Festival Marketing Advisor (Advertising and Growth)

British Film Institute

London

Salary: £35,640 per annum

BFI are seeking a Festival Marketing Advisor (Advertising and Growth)

BFI are seeking a Festival Marketing Advisor (Advertising and Growth)

Fixed Term Contract: 6 June to 30 October 2026

Location: London, BFI Stephen Street/BFI Southbank/Hybrid working

BFI are looking for a Festivals Marketing Advisor to play a key role in the successful delivery of the 2026 BFI London Film Festival (LFF) marketing campaign and activities, in close collaboration with colleagues in marketing and other departments.

What you’ll do

• Lead on the delivery of the LFF media plan across digital, OOH, print and advertorial – including agency management, asset delivery and performance reporting – to promote a wide range of messages to the full audience matrix
• Manage internal and external stakeholder relationships at a senior level, negotiating effectively to ensure relationships remain fruitful and friendly. Particularly key will be building close and positive working relationships with the Festivals, Creative Services and PR teams as well as LFF media and marketing partners
• Chair the sales tactics group, analysing audience behaviour and sales conversions across LFF owned channels – proactively sharing insights, trends and ideas for maximising performance and occupancy
• Lead on the marketing campaign delivery and branding requirements for the Festival’s immersive and games programme strand LFF Expanded, including representing marketing in relevant working groups, acting as the key marketing contact for external venues and spearheading bespoke marketing activities and requirements

What you’ll bring

• Proven experience and expertise to lead on digital-first, results-driven and creative marketing campaigns and activities in the film, TV, immersive, gaming, culture, arts or media sector
• A proven track record of incorporating diversity and inclusion objectives within marketing campaigns
• Extensive experience in delivering cross-channel advertising campaigns, including optimisation of paid social media, audience targeting, agency liaison, copywriting and creative asset production
• Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Office, Google Analytics, Adobe Creative Cloud, Dropbox, CRM software and project management systems such as Monday or Asana
• Take a look at the full job description to learn more about the role and how you could be a great fit.

To apply:

Submit your application via the BFI website.

First interviews will be held over Microsoft Teams in the week commencing 25 May 2026

Second Interviews will be held in-person in the week commencing 1 June 2026

BFI support diversity and inclusion, and as an organisation, recognises that they need to address under-representation within its teams. As such, they strongly welcome and encourage applicants from our underrepresented groups, who identify as D/deaf and disabled and/or are Black and Global Majority. They guarantee a place at the first stage selection process to underrepresented groups who meet minimum requirements.

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The closing date for this position is 14/05/2026 at 23:59