Head of Marketing
Leeds Playhouse Closing date: Wed, 06 May 2026
- Full time
- £30k-£40k
- Apply now
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Job Summary
Job Description
You will have a passion for arts, marketing and audience development, and the ability to lead an outstanding marketing team to provide excellent creative content and data-led marketing campaigns, ensuring everyone in Leeds knows what's happening at the Playhouse and feels welcome.
You will have a proven track record of setting and meeting ambitious marketing objectives and targets, being able to plan and manage numerous simultaneous and varied projects, and ensuring they are delivered on brand within agreed timescales.
You will use data to analyse what works well and be a creative thinker with fresh ideas, as well as a great communicator, with great listening skills.
Working alongside Communications and Sales Heads, and the Director of Audiences, as well as with a diverse range of communities and partner organisations, you will help the theatre to reach new and existing audiences in Leeds in its new chapter with a new Chief Executive and Artistic Director, and following a brand refresh and recent extensive redevelopment.
We want all employees to feel fully supported, and candidates from diverse backgrounds and people with disabilities are warmly encouraged to apply.
This is a full-time, permanent contract of 35 hours per week. Pay for this role is £35,000-£40,000 per year, depending on experience.
Benefits at Leeds Playhouse include 5 weeks holiday entitlement (plus 1.6 weeks of bank holidays), that increases with length of continuous employment; 2 wellbeing days a year; and discounts across our food and drinks, free show tickets and a local gym and swimming discount. Please see our job pack for more benefits we offer.
Before applying for the role, please read the job pack. This includes the full list of responsibilities, person specification and information about Leeds Playhouse.
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Job Overview
- Job Title: Head of Marketing
- Salary: £30k-£40k
- Hours: Full time
- Role: Marketing & Digital
- Contract: Permanent
- Closing date: Wed, 06 May 2026
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Location:
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Job: Head of Marketing
Job: Head of Marketing
Organisation: Leeds Playhouse
Postcode: LS2 7UP
How to Apply
Before applying for the role, please read the job pack. This includes the full list of responsibilities, person specification and information about Leeds Playhouse.
To apply:
Fill in our Application Form
Fill in our Inclusion and Diversity Monitoring Form
Please complete both forms before the application deadline.
The closing date for applications is 12pm noon Wednesday 06 May 2026.
Interviews are currently to be scheduled for the 15 May 2026.
- Contact name: Charlotte White
- Contact email: [email protected]
About Leeds Playhouse
We are a place to experience world-class theatre that is pioneering, invigorating and relevant. A place where people and communities come together to tell and share stories – a creative hub for the city and beyond. We believe that theatre is for everyone, and making sure the playhouse is accessible and inclusive is absolutely essential to us.