Marketing Lead

The OpportunityHandle is supporting a fast-growing live music and entertainment company with their search for a Marketing Lead to join the team on a 12-month fix-term contract.This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced, commercially minded marketing professional to take ownership of a high-volume marketing operation, overseeing campaigns across an extensive portfolio of live music concerts and productions in the UK and internationally.This Marketing Lead is about more than simply maintaining an existing marketing function.The business has experienced significant growth, and its marketing processes and systems have evolved organically alongside that expansion. The successful candidate will play an important role in helping to bring greater structure, consistency and scalability to the function, whilst continuing to deliver an ambitious programme of campaigns and commercial results.You will at first work alongside the current Marketing Director to understand and document how the function operates, before taking responsibility for leading it throughout a maternity cover period. Key ResponsibilitiesLead marketing strategy and delivery across a diverse portfolio of UK and international live music events, concerts and productions.Monitor ticket sales, campaign performance and commercial data to identify priorities, opportunities and areas requiring intervention.Develop and implement results-driven marketing strategies across paid advertising, organic social media, email, PR and grassroots activity.Manage, motivate and support the internal Marketing Assistant, providing clear direction and effective leadership.Oversee the external marketing agency, reviewing and approving campaign strategies, creative approaches and ongoing activity.Review and approve email marketing strategies developed by the agency, whilst creating targeted standalone campaigns where required.Oversee digital, social media, email, website and PR activity, ensuring consistency and effectiveness across all channels.Work closely with partner venues to develop and deliver effective local marketing campaigns that drive ticket sales.Manage marketing budgets, monitor return on investment and ensure resources are allocated effectively.Regularly attend live music events, concerts and productions to capture engaging content for social media and email marketing channels.Identify opportunities to improve campaign performance, audience engagement and ticket sales.Introduce practical improvements that support greater efficiency, consistency across the marketing function.About YouWe are looking for a driven, creative and highly organised marketing professional who combines commercial thinking with strong operational capability.You will be someone who enjoys taking ownership, making decisions and constructively challenging existing ways of working. Equally, you will be an inspiring and supportive leader who knows how to get the best from internal teams, agencies and external partners.You will ideally bring:Significant marketing experience, ideally with direct responsibility for commercial performance.Experience managing a high volume of simultaneous campaigns, products, locations or events.A strong understanding of marketing processes, workflows and operational improvement.Strong digital marketing knowledge across paid social, organic social, email marketing and websites.Confidence interpreting sales and campaign data and translating insights into actionable decisions.Experience managing budgets and measuring marketing return on investment.Excellent organisational, communication and prioritisation skills.The confidence to take ownership and make decisions in a fast-moving environment.A creative mindset, with the ability to develop new ideas and explore different approaches.Experience within live music, concerts, live entertainment, events, theatre, touring or ticketing would be particularly advantageous.The role is predominantly remote, with regular travel to events and occasional in-person meetings with the Marketing Director, who is based in the North West of England. The successful candidate should therefore be comfortable with occasional travel to the region as required.If you are an experienced marketing professional looking for a role that combines commercial responsibility, creative opportunity and operational development, please apply. Handle actively welcomes applicants from under-represented backgrounds - we pride ourselves on attracting the best talent for every opportunity through a commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion.

A well-established international entertainment business is looking for a hands-on HR Business Partner maternity cover, to start in January.This is a broad, generalist role supporting around 100 employees across a varied and creative business, working closely with the Head of HR and partnering with managers across the organisation. It's a great opportunity for someone who enjoys being close to the day-to-day, building trusted relationships and getting involved in everything from employee relations and recruitment through to wider people initiatives.There's also plenty of opportunity to get involved beyond the day-to-day, supporting organisational design, DE&I initiatives, group reporting and wider HR projects. You'll play an active role in raising the profile of the HR function, promoting training and benefits, and contributing to company-wide communications and town halls.The ideal candidate will be an all-rounder with at least four years' HR experience, solid employee relations knowledge and a good understanding of current employment legislation. Someone who is confident working with stakeholders at all levels, naturally builds rapport and can balance discretion with a pragmatic, solutions-focused approach.The role is due to start in January, so would be an ideal fit for somebody finishing an FTC this year!Handle Recruitment is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

We're working with a growing theatre company, looking for a Senior Finance Manager to lead the Production Finance function and support a busy portfolio of live productions. This is a senior, hands-on role with responsibility for a team of four, combining production accounting, technical accounting, tax, cash flow and stakeholder management. Responsibilities: Oversee weekly production reporting, providing General Managers with a clear view of pre-production costs, running profits and show-by-show performanceLead and manage a team of 3 production Finance professionals, ensuring timely and accurate production accountsOversee monthly management accounts, group reporting and production profit forecastsManage and oversee production, group, SPV and investor cash flow forecasting and reportingEnsure appropriate technical accounting treatment is applied across productions, including consolidation, equity accounting and level of control considerationsOversee taxation and compliance requirements across productions, including Theatre Tax Relief and other relevant production tax mattersEnsure statutory accounts and tax returns are completed accurately and on timeAct as a key point of contact for the annual audit, working closely with auditors and senior finance stakeholdersReview weekly payment runs and work closely with purchase ledger and payroll teams to ensure effective transactional processingContribute to budgeting and reforecasting processes, maintaining accurate show-by-show profit forecastsIdentify and lead process improvement initiatives, making effective use of existing and new finance systemsProvide technical accounting and tax advice to the Productions team and wider business Requirements:ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualified accountantStrong experience within live entertainment, theatre or production financeProven experience in production accounting, ideally across multiple live productionsStrong understanding of the technical accounting, taxation and compliance requirements relevant to live productions, including Theatre Tax ReliefPrevious line management experience, with the ability to lead and develop a teamComfortable managing multiple priorities and delivering accurate work to tight deadlinesExperience of process improvement and finance systems, with a track record of improving processes and ways of workingStrong Excel and financial reporting skills Handle actively welcomes applicants from under-represented backgrounds - we pride ourselves on attracting the best talent for every opportunity through a commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion.