Senior Marketing Manager

Senior Marketing Manager Job details

Location: St Pancras

Contract: Fixed Term for 13 months

Hours: Full time (36 hours)

Grade: A

Salary: £43,867 per annum

This is the starting salary for this role unless the successful candidate is able to evidence being in receipt of a higher salary in which case this may be reviewed.

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced senior commercial marketer, with strong business acumen, to join our team for a 13‑month maternity cover and devise effective marketing strategies to meet ambitious revenue targets for the British Library. From increasing memberships and sales in our brilliant shop to raising the profile of our very own publishing range and the incredible venue spaces we offer in our iconic St Pancras building.

As a key post bridging the Marketing and Commercial Services teams, you’ll use your extensive experience of managing stakeholders to forge strong, collaborative relationships and influence decision‑making at all levels.

Leading and motivating your team, you will oversee almost all revenue‑generating campaigns, as well as use of the British Library brand in commercial activities. Customer insight and data will be at the heart of everything you do and you’ll regularly commission research and analysis to inform markets, targets, product development and pricing strategies. As a creative and strategic thinker, you’ll use your skills to find innovative solutions to deliver against our objectives.

All revenue for the British Library helps keep a world of ideas and inspiration open for everyone, so this is a fantastic opportunity to use your commercial experience and expertise to make a difference to future generations.

We are the national library of the UK and we are here for everyone. Our shelves hold over 170 million items – a living collection that gets bigger every day. Although our roots extend back centuries, we aim to collect everything published in the UK today, tomorrow and far into the future. Our trusted experts care for this collection and open it up for everyone to spark new discoveries, ideas and to help people do incredible things.

• 25 days’ holiday plus 2.5 privilege days.
• Access to a defined benefit Civil Service pension scheme.
• Flexible working arrangements, including flexi‑time.
• Full details of employee benefits can be found on our Careers:
  Benefits page.

• We are unable to provide sponsorship under the UK Skilled Worker visa for this role.
• Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check (DBS check).
• Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn.
• We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian, Mixed Race and other ethnically diverse candidates and disabled candidates. Creating an inclusive workplace is the core of our business and a way to engage the diversity of thought that is essential to achieve our aims.

Closing at 23:59 on Sunday 5 July 2026

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