Marketing officer

Closing date for applications: 29th December 2025 at 5.00pm

Salary: £32,500 per annum

Use your marketing expertise to help deliver creative campaigns that connect audiences with a leading London theatre company.

The Almeida Theatre is seeking a marketing officer. This post is offered on a permanent, full-time contract. The marketing officer manages the Almeida’s website and email communications, and assists the marketing manager to deliver creative, and results driven marketing campaigns.

Responsibilities

Website

• Manage the upkeep of our website, ensuring all production or event-specific information is up to-date across production, generic and membership pages, troubleshooting any errors or
  problems as they arise
• Working closely with the web developers Substrakt (and additional technical providers), manage the continued development and maintenance of the Almeida website to ensure it provides an outstanding user experience
• Work with the Sales and Insights Manager to set up on-sales for new productions.
• Plan, schedule, write copy and adapt text for different audience types (members, young audiences, local audiences)
• Continue to develop the accessibility of the website ensuring it maintains a minimum WCAG AA standard of accessibility

Email Communications

• Work with the Marketing Manager on the development and execution of the Almeida’s email
  communications strategy
• Deliver email communications, tailoring and editing versions for multiple target audiences, in addition to developing automated email campaigns
• Lead on development of our email system (WordFly)
• Support the Development and Participation teams in their use of WordFly and provide training if required.

Campaigns

• Assist the Marketing Manager in the day-to-day execution of all marketing campaigns
• Assist the Marketing Manager on the creation of season and production-specific artwork and materials
• Be jointly responsible for the accuracy of all marketing communications, maintaining the theatre brand at all times, and advocating for this across the organisation
• Work with the Marketing Manager to brief external suppliers, agencies and designers
• Manage reciprocal marketing swaps with other theatres and organisations in accordance with our data protection and Privacy policies.

Programmes

• Work with the Press Manager to create and manage the production of programmes for every production, compiling content and working with other departments to gather materials

Other duties

• Create the Almeida’s internal monthly staff newsletter
• Write alt text descriptions for all photography, create large print programmes and additional access materials
• Work to achieve the marketing department’s audience development objectives

Knowledge, skills & experience

• Enthusiasm for theatre and the work of the Almeida
• Has some proven experience working in marketing; ideally within theatre, arts or entertainment
• Has experience of managing and updating websites and CMS
• Has experience of using email systems
• Is confident writing copy for a range of different audiences
• Strong attention to detail
• A creative thinker, problem solver and confident decision maker
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills
• Ability and confidence in managing relationships with staff across the organisation

Additional information

Interviews will take place: Wednesday 14 & Thursday 15 January 2026

Second Round Interviews will take place: Wednesday 21st January 2026

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

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