Community & Event Marketing Executive

St John Ambulance; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent charity organization is seeking a Community & Event Marketing Executive to drive income growth through targeted campaigns. You will manage the delivery of both online and offline acquisition strategies, leveraging data and insight. The ideal candidate has experience in third sector marketing and is skilled in running successful digital campaigns. With a focus on collaboration and creativity, this role supports a vital mission in serving communities across the UK. Hybrid working is available.

Benefits

Competitive salary and pension scheme

33 days holiday increasing to 38 days

Cycle to work scheme

Health and Wellbeing portal

Qualifications

• Educated to GCSE level with minimum Grade C/4.
• Experience in a third sector direct marketing role.
• Proven track record of running digital campaigns.

Responsibilities

• Manage acquisition campaigns from concept to evaluation.
• Collaborate with data teams for effective campaign delivery.
• Manage relationships with media and design agencies.

Skills

Digital campaign management

Data analysis

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Education

GCSE level including Maths & English

Job description

Community & Event Marketing Executive

Hybrid

Full Time/Permanent

Closing Date: 19/12/2025

Our offer to you

We pride ourselves in being a great place to work, providing a supportive culture with opportunities to grow and develop your career, achieve a healthy work life balance and to be recognised for the great work you do.

• Competitive salary and pension scheme
• 33 days holiday (inclusive of bank holidays) – increasing to 38 days over 5 years
• Hybrid, Flexible working
• Cycle to work scheme
• Electric Vehicle Scheme
• Health and Wellbeing portal – access to financial, health and wellbeing support and an Employee Assistance Programme
• Discounts – you will have access to Blue Light and NHS Discounts as well as discounts on mobile phones, gym membership, cinema tickets, restaurants, holidays and shopping

About Us

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a team of over 1,400 employees and over 28,000 volunteers, united by our goal of saving lives through essential first aid services, training and campaigning. As a charity with rich heritage and a long history of serving humanity, we are proud of our past and excited about creating a healthier, safer, more resilient future.

St John Ambulance works at the heart of communities, supporting and enabling them to access and receive physical and mental health first aid. We do this through developing and providing effective community response and outreach services (e.g. Ambulance response) and using our longstanding expertise to empower people with vital clinical skills and the confidence to use them (e.g. our Volunteers and Community Advocates, and Young Responders programmes).

Job Summary

The purpose of this role is to support the Community & Event Giving team in delivering growth in income through a range of campaigns both online and offline. The role will focus on supporting the acquisition strategy which includes using data and insight to deliver across a variety of channels including digital, email, social media, direct mail, telemarketing and SMS. Working with the Development manager the role is responsible for the implementation, creation, day to day management, evaluation, and delivery of the acquisition portfolio.

About You

• You will be educated to GCSE level or equivalent (Grade C / 4) including Maths & English, minimum 5.
• You will have experience in a third sector direct marketing role and of running effective digital campaigns on a national or regional basis and experience of supporting the delivery of successful new products to market.

About the Role

• Manage the delivery of acquisition campaigns from concept through to evaluation, using data and insight to drive creative and production, drawing up schedules, and managing the approval processes.
• Working collaboratively with data teams to ensure effective use of supporter profiling for delivery across a range of annual acquisition campaigns.
• Manage relationships with external agencies including media houses, designers and printers; to negotiate costs and relevant performance reviews.
• Responsible for collation of all KPI tracking, trend analysis and activity results that feed into the team's reporting and performance structure.
• Work alongside the Content team to research and develop acquisition. To gather information, case studies and photos for use in all direct marketing campaigns. Where appropriate, to liaise with external agencies such as designers and copywriters.

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We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive high volume of applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

St John Ambulance are committed to increasing the diversity of our team and making sure we best reflect the diversity of the communities we serve. At St John, everyone is valued and supported to thrive, we have several networks including Multi Culture, Disability and Accessibility, Pride, Family and Carers and Women’s groups. We do nottolerate any form ofdiscriminationandengendera sense of belonging for all, by creating an environment of mutual respect, where we value unique differences and demonstrate authentic allyship. We believe passionately in equality, diversity and inclusion.

Safeguarding & Recruitment

St John Ambulance is committed to safeguarding and we promote safe recruitment practice. Therefore, all successful applicants will undergo pre‑employment checks, including DBS Clearance, as part of the onboarding process, if applicable to the nature of the role.

Please note: St John does not accept speculative CVs and will only review CVs sent in application for an advertised vacancy.