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Marketing Assistant

Barbican Centre

Role: Marketing Assistant

Grade: B

Salary: £30,180 - £33,120 per annum (inclusive of Inner London Weighting)

Job Type: Full-time (35 hours), Permanent

 

About Us 

The Barbican is an international arts, conference and learning organisation in the heart of the City of London.

Across its theatres, concert halls, cinemas, galleries, business venues, public and community spaces, the Barbican showcases the most exciting artists and performers from around the world, pushing traditional artistic boundaries and helping us understand our lives in new and unexpected ways. Each year, the Centre presents hundreds of different performances, events and exhibitions that entertain and inspire millions of people, create connections, provoke debate, and reflect the world we live in.

Firmly rooted in its neighbourhood, the Barbican collaborates on projects with local communities and supports young people and emerging talent to develop their artistic practice and access jobs in the creative industry.

 

About the role  

Our Marketing team brings the Barbican’s iconic brand to life with engaging campaigns that connect audiences with our vision of arts without boundaries. We’re responsible for developing and engaging audiences, for generating revenue, and for building the Barbican’s reputation nationally and internationally. We achieve this through a mix of audience insight, brand development, customer relationship management, digital innovation and bold, intelligent campaign activity.

We are looking for two enthusiastic and talented assistants to join our busy team. Candidates will have a passion for arts and culture and some experience working in any of the following cultural sectors:

  • Museums & galleries
  • Cinema
  • Destinations & attractions

 

The key responsibilities of our marketing assistants are to:

  • To provide assistance to our marketing managers, implementing audience-facing marketing campaigns.
  • To support marketing initiatives that cross our art forms (Music, Theatre & Dance, Cinema, Art & Design) and support Creative Learning, Audience Development and Membership as appropriate.

 

To view the full Job Description and Person Specification, please see the ‘Job Information Pack’.

 

Barbican Benefits

We offer a wide range of employee benefits, including flexible working, annual pay progression and an annual pay review, a generous pension scheme, season ticket loan and cycle to work schemes, free access to museums and galleries, discounts on retail, healthcare and on-site cafes and restaurants. You will have access to Employee Assistance Programme, trained Mental Health First aiders and City of London employee networks. 

Key Information

Salary: £30,180 - £33,120 per annum, inclusive of Inner London Weighting.

Job Type: Full-time, Permanent

Application Deadline: 23:55 on Sunday 13 October

Job Information Pack
Job Information Pack PDF 262.03 kb

How to apply

To apply, please click on the apply online button below or visit the 'Marketing Assistant' page on City of London jobs page.

If there are any issues with the application process, please contact the Barbican Careers team at [email protected].

Deadline for applications is 23:55 on Sunday 13 October 2024, please note the advert may close prior to the date stated if a large volume of applications are received. Please do submit your application as early as possible to avoid missing out as we are unable to accept late applications. We regret that we are unable to provide feedback on your application.

The City of London Corporation want to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to thrive in the work that we do. The City of London Corporation is currently undergoing a programme ensure that our pay and reward practices are competitive and equitable across the whole organisation – and is committed to regularly benchmarking and reviewing pay against external sectors.

As part of our commitment to increasing the diversity of staff within the Barbican we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from groups that are currently underrepresented, including people from the Global Majority* and D/deaf and disabled people. We want to better reflect and understand the communities we exist to serve. We are members of the Disability Confident Scheme and guarantee to interview all disabled candidates who would like to be considered under this scheme and who meet the minimum essential criteria for the role. Please contact us if you require reasonable adjustments as part of the application process.