Association of British Orchestras

Marketing Administrator (based in London Office with occasional travel to Oxford)

Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra Salary up to £28k pa dependent on experience Closing date 25 February 2022
The Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra, one of the UK’s leading orchestras and Orchestra in Residence at the University of Oxford, seeks a highly-motivated Marketing Administrator, to play a key role in devising and implementing marketing campaigns to promote concerts and other events.

Principal duties
• Devising marketing campaigns for self-promoted concerts and tours
• Production coordination of season brochures and other publications
• Copywriting: concert descriptions, e-bulletins, social media content
• Proofing brochures, flyers, adverts, concert programmes, and other print and online content; ensure our branding guidelines are maintained
• Managing the OPO social media accounts and creating compelling content to attract new followers
• Creating website content, including image editing
• Manage our new website (wordpress) to ensure it is kept up-to-date
• Creating e-bulletins
• Co-ordinating PR opportunities with external PR agency
• Inputting concert listings online
• Use OPO’s CRM systems (Spektrix) to segment audiences, in order to convert past and
infrequent attendees into regular audience members
• Supporting the Ticketing Officer with Box Office duties such as ticket bookings & customer queries
• This is a dynamic role in a fast developing organisation

Applicant profile:

1. Essential abilities/qualifications:
• Knowledge and passion for classical music, particularly orchestral music
• Strong copywriting and proofreading skills
• Excellent organisational skills
• Experience in updating and managing websites
• Meticulous accuracy and attention to detail
• Strong IT skills and ability to learn new software
• Ability to juggle multiple tasks
• Minimum 2 years marketing experience in the arts
• Strong communication skills

2. Preferred abilities/qualifications:
• Experience of working with databases
• A degree in music
• Experience in creating video content

Please apply with a covering letter and CV to anthi@oxfordphil.com

Contact details

anthi@oxfordphil.com
01865 987222

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