Marketing and Communications Officer
| Posting date: | 17 July 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £25,000 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 13 August 2025 |
| Location: | LS9 8AH |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Yorkshire Dance |
| Job type: | Permanent |
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Summary
Do you have bags of initiative, are you an exceptional writer with an eye for design and a keen interest in the arts?
Yorkshire Dance are looking for a new Marketing & Communications Officer to join our team.
This is a great opportunity to gain a rounded experience of marketing and communications in a busy arts organisation, including digital and traditional marketing, fundraising and press and PR. You don’t need a background in the arts but transferable skills and a passion for the arts are essential.
Main duties
Marketing
• Support delivery of the Marketing & Audience Development Strategy
• Support planning and delivery of marketing campaigns
• Creation of digital and print assets
• Copywriting for newsletters, blogs, social media and print
• Evaluation of marketing campaigns using tools such as Salesforce CRM, Impact & Insights, Illuminate and Survey Monkey
• Support the staff team to adhere to best practice in data management
• Manage Yorkshire Dance’s archive of video, photography and print materials
Digital Marketing
• Update Yorkshire Dance’s website and social media.
• Create digital content taking a video first approach
• Write and create e-newsletters
• Collect and analyse digital analytics
Press & PR
• Write and distribute press releases
• Manage press and media interviews and activities
• Manage Yorkshire Dance’s reciprocal relationships
• Develop and update Yorkshire Dance’s press database
•
Fundraising
• Support the delivery of Yorkshire Dance’s fundraising strategy.
• Plan and deliver individual giving campaigns.
• Collect and write up compelling case studies
• Write small scale applications to potential funders and reports for existing funders.
Benefits
Yorkshire Dance offers a supportive work environment, in addition to a range of benefits including:
• Training opportunities both relevant to your role and the organisation (e.g. the full staff team have recently undertaken training in anti-racism, Dementia Awareness and Trans Awareness)
• Pension scheme
• An annual Go See Fund to purchase tickets for dance performances (and complimentary tickets for most performances run by Yorkshire Dance).
• Membership of the Arts Marketing Association
• Maternity and sickness pay in line with our policies
• Tech scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Bus to Work scheme (discounts on First Bus and Trans Dev)
• Eye care
How to apply
Full job pack and application form are available at :
https://yorkshiredance.com/vacancies/
To apply please send your application form in WORD format explaining how your skills and experience meet the person spec.
Email your completed application form to admin@yorkshiredance.com before the closing date of: 10am on Wednesday, 13 August 2025
Interviews will take place at Yorkshire Dance in Leeds City Centre (or online if required) on w/c 25 August 2025.
If you would like a version of any of the application material in an alternative format we can provide a plain text word document or large print. Please do not hesitate to contact us and we will do all that we can to support your application. Please call us on: 0113 243 8765 or email admin@yorkshiredance.com
Yorkshire Dance are looking for a new Marketing & Communications Officer to join our team.
This is a great opportunity to gain a rounded experience of marketing and communications in a busy arts organisation, including digital and traditional marketing, fundraising and press and PR. You don’t need a background in the arts but transferable skills and a passion for the arts are essential.
Main duties
Marketing
• Support delivery of the Marketing & Audience Development Strategy
• Support planning and delivery of marketing campaigns
• Creation of digital and print assets
• Copywriting for newsletters, blogs, social media and print
• Evaluation of marketing campaigns using tools such as Salesforce CRM, Impact & Insights, Illuminate and Survey Monkey
• Support the staff team to adhere to best practice in data management
• Manage Yorkshire Dance’s archive of video, photography and print materials
Digital Marketing
• Update Yorkshire Dance’s website and social media.
• Create digital content taking a video first approach
• Write and create e-newsletters
• Collect and analyse digital analytics
Press & PR
• Write and distribute press releases
• Manage press and media interviews and activities
• Manage Yorkshire Dance’s reciprocal relationships
• Develop and update Yorkshire Dance’s press database
•
Fundraising
• Support the delivery of Yorkshire Dance’s fundraising strategy.
• Plan and deliver individual giving campaigns.
• Collect and write up compelling case studies
• Write small scale applications to potential funders and reports for existing funders.
Benefits
Yorkshire Dance offers a supportive work environment, in addition to a range of benefits including:
• Training opportunities both relevant to your role and the organisation (e.g. the full staff team have recently undertaken training in anti-racism, Dementia Awareness and Trans Awareness)
• Pension scheme
• An annual Go See Fund to purchase tickets for dance performances (and complimentary tickets for most performances run by Yorkshire Dance).
• Membership of the Arts Marketing Association
• Maternity and sickness pay in line with our policies
• Tech scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Bus to Work scheme (discounts on First Bus and Trans Dev)
• Eye care
How to apply
Full job pack and application form are available at :
https://yorkshiredance.com/vacancies/
To apply please send your application form in WORD format explaining how your skills and experience meet the person spec.
Email your completed application form to admin@yorkshiredance.com before the closing date of: 10am on Wednesday, 13 August 2025
Interviews will take place at Yorkshire Dance in Leeds City Centre (or online if required) on w/c 25 August 2025.
If you would like a version of any of the application material in an alternative format we can provide a plain text word document or large print. Please do not hesitate to contact us and we will do all that we can to support your application. Please call us on: 0113 243 8765 or email admin@yorkshiredance.com