Marketing Executive, BBC Proms

The BBC Proms is the biggest classical music festival in the world. We run over 100 live events over 2 months in the summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London and venues around the UK. Nearly everything we do is broadcast across BBC Radio, TV and online. We are a creative, innovative festival that connects with audiences around the UK and across the globe.

You would be part of a dynamic team that looks after Communications, Marketing, Learning, Publications, Business and Live Events. You will build skills in your chosen area and everyone on the team has a chance to work at events. It’s a real team effort.

In any single week at the BBC Proms you could be working on events for singer-songwriter Moses Sumney, the London Symphony Orchestra with conductor Simon Rattle, jazz saxophonist Nubya Garcia and the BBC Orchestras and Choirs.

Click here to see a taste of the Proms in 2021.

We want the Proms to be for everyone and are looking for people to help us do that.

We’re looking for a marketing Executive to join the Marketing Team. This role will give you the opportunity to work as part of the Marketing, Communications, Audience Development and Learning team for the BBC Proms. Implementing a marketing and Communications campaign which will increase the profile and audience reach of the festival whilst meeting ambitious ticket sales targets for Proms and other related events.

You’ll also get the opportunity to work in collaboration with other teams across the BBC, including the BBC Radio networks, BBC Sounds and BBC iPlayer, as well as external arts, cultural and media organisations. A large part of the role includes digital and social platforms and your work has the potential to reach millions of people through our online resources, BBC Sounds and BBC iPlayer.

We are looking for someone who can:

• Show an enthusiasm for music and live events
• Show their commitment to creating inclusive opportunities for people of all backgrounds to participate in arts and culture
• Originate and develop creative ideas which engage diverse audiences in a demanding creative environment
• Work and communicate collaboratively with a wide range of people.
• Be a part of a team that delivers large-scale projects to massed audiences in a timely and organised way
• Bring a creative, imaginative and innovative approach to reaching audiences through live and digital platforms
• Work enthusiastically and creatively to turn challenging situations into practical solutions
• Deliver campaigns within budget

We don’t focus simply on what we do – we also care how we do it. Our values and the way we behave are important to us. Please make sure you’ve read about our values and behaviours in the document attached below.

Diversity matters at the BBC. We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual’s unique contribution, enabling all of our employees to thrive and achieve their full potential.

We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to be part of the BBC – whether that’s to contribute to our programming or our wide range of non-production roles. The more diverse our workforce, the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity.

We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. We will consider flexible working requests for all roles, unless operational requirements prevent otherwise.

To find out more about Diversity and Inclusion at the BBC, please click here

Band: C
Contract type: 9 month attachment/fixed term contract
Location: Broadcasting House, London

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 competitive salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance and 26 days (1 of which is a corporation day) with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care, gym and much more.

The situation regarding the coronavirus outbreak is developing quickly and the BBC is keen to continue to ensure the safety and wellbeing of people across the BBC, while continuing to protect our services. To reduce the risk access to BBC buildings is limited to those essential to our broadcast output. From Wednesday 18th March 2020 until further notice all assessments and interviews will be conducted remotely. For more information go to https://www.bbc.co.uk/careers/