Marketing & PR Coordinator

JBM Music is hiring a Marketing & PR Coordinator to deliver campaigns, PR, creators / influencer content and lead on CRM across our festivals, club shows and live events.

Live music is the day job here, and we want someone who lives and breathes it.

• JOB TITLE – Marketing & PR Coordinator
• REPORTS TO – Marketing Manager
• SALARY – £28,000 to £36,000 per year (dependent on experience)
• LOCATION(S) – Manchester City Centre (office-based) On-site / on-location for live events / shows as company schedule requires.
• HOURS – 9:00 to 17:30 | Monday to Friday
• CONTRACT – Permanent & full-time basis.
• START DATE – Position available from November 2026 (flexible for notice periods).
• HOLIDAY – 28 days annual leave inc. of public bank holidays, exclusive of TOIL.
• PENSION – Workplace Pension.
• PROBATION – 6-month probation period.

JBM Music is a leading independent live music event company, producing festivals, club shows and live events across the UK. Our family of brands includes Reggae Land
, All Out Festival
, Boogie town
, Electric Paradise
, Electric Heart
, Barton LIVE
, The Balearic Garden and 90s Baby
, alongside a year-round calendar of club and live shows.

With over 25 years in the live music industry across dance, reggae, soul, bass, urban and live genres, from our home in Manchester.

We work on some of the biggest festivals in the UK, and we also own Joshua Brooks, one of Manchester’s best underground nightclubs and bars. We’re a growing company and this is an exciting time to join.

We are looking for a marketer who wants to help spread the word about the legendary artists & emerging talent we’re working with. Creating brands with recognition and establishing the next sell out shows!

As our Marketing & PR Coordinator, you will work alongside the Marketing Manager to help curate and deliver campaigns across six to seven events at any one time, sharing ideas and helping bring them to life through social media management, e-flyers, press coverage and overseeing creator / influencer content. All public-facing activity is approved by the Marketing Manager before it goes out, so this role is for go-getters who are organised, proactive and comfortable working to deadlines.

And when the lights go on, you’ll be boots on the ground, bringing our online into reality through content capturing and helping bring our brands to life.

• Campaign Delivery.
  • Keep activity across your events on time and on brief, chasing partners and suppliers as needed.
• Email / CRM.
  • Write, build and send e-flyers, and keep our audience lists clean and segmented.
• Social Media.
  • Plan and run our social channels, including Stories, scheduling and short-form content.
• You Tube.
  • Manage uploads across our three channels, from titles and thumbnails to playlists.
• PR.
  • Write press releases, pitch stories to the media and report on coverage.
• Editorial.
  • Write news and feature articles for our key brands, covering artist stories, announcements and event updates.
• Creators / Influencers.
  • Find and work with creators, from outreach and costs through to results.
• Content & Asset Support.
  • Develop fresh content ideas for campaigns, turn them into clear designer briefs and keep assets organised within the marketing plan.
• Planning / Reporting.
  • Keep calendars and trackers up to date and send a weekly update on progress and risks.

• Those who’ve done this before and smashed it. At least two years in venues or in the sunny festival fields, you know the UK scene like the back of your hand.
• Excellent copy-writing and proofreading, with a strong eye for detail.
• Confident editing short-form video and social content in Cap Cut or similar.
• Hands-on experience with Meta and Tik Tok, including scheduling, stories and short-form content.
• At home with…