THEATRE PECKHAM: WHERE TALENT MEETS OPPORTUNITY Marketing & Communications Officer

Our Vision: We are building a representative and inclusive society where everyone can participate in, lead, work in, and enjoy creativity and culture.

Background Information: Rooted in south-east London, Theatre Peckham is a multi-award-winning cultural hub for artistic excellence and social change. For 40 years we’ve opened doors to the arts, amplified underrepresented voices and proven that creativity belongs to everyone.

In our 40th year, we celebrate decades of inspiring creativity and ambition. Through our programmes and productions, we inspire young people, diversify the theatre landscape, champion underrepresented voices and nurture talent. Theatre Peckham is where stories come to life, talent is nurtured, and creativity makes a difference.

Your Stage, Your Story, Your Theatre Peckham

We platform young voices and local creatives with national and international ambition, presenting bold, innovative productions in our 200-seat theatre, studios and at Canada Water Theatre. Our work reflects and engages hyper-local audiences while telling stories that resonate far beyond our community.

Theatre Peckham is recognised for producing high-quality work, telling powerful stories and building strong relationships with audiences. We value partnerships and collaboration, working with artists, educators and organisations to create opportunities, develop talent and reach new audiences.

At Theatre Peckham we value Representation, Collaboration, Innovation, Ambition and Relationships.

This is an opportunity to join a dynamic team working collaboratively as a driving force for change within the industry.

Job Title: Marketing & Communications Officer

Report to: Managing Director

Work alongside: Marketing & Digital Officer

Work closely with: Artistic, Academy & Hires Teams

Purpose of Role: Responsible for coordinating communications, content and brand messaging across Theatre Peckham and Canada Water Theatre. The role focuses on content creation, PR support and engagement, ensuring a clear and consistent voice across all activities.

Key Responsibilities:

Storytelling & Content Development

Contribute to and maintain narratives across both venues for productions, Academy activity, hires and community programmes.

Work with internal teams to develop compelling editorial content for blogs, newsletters, case studies and impact storytelling.

Support the documentation and communication of events, performances and organisational activity.

Website Content & Editorial Accuracy

Write, edit and maintain all website copy for Theatre Peckham and Canada Water Theatre, ensuring clarity, accuracy and consistency of tone of voice.

Deliver and update editorial content for pages including shows, events, Academy activity, hires and organisational information.

Ensure all website content reflects approved communications messaging and brand identity.

• Work with the Marketing & Digital Officer to ensure content is correctly published and displayed on the website.

Physical Marketing Displays

• Ensure physical print marketing material is kept visible and up to date on-site across both venues

Facilitate the sharing of print marketing materials at targeted events e.g. community days and Academy classes

• Coordinate and update the Theatre Peckham foyer digital screen to ensure content is current and relevant.

PR & External Communications

• Support press and media activity, including drafting/editing press releases and coordinating assets.

Support relationships with local and arts press, partners and stakeholders through regular communications and information sharing.

Monitor media coverage and produce summaries and insights reports.

Collaboration & Brand Alignment

Work closely with the Marketing & Digital Officer to ensure consistency across all digital and offline communications.

Contribute to audience insight gathering through qualitative feedback and narrative analysis.

• Support organisational events, launches, press nights and other activity across both venues.

Ensure all communications activity involving personal information complies with GDPR and organisational data protection policies.

Box Office Listings & Event Set-Up

Input and maintain accurate event information for listings in the ticketing system (Ticketsolve), ensuring consistency with approved communications copy.

Ensure event descriptions, imagery and public-facing information are accurate, on-brand and aligned with campaign messaging.

Liaise with the Marketing & Digital Officer to ensure smooth transition from event creation to digital promotion and ticket sales.

Print, Production & Communications Budget Support

Support the planning and coordination of print and production requirements for marketing and communications materials across both venues.

Work within agreed budgets for print and communications production, ensuring cost-effective delivery of materials.

Liaise with suppliers where required (e.g. printers, freelancers, photographers) in line with organisational procurement processes.

Track and record communications-related production costs and provide information to support budget monitoring.

Person Specification

• Excellent writing, editing and proofreading skills with strong attention to tone and detail.

Experience producing communications for multiple audiences and platforms.

Ability to translate artistic and community work into engaging storytelling.

Understanding of PR, media relations or communications planning.

Highly organised, proactive and able to manage multiple deadlines across two venues.

Strong interpersonal skills and confident collaboration across teams.

Interest in theatre, youth arts, community engagement and cultural storytelling.

General

• Advocate for Theatre Peckham’s reputation and activities both within Theatre Peckham and in the wider arts community.

• Undertake other duties as may be required.

Undertake other duties as may be required; for example, all staff may occasionally be required to work on the reception desk.

• Maximise revenue and minimise expenditure whilst ensuring best possible practice across all areas of work

Actively adhere to Theatre Peckham policies, including Equalities (diversity, access, equal opportunities), Safeguarding policies.

Act always in the best interest of Theatre Peckham

Minimise the Theatre’s environmental impact wherever possible adhering to and supporting its Sustainability Policy.

Work to practical understanding and knowledge of current Health and Safety legislation and Licensing regulations

This job description is a guide to the nature of the work required of this position. It is neither comprehensive nor restrictive and does not form part of the contract of employment.

Terms:

This is a full-time position at 35 hours per week (excluding unpaid breaks)

Work address: Theatre Peckham, 221 Havil Street, London SE5 7SB and Canada Water Theatre, 21 Surrey Quays Road, SE16 7AR

Normal working hours for this role are 10am-6pm, (including a 1 hour unpaid break per day), Monday-Friday.

