Production Marketing Manager

About Trafalgar Entertainment

Co-founded by Sir Howard Panter and Dame Rosemary Squire in 2017, Trafalgar Entertainment (TE) is a premium international live entertainment business focussed on new productions, venue ownership, Performing Arts education, theatre ticketing, the distribution of live-streaming innovative content and the provision of great theatres where people can come together to share in the experience of live entertainment. TE is home to Trafalgar Theatres, The Chiswick Cinema, Trafalgar Theatre Productions, Trafalgar Releasing, Trafalgar Tickets, Stagecoach Performing Arts, Drama Kids/Helen O’Grady Drama Academy, ticketing company London Theatre Direct, Stagedoor, Jonathan Church Theatre Productions, and Imagine Theatre.

About Trafalgar Theatre Productions

Trafalgar Theatre Productions produces new shows and classic musicals in London, across the UK and internationally, including the Tony and Olivier award-winning smash hit musical, Jersey Boys, at Trafalgar Theatre alongside a UK & Ireland Tour, a National Theatre co-production of Michael R. Jackson’s critically acclaimed, Pulitzer Prize and multi award-winning musical A Strange Loop at London’s Barbican Theatre in the summer of 2023, a major revival of the award winning classic musical Anything Goes at London’s Barbican Theatre in the summers of 2021 and 2022, The Merchant of Venice 1936 (in partnership with the RSC), the current 50th Anniversary World Tours of The Rocky Horror Show with numerous engagements in Australia and the UK and the Lincoln Center and London Palladium award-winning production of The King and I at the Dominion Theatre and UK Tour.

Job Summary

As Production Marketing Manager, you will join our fast-paced Production team based in Central London, managing marketing campaigns on our plays and musicals in London and across the UK. This is a key role in a busy production office as we continue to develop and expand our production portfolio, with a host of new productions planned for 2024 and beyond.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead on the campaign strategy, planning, and delivery for plays and musicals in the West End and on tour across the UK delivering first class campaigns.
• Motivate and inspire local venue teams and continue to build Trafalgar Theatre Productions reputation as a leading, collaborative partner to UK venues.
• Manage third-party ticket agents, planning pro-active sales campaigns with them.
• Liaise with venues to collaboratively agree ticket pricing, and manage revenue management strategies, ensuring ticket prices reflect local market demand and maximise box office income.
• Lead on the creative development and brand strategy for your productions.
• Lead on the CRM and data collection strategy across all productions.
• Maintain detailed campaign reports for upward stakeholder management.
• Work across the business, including with Trafalgar Theatres and other lines of business to ensure cross group promotion.

Skills

• Proven experience in marketing management, including campaign planning, strategy, budgeting – preferably gained within an entertainment setting.
• A problem-solving self-starter who isn’t afraid to roll their sleeves up and get into the detail on campaigns, with the ability to think on their feet.
• Strong attention to detail with the ability to show enthusiasm and initiative.
• Enthusiastic with a can-do attitude and can deliver on big ideas at short notice.
• Excellent administration skills.

This role requires you to be based and work from our Strand Production office full time.

If you think this is the role for you, please submit your CV and a covering letter detailing why you think you’re right for the role via the recruitment portal.

Trafalgar Entertainment is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

We are curious, courageous, and ambitious, empowering people to challenge and innovate in pursuit of excellence.