Hay Festival
Job Summary
The Marketing Manager is responsible for establishing campaigns to promote HFF and to encourage sales through multiple mediums. Driving impact for the charity in commercial sales; building loyalty, and engaging in innovative ways working with advertisers, freelancers, and a wide range of partners
Job Description
Main Duties
- Communications and Marketing Strategy: plan and deliver the marketing and advertising elements of this strategy to deliver ROI and impact; realisable and realistic.
- Plan, create and manage multi-channel marketing and advertising campaigns, ensuring they are fully integrated across all platforms, including website, print, mail, press, advertising, digital and social media
- Devising unique approaches for each campaign depending on budget and priorities
- Ensure all campaigns are executed in a timely manner and to budget, measuring success against agreed targets and objectives.
Audience Insights and Audience Development
- Develop plan for audience insights and audience development strategies to improve planning, analyse trends and behaviours
- Track engagement and report on the success of campaigns using tools such as Google Analytics and Brevo, feeding back insights.
- Build target audience engagement across our feeds, growing our position as the world’s most impactful literature and arts festival; increase footfall (new and existing audiences)
- Track audience behaviours through CRM and e-marketing
Digital
- Ensure day-to-day digital marketing and advertising strategy for Festivals, projects, products and campaigns, are integrated with wider activities, working closely with the team ensuring ROI and reach
- Manage print production and distribution, including Festival print programmes to raise awareness, boost sales, managing ROI
Brand and Design
- Manage HFF brand application in all elements of role; ensuring brand templates, design and key messages are adhered to (inc merch design)
- Work with the production team to oversee design and commission site signage and branding requirements
- Support the development team in developing fundraising presentations and bids, developing collateral for membership schemes
Job Requirements
We’re looking for a experienced, creative and versatile Marketing Manager with significant experience in developing and executing successful marketing campaigns. They should be proficient with day-to-day marketing activities and data analytics and be able to turn creative ideas into effective advertising projects.
Essential
- Significant experience in a marketing role, devising and developing successful marketing strategies and advertising campaigns.
- Deep understanding of marketing principles and techniques and the measurement of their impact and ROI
- Proven experience in identifying target audiences and in creatively devising marketing campaigns that engage, educate and motivate.
- Experience of CRM, e-marketing, ticketing, sales and box office related activities
- Ability to provide regular reports and analysis to share with the Executive Team
- Excellent copywriting and proofing skills- able to write accurate, creative copy with an eye for strong imagery
Job Overview
- Job Title: Marketing Manager – Maternity Cover
- Salary: £40k-£50k
- Hours:
Full time - Artform: Combined arts
- Role: Marketing & Digital
- Contract: Temporary
- Closing date: Fri, 14 Nov 2025
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Location:
UK-wide
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