Festival marketing coordinator (partnerships)

Salary: £33,477 per annum

Location: London

Fixed Term Contract: 06 July 2026 – 30 October 2026

Support the delivery of multi-channel marketing campaigns across a major film festival.

We are a cultural charity, a National Lottery distributor, and the UK’s lead organisation for film and the moving image. We believe society needs stories. Film, television and the moving image bring them to life, helping us connect and understand each other better. We share the stories of yesterday, search for the stories of today, and shape the stories of tomorrow.

We are looking for a Festival Marketing Coordinator to support the Festival Marketing team in the successful delivery of the 2026 BFI London Film Festival (LFF) marketing campaign and activities, in close collaboration with colleagues in marketing and other departments. BFI London Film Festival (LFF) runs an Industry & Professional Programme of screenings, events, networking and informal marketplace for around 3,500 film industry professionals alongside the main public festival.

What you’ll do

• Lead the delivery of community partnerships and grassroots outreach and promotions, aligned with the BFI’s audience development and sales objectives, in collaboration with the Festival Marketing Advisors and Outreach Manager
• In close collaboration with the Festivals and Membership Marketing Advisor and Festival venues (in London and around the UK), deliver impactful marketing campaigns to maximise brand presence, audience engagement and attendance
• Support the Festival Marketing Advisor (Content and Engagement) and the Digital Marketing team in delivery of the Festival’s email marketing campaigns

What you’ll bring

• Professional marketing experience in film distribution or exhibition, or in an equivalent role at a cultural or media organisation
• Proven track record of promoting and supporting diversity and inclusion, including delivering audience development activity
• Computer literate and confident in working with Microsoft Office particularly Excel databases, Adobe Creative Cloud, Dropbox and project management tool such as Monday or Asana
• Demonstrable professional experience producing audience-facing marketing communications and content, including copywriting and proofing, across email, web and social media

Benefits

• 25 days annual leave (rising to 30 with service) + bank holidays + the option to buy up to 5 extra days of annual leave
• Additional paid time off between Christmas and New Year
• BFI pension scheme with 5% employer contribution
• BFI Childcare Scheme, where we contribute to childcare costs
• Enhanced pay for Maternity & Paternity leave
• Complimentary tickets to BFI Southbank & IMAX screenings and events
• Free BFI Player subscription + discount on BFI merchandise, and film tickets

Plus more!

We support diversity and inclusion, and as an organisation recognise that we need to address under representation within our teams. As such we strongly welcome and encourage applicants from our under-represented groups; who identify as D/deaf and disabled and/or are Black and Global Majority. We guarantee a place at the first stage selection process to our under-represented groups who meet our minimum requirements.

Further details about the role, the BFI and our benefits can be obtained by visiting www.bfi.org.uk/about-bfi/job-opportunities.

To apply, click apply and then click "search" on the BFI opportunities page to find this role.

The closing date for applications is 23:59 on Monday 11 May 2026

First interviews will be held on Thursday 21 and Friday 22 May

Second interviews will be held on Tuesday 02 and Wednesday 03 June

We welcome and encourage applications from candidates who are under-represented in the creative industries.

Please make sure that you state in your application that you found this role via Creative Access.