Head of Marketing (Live Events)

Salary: £60,000 - £65,000 per annum Location: Greater London,South London Job Type: Permanent

- Permanent
- Live Music & Entertainment Events 
- South London (Office Based - 5 dpw)
- Up to £65k

We're looking for an experienced marketing leader to take ownership of marketing strategy across a global portfolio of live events and entertainment brands. This is a senior leadership role for someone who understands how to market live experiences, build audiences, and drive ticket sales at scale. You'll combine strategic thinking with creative campaign development, leading a talented marketing team while delivering high-impact campaigns across multiple markets.

ABOUT THE COMPANY

• They create and deliver some of the most exciting live entertainment experiences in the market, bringing together audiences across multiple countries through large-scale tours, events and immersive concepts.
• As a rapidly expanding global business, they're investing heavily in marketing, creativity and audience growth, giving their team the opportunity to make a genuine impact on internationally recognised event brands.

ABOUT THE ROLE

You'll be responsible for:

• Developing and leading the marketing strategy across a portfolio of live event brands
• Creating integrated campaigns that drive ticket sales, audience growth and brand awareness
• Leading and developing a multi-disciplinary marketing team across paid media, content and social
• Overseeing digital marketing activity across Meta, TikTok, Google, email and emerging channels
• Driving creative campaign ideas that cut through and generate audience engagement
• Managing budgets, analysing performance and optimising ROI
• Working closely with senior stakeholders, event teams and external partners to deliver commercially successful campaigns

Why you'll love it here:

• This is an opportunity to lead marketing for a fast-growing international events business operating across the UK, Europe, North America, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.
• You'll have the autonomy to shape strategy, influence growth and make a measurable impact on ticket sales and brand performance across a global portfolio.
• £60k-£65k per annum
• This role is based in the office full-time 5dpw in South London. 

ABOUT YOU
We're looking for a commercially-minded marketing leader who brings:

• Significant experience marketing live events, concerts, festivals, entertainment, nightlife or ticketed experiences
• A proven track record of delivering campaigns that drive ticket sales and attendance
• Experience leading and developing high-performing marketing teams
• Strong strategic planning skills combined with hands-on campaign execution
• Expertise across digital marketing, paid media, content and social channels
• A creative mindset with the ability to develop innovative audience-growth campaigns
• Strong commercial acumen, budget management and performance analysis skills
• A genuine passion for live entertainment, music and audience culture

You MUST have the right to work in the UK - visa sponsorship is not available.

Sound like your next move? Apply now!
  
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