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Job reference REQ01341 Date posted 22/10/2026 Application closing date 12/11/2026 Location The Strand, London Salary Competitive Package Blank Contractual hours 40 Basis Full time Job category/type Marketing Attachments Blank
Senior Marketing Manager, Productions
About Trafalgar Entertainment
Founded by Sir Howard Panter and Dame Rosemary Squire in 2017, Trafalgar Entertainment is an award-winning global live-entertainment business, producing plays and musicians, theatre and venue ownership and operations, live music and comedy, events and hospitality, Performing Arts education, ticketing, the distribution and filming of event cinema and TV live-streaming innovative content through Trafalgar Releasing Ltd (from David Tennant in Macbeth to Taylor Swift).
Trafalgar Entertainment is home to Trafalgar Theatres (with 23 venues in the UK, Sydney, London, and across the UK), including four London Theatres – Trafalgar Theatre, The Bridge Theatre, The Lightroom King’s Cross and the new British Airways Theatre, Olympia.
About Trafalgar Theatre Productions
The production arm of TE, Trafalgar Theatre Productions produces new plays, musical, and classic musical in London and across the UK. Recent Trafalgar Productions include a lavish new production of Cole Porter’s High Society, the Barbican and UK tour of the Regents Park Open Air Theatre production ofFiddler on the Roof, Death Note, Good Night, Oscar, The Ballad of Johnny & June, Double Indemnity starring Mischa Barton and Sam Pinkleton’s new musical Ceilidh.
Job Purpose
The Senior Marketing Manager, Productions will take day-to-day responsibility for the full lifecycle planning and delivery of marketing campaigns for a broad range of plays and musical in the West End and across the UK, working closely with the Sales and Marketing Director. Working across internal teams including our Executive Producers and General Managers, venues, agencies, PR teams and other production partners, the role will deliver creative and commercially focused marketing campaigns that build awareness, engage audiences and drive ticket sales. This fast-paced role combines hands-on campaign management with the analysis of sales and marketing performance to help identify opportunities and inform campaign activity.
What we’re looking for
We’re looking for an enthusiastic, commercially minded marketer with passion for theatre and live entertainment who is hands on and comfortable taking ownership of multiple campaigns. You’ll be organised, proactive and collaborative, able to manage multiple changing priorities and ambitious deadlines while building strong relationships with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.
Remaining calm under pressure, you’ll combine strong creative instincts with the commercial objectives behind a campaign. You should be equally comfortable discussing campaign ideas and creative content as you are reviewing sales performance pacing, media plans and marketing budgets. This role is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Marketing Manager ready to step up into a senior role, or an established Senior Marketing Manager looking to broaden their production marketing expertise within a high-profile, diverse slate of work.
- Experience managing and delivering integrated marketing campaigns for ticketed events, ideally across the UK.
- Strong project-management and organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple campaigns, stakeholders and deadlines.
- A strong understanding of the full marketing mix, including digital marketing, paid media, social media and content marketing.
- Commercial awareness and confidence working with sales and campaign-performance data to help inform marketing activity.
- Strong creative judgement and excellent attention to detail across artwork, copy and content.
- Confidence managing relationships with agencies, venues, suppliers and other external partners.
- The ability to work both independently and collaboratively, taking ownership of projects while contributing effectively to the wider team.
- An understanding of audiences and how targeting, media, content and messaging can be used to build awareness and drive sales.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Main Duties
- Manage the day-to-day delivery of marketing campaigns across assigned productions for their full lifecycle.
- Develop and implement integrated campaign plans across paid media, social, content, PR and venue marketing activity, working closely with internal and external partners.
- Act as a key marketing contact for venues, agencies and other production partners, ensuring activity is coordinated and key stakeholders are kept informed.
- Coordinate the briefing, creation, approval and delivery of marketing assets, including artwork, copy and digital content ensuring these are delivered accurately and to deadline.
- Monitor ticket sales and campaign performance, using available data to identify opportunities and help inform ongoing marketing activity.
- Contribute to audience development and targeting, considering the most appropriate audiences, messaging, media channels and content for each production and campaign phase.
- Work with venues and the wider team on ticket pricing, gross potential, on-sale strategy and other commercial elements of campaigns.
- Manage relationships with marketing agencies and suppliers.
- Support the management of production marketing budgets and help ensure investment is appropriately prioritised across campaign phases and channels.
Interviews will be conducted on a rolling basis. Early application is strongly encouraged.
Trafalgar Entertainment is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We welcome applications from people in groups where we are under-represented, for example people with disabilities, from minority ethnic groups, older returners and people who are neurodivergent.
We are curious, courageous and ambitious, empowering people to challenge and innovate in pursuit of excellence.
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