Communications Officer

Brighton Dome & Brighton Festival; Brighton; Hybrid; GBP 26,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Brighton Dome & Brighton Festival is seeking a full-time Communications Officer to plan and execute media and digital campaigns for events across our venues and Brighton Festival. You will secure media coverage across regional outlets and support campaigns with an external PR agency, while ensuring stories are told across social channels.

The role requires strong communication and copywriting skills, attention to detail, and the ability to work collaboratively with colleagues and external

Qualifications

• Strong communicator and copywriter with attention to detail.
• Experience in securing media coverage across regional outlets.
• Experience supporting campaigns with external partners.

Responsibilities

• Plan and execute media and digital campaigns for events across multiple venues.
• Secure high-quality media coverage across print, online and broadcast.
• Collaborate with Marketing and external PR agency to tell stories across channels.
• Build relationships with internal and external stakeholders and manage competing priorities.

Skills

Strong communicator

Copywriting

Media relations

Digital campaigns

Job description

Brighton Dome & Brighton Festival is looking to recruit a full-time Communications Officer to help plan and execute media and digital campaigns for events across our three venues, Brighton Festival and Create Music – one of the largest music education services in the UK. You will be joining the organisation at a busy time so will need to be flexible, reliable and team-oriented in your approach to work, with a positive can-do attitude. You will be responsible for securing high quality, impactful media coverage across a range of regional media outlets, including print, online and broadcast for our year-round events programme and will support on the communications campaign for Brighton Festival working with an external PR agency. You will work with colleagues in Marketing to ensure Brighton Dome & Brighton Festival and Create Music’s stories are told across the organisation’s social media channels. The successful candidate will be a strong communicator and copywriter with excellent attention to detail, ideally with previous experience in a communications role. You will be capable of building relationships with a range of internal and external stakeholders with a keen interest in arts and entertainment, comfortable using your initiative and working collaboratively with colleagues, and able to manage competing priorities effectively.

Closing date for applications: 9am, Tuesday 1st September 2026

Interviews will be held on: Week beginning 7th September 2026

BDBF values diversity, promotes equality and challenges discrimination. We encourage and welcome applications from all backgrounds and all parts of the community, particularly ethnically diverse people who are currently under-represented. All applications are judged on merit.