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Marketing Manager (Nevill Holt Festival), Underbelly

  •  East Midlands
  •  Â£30k-40k
  •  Full time
  •  Closes January 5, 2026
  •  rachel@underbelly.co.uk
  • #Combined arts

Description

Job Summary

Closing date: ASAP - Interviews will be rolling as candidates apply Location: London or Leicestershire. Travel required for meetings and to the festival site Salary: £135 per day Contract: January to June. 5 days a week. Reports To: Head of Marketing and Sales

Job Description

This role is a freelance or contract-based position supporting the wider team in our busy summer period to manage the campaign for the Nevill Holt Festival.

Either based in our London office or remotely from Leicestershire (close to Nevill Holt) you will develop and rollout the campaign strategy for festival alongside our head of marketing and sales, marketing officer and social media officer.

Responsibilities include developing the campaign, budget management, deals with ticket agencies, hero artwork design and rollout, paid media planning and tracking, emails to Underbelly mailing lists, website management, brand partnership implementation, PR coordination and more depending on the campaign.

You'll be the key point of contact alongside the head of marketing and programming team for agencies - media, design, PR - as well as any producers and stakeholders involved in the project.

We are looking for someone who is creative, diligent and a self-starter. We need someone to come in and hit the ground running heading into a busy summer period. There will be aspects of this role where you will be the main strategic lead, but there are also times where you need to be involved in the nitty gritty tasks. No two days will be the same.

Please be aware, there will be travel and a limited number of overnight stays required between 30 May and 22 June to Leicestershire.

Job Requirements

  • Strategically developing full-scale marketing campaigns based on ticket and footfall targets, set budget and timelines.
  • Attend regular meetings with internal and external teams to assure the marketing campaigns are performing to their maximum capacity.
  • Reporting to the Nevill Holt Festival board on marketing campaign activity and performance
  • Developing the existing brand, including evolving artwork and growing audiences to achieved key sales KPIs.
  • Work with external agencies - media, creative, design, PR to rollout campaign of high quality.
  • Working with the social media and content officer to create content to amplify your campaigns and grow these channels
  • Working with the press team to amplify earned media.
  • Manage the event websites.
  • Create and maintain the onsite signage for the festival in collaboration with the production department, creating assets in house using Adobe Creative Suite where required.
  • Work with on-site teams
  • Manage the budget effectively.

Job Responsibilities

  • An experienced marketer with good knowledge of full scope marketing campaigns
  • A background in a ticket sale focused environment will be advantageous.
  • Very good digital marketing knowledge with the ability to set KPIs, targets and expectations for paid media campaigns.
  • Sales focused with good analytical skills and the ability to interpret marketing analytics and make recommendations for improvements.
  • Experience managing marketing budgets and tracking this to KPIs.
  • The ability to make recommendations on ticket pricing based on key show revenue targets.
  • High attention to detail is crucial as is strong copywriting skills.
  • Good knowledge and experience of social media, having created strong, engaging content
  • Creative thinker and problem solver.
  • Experience in a fast-paced
  • Experience in a fast-paced and often pressurised environment.
  • Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.
  • Experience using CMS-based websites

How to Apply

Apply here -- https://underbelly.teamdetails.com/opportunity/443

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