Communications and Marketing Officer

Salary: £32,000
Contract type: full time
Closing date:
Friday 25 September, 5pm

This is a fantastic opportunity for a creative and organised communications professional to join the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), one of the world's leading drama schools. Working within a busy and collaborative Communications and Marketing team, the Communications and Marketing Officer will play a key role in promoting RADA's productions, public events, student initiatives and wider academy activities.

The role spans digital marketing, content creation, social media management, website publishing and email marketing, offering variety and the chance to make a visible impact across multiple audiences. You'll lead the day-to-day management of RADA's social channels, create engaging content for campaigns, coordinate marketing activity for productions and events, and deliver effective e-marketing campaigns, including RADA's popular What's On communications.

Working closely with colleagues across the Academy, including Productions, Development and Box Office teams, you'll help bring RADA's stories to life, attract audiences and support student recruitment and engagement. You'll also monitor and evaluate campaign performance, using insight and data to inform future activity.

We're looking for a strong communicator with excellent copywriting skills, digital marketing experience and a passion for creating engaging content. An interest in theatre, performance and the arts would be a distinct advantage. Above all, you'll be collaborative, proactive and committed to supporting RADA's values of inclusion, equity and artistic excellence.

Founded in 1904, RADA has an unparalleled record of success in training some of the world’s most renowned actors and technical specialists. Ours is an impressive history on which we are building an innovative future. RADA training is not only informed by the industry but also produces graduates who take their place at the vanguard of their profession working at the cutting edge of the dramatic arts.

We have an ambitious strategy to encourage students from all circumstances and backgrounds to come to RADA.

We aim to be fair and equitable and enable dialogue in a world of rapidly changing demographics and evolving definitions of identity. Through our approach to teaching, learning and wider social engagement we foreground equitable and sustainable practice in a way that sets high standards and feeds expectations for fair and considerate behaviour both in RADA and beyond. Our access and participation programme aims to remove any barriers that students from underrepresented groups may encounter so they are able to access and succeed on our courses, and progress into the industry.

This is an exciting time to join us. We are developing a new vision and strategy for RADA, building on its existing successes to redefine training in the dramatic arts for the 21st century, focusing on key themes of training and student experience, growth, industry, and international dialogue and engagement.

In addition to our aims for our vocational training, we are working from our foundational strengths to grow our income streams through life-changing work, aligned with our core pedagogy and ethos. We aim to co-create with industry and other stakeholders to build on our reputation as a centre of excellence and innovation in our field.

RADA is dedicated to Equal Opportunities and to creating a safe and inclusive environment for all and seeks to achieve diversity amongst its staff to reflect the community it serves. RADA is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults at risk, and expects all staff to share this commitment.