Marketing Assistant, BBC Philharmonic inSalford inSalford PUBLISHED 2 SEP 2024

Package Description




Job Reference:
18155


Band:
B


Salary:
£24,£29,302 (pro rata) depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.


Contract type:
1 x Continuing (Permanent) Part Time Role (17.5 hours per week)


Location:
Office Base is Philharmonic Studio, MediaCityUK, Salford

We’re happy to discuss flexible working. Please indicate your choice under the flexible working question in the application. There is no obligation to raise this at the application stage but if you wish to do so, you are welcome to. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.

• 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 .
  
  

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Job Introduction



The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, celebrated for its dynamic performances and rich history spanning over a century, is looking to hire a new Marketing Assistant. This is a substantial role for a marketing or communications professional in the early stages of their career, and will support the Marketing & Audiences team at the Philharmonic to build content, deliver campaigns, and develop audiences.

We are looking for someone bright and ambitious to help us tell our story and to connect with our current and future audiences. The job includes equal parts campaign delivery, content creation, and support tasks, and will report directly to the Head of Philharmonic Marketing. While extensive marketing experience or 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 diffrent forms of culture – be it specific genres of music, dance, literature, visual art, or any other field.

For any further information or to discuss the role further, please contact Adam Szabo, Orchestra Director at

The internal Career Path Framework Job Title for this role is Band B / Content Assistant



Main Responsibilities




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.
  
  

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Essentials (must Have)

• 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 ju