Marketing & Communications Manager

The Crafts Council; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

The Crafts Council is searching for a Marketing & Communications Manager to enhance marketing efforts across their events, gallery, magazine, and membership programme. The role requires someone experienced in marketing within a small organisation and offers a flexible part-time schedule with hybrid working based in London.

Key responsibilities include leading marketing campaigns, enhancing audience engagement, and increasing income generation through effective strategies. Ideal candidates should have strong email marketing and CRM skills, as well as excellent communication abilities.

Qualifications

• Experience in a broad marketing role, ideally in a small organisation.
• Strong email marketing and CRM skills.
• Excellent writing and communication skills.
• Ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on delivery.

Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver marketing across fairs, gallery, magazine and membership programme.
• Focus on clarity, consistency and effectiveness of marketing activity.
• Deliver high-quality campaigns for fairs and support audience growth.

Skills

Email marketing

CRM skills

Excellent writing

Strategic thinking

Job description

The Craft Potters Association (CPA) is the UK’s leading membership organisation for studio potters and ceramic artists. We are seeking a Marketing & Communications Manager to lead and deliver marketing across our fairs, gallery, magazine and membership programme. This is a broad, hands‑on role combining planning, coordination and campaign delivery across a small but ambitious organisation.

You will work across:

• Ceramic Art London
• Oxford Ceramics Fair and York Ceramics Fair
• Contemporary Ceramics gallery
• Ceramic Review magazine
• A national membership of over 2,000 makers and collectors

The role focuses on bringing greater clarity, consistency and effectiveness to marketing activity, with a particular emphasis on delivering high‑quality campaigns for our fairs and supporting audience growth and income generation across the organisation.

We are looking for someone with:

• Experience in a broad marketing role, ideally in a small organisation
• Strong email marketing and CRM skills
• Excellent writing and communication skills
• The ability to balance strategic thinking with hands‑on delivery

This is a part‑time role (3 days per week) with flexible hybrid working, based in London.