, you can also email and we will be in touch with you to make the necessary arrangements.

Please state in your application that you found this role through Creative Access.