Communications & Marketing Manager
Edel Assanti Closing date: Fri, 05 Jun 2026
- Part time
- £30k-£40k
Fri, 22 May 2026 "> published -
Job Description
The Communications & Marketing Manager plays a key role in shaping the Gallery's public profile, audience engagement, and commercial reach.
The role is responsible for developing digital content and managing all public communications, delivering strategic marketing and implementing effective, measurable campaigns that increase the visibility of the Gallery, support commercial objectives, expand audiences, and promote exhibitions, events, fairs, and wider programme activity.
Core areas of responsibility:
- Communications: website, newsletter and social media
- Content creation: social media assets, video teasers, exhibition walkthroughs
- Website management
- Manage external agencies
- Brand oversight
Job Requirements
- 2 to 5 years' experience in an equivalent role
- Excellent copy-writing skills and knowledge of contemporary art
- Strong digital and IT skills, proficient across a range of platforms and programmes with ability to use, create and edit digital media (e.g. Adobe Suite/Canva)
- Thorough understanding of digital media platforms (e.g. Instagram/Meta/paid media) and audience growth to develop targeted campaigns
- Outstanding sense of initiative and ability to generate effective and creative marketing ideas, further informed by a data-driven approach
- Highly organised, process-driven approach with strong attention to detail
- Ability to work independently while contributing effectively as part of a team
- Strong knowledge of the industry
Job Responsibilities
Communications
- Newsletters: Design and schedule newsletters, announcements, and direct marketing across all gallery activities
- Social media: manage Instagram/Youtube channels, including content creation, scheduling, and campaign delivery across exhibitions, fairs, and events
- Manage external PR and content agencies
- Data analysis
Content creation
- Create/manage production of video content and assets
- Coordinate external videographer and photographer for exhibitions, fairs, and events
Website
- Manage website across selected pages for both gallery locations
- Ensure the website remains current and aligned with gallery programming and institutional exhibitions
- Support and manage project-based website development
Written content
- Adapt and tailor copy as provided with resources from Exhibitions Team and individual research for different platforms
- Format press releases provided by the Exhibitions Team for distribution
Brand oversight
- Internal brand ambassador
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Job Overview
- Job Title: Communications & Marketing Manager
- Salary: £30k-£40k (pro-rata)
- Hours: Part time
- Artform: Visual arts
- Role: Marketing & Digital
- Contract: Permanent
- Closing date: Fri, 05 Jun 2026
- Location: UK-wide
How to Apply
This is a part-time role (4 days per week).
Applicants for this role will be expected to show previous experience of working across the key duties and responsibilities outlined above.
The role requires working Saturdays on a rotational basis.
To apply, please submit your CV and cover letter to [email protected]. Please note that the deadline for applications is Friday 5 June at 6pm.
- Contact email: [email protected]
About Edel Assanti
Edel Assanti was founded in 2010 in London by Jeremy Epstein and Charlie Fellowes. The gallery programme focuses on narrative-driven work by international contemporary artists whose practices engage with the complex realities of the moment in which they live.
In June 2026, Edel Assanti opens a second London location at 11 Bury Street, St James’s, in the heart of one of the city’s most historic gallery neighbourhoods, broadening the scope of programming for its artists and their practices.