Salary: £26,936 per annum (London Living Wage)

Annual leave entitlement:

All entitlements are exclusive of the standard 8 bank holidays in any year.

23 days on joining

24 days after 2 years of service

25 days after 3 years of service

26 days after 4 years of service

28 days after 5 years of service

These figures reflect the full-time annual leave entitlement. If you work part-time and/or start or finish your employment part-way through an annual leave year (1st April to 31st March, inclusive), your entitlement will be pro-rated accordingly.

Festive Period Leave

All employees will be required to take a maximum of three days of annual leave to cover all working days between 27th - 31st December each year.

The successful candidate will be expected to apply for an enhanced DBS check or hold a valid enhanced DBS certificate granted in the past 6 months.

Theatre Peckham is a family friendly employer and can consider flexible working hours to suit the successful candidate. We are committed to creating a workforce which is representative of our society and to bringing together those with a variety of skills and experiences, to help shape what we do and how we work.

Theatre Peckham is an Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation.

Deadline: 10am, Monday 10th August 2026

Interviews: w/c 17th August 2026

Start Date: Ideally September; exact start date to be discussed dependent on the successful applicant’s availability.

How to apply: Please email the completed application form (which can be downloaded from our website) to admin@theatrepeckham.co.uk and ensure you have completed the Equal Opportunities Form linked here.

Any questions, please contact us at

admin@theatrepeckham.co.uk

Office number: 020 7708 5401

Please title the job application document in the format “First Name-Last Name-Role Title”.

Please note that only applications submitted on Theatre Peckham’s Application Form, sent to us via email will be considered. We do not accept CVs.

Theatre Peckham welcomes and encourages applications from everyone regardless of their age, gender identity, sexuality, ethnicity, religion, or belief.

GUIDANCE NOTES FOR APPLICANTS

These notes are intended to help you to participate in the selection process as effectively as possible by providing us with all the information needed to demonstrate how you meet the requirements of the job. Please read these notes carefully before completing your application form. If you have any difficulty in completing the form, please contact Tash Berg on admin@theatrepeckham.co.uk / 020 7708 5401

APPLICATION PACK

There are 2 documents that you need (1) Job description (2) Application Form. We also ask that you complete the online Equal Opportunities Monitoring form linked above. The documents are all available to download on the Theatre Peckham website and the link for the online Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form can also be found on the website. If you cannot obtain copies, please contact us for support. The purpose and key tasks and responsibilities of the position are set out in the job description. It is important to read all the information carefully before completing the application form.

COMPLETING THE APPLICATION FORM

General Points

Please do not attach your CV or copies of education certificates to your application form.
Applications in the form of CVs will not be considered.

Please return via e-mail.

We understand that AI tools can be used to assist with applications, however these tools often make submissions sound generic. We strongly encourage you to write in your own voice and share your personal experiences, so your application authentically reflects who you are.

Working through the form

Ensure that you clearly state the full job title on your application form.

If you are applying for a job share, please state this on the application form. Each individual will need to complete a separate application form.

Think about what evidence you can provide to demonstrate you have the necessary knowledge, experience, skills, and attributes to do the job. You may also want to include voluntary/unpaid work experience, or experience gained in a role of responsibility in one of your leisure pursuits if this is relevant to the requirements of the job.

• The section titled 'Supporting Statement' is particularly important. This is where you make your case for why you wish to apply for the job and what makes you a suitable applicant.

In this section, it is important that you provide evidence demonstrating your knowledge, experience and skills relevant to the role. You should give specific examples of your achievements and explain how these show that you meet each requirement.

Provide all relevant information and complete every section, as the selection panel can only consider what you include in your application.#Remember to proofread your application form carefully and keep a copy for your own records before submitting.

Please return your application form to Theatre Peckham and ensure that it reaches us before the closing date. Late applications will not be considered. If you are having problems returning your form, please get in touch.

SHORTLISTING

Shortlisting will take place soon as possible after the closing date, and within two weeks of the submission date. This process is always carried out by at least two people. If you are shortlisted, you will be invited to interview via email.

In some cases, the selection process may involve two stages, and applicants may be asked to attend a second interview with a task to complete. Full details of any additional arrangements will be provided. All offers of employment at Theatre Peckham are subject to receipt of satisfactory references. Due to the high volume of applications, we are unable to provide individual feedback. However, every applicant will be contacted with the outcome of their application and the outcome of their interview.

Additionally, under the Asylum and Immigration Act, we are required to check that anyone taking up employment with us has the legal right to work in the UK. All successful applicants will, therefore, be asked to provide us with documentary evidence to support their entitlement to work in the UK prior to taking up employment.

DATA PROTECTION ACT, 1998

Information provided by you as part of your application will be used in the recruitment process. Any data about you will be held securely with access restricted to those involved in dealing with your application and in the recruitment process. We are the data controller for your personal data and will ensure it is used and stored in accordance with the Data Protection Act (1998), the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations (2003) and as of the 25th of May 2018, the EU General Data Protection Regulation (EU 2016/679). If you are the successful candidate, your application form will be retained and form the basis of your personnel record. Information provided by you on the equal opportunities monitoring form will be used to monitor Theatre Peckham’s equal opportunities practices. By submitting your completed application form you are giving your consent to your data being stored and processed for the purposes of the recruitment process, equal opportunities monitoring and your personnel record if you are the successful candidate.

Good luck with your application!

Theatre Peckham is a registered charity and is grateful for the support we receive. With special thanks to

ARTS COUNCIL ENGLAND

phf Paul Hamlyn Foundation