Marketing Coordinator

DeedMob B.V; Hatching Green; Hybrid; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Part time

Job summary

A local historical society in Harpenden is seeking a Marketing Officer to promote its heritage activities. The ideal candidate will have a creative marketing background and experience in managing social media and digital content. This flexible role allows for home working but encourages participation in society activities. Responsibilities include supporting events, creating marketing materials, and managing online presence. If you are passionate about history and marketing, this position could be a great fit.

Qualifications

• Experience in traditional and digital marketing.
• Ability to work flexibly and participate in events.
• Strong communication skills for engaging with various audiences.

Responsibilities

• Support annual activities and events program.
• Produce content for press releases and promotional materials.
• Manage digital marketing output across various channels.
• Evaluate performance and recommend improvements.

Skills

Creative marketing background

Experience with social media

Graphic design skills

Job description

Harpenden History Society: Preserving and sharing the stories of our town – past, present and into the future. We bring Harpenden’s heritage to life.

Flexible hours · Starting from 1 Apr 2026

Working with trustees & members, you will play a big part ensuring the Society effectively uses traditional and digital marketing tools to achieve its aims.

Working closely with social media and graphic design specialists, your role will be to deliver clear, consistent and engaging messaging to our members, volunteers, and the wider community. We see the role suiting someone with a creative marketing background who understands how great marketing can drive engagement, create growth, and develop a strong visible presence. While the role could be performed largely from home, we hope the person appointed will enthusiastically participate in our activities. The time you can give us can be fitted around your diary commitments.

What You'll Do

Areas you'll cover will include:

• Supporting the society's annual activities and events programme and future development plans
• Gathering and producing text and graphics content that tells our story through press releases, posters, leaflets and presentation material
• Managing the digital marketing output across our website, social media channels, and emails
• Using feedback and monitoring data to evaluate performance and recommend improvements
• Sharing your expertise with us.

To learn more about the opportunity please contact us. For further information, please visit our website.

Related to

• Creative
• Marketing & Communications
• Social media
• Design
• Art & culture
• Education

Getting there

Our museum is located in Rothamsted Park and is close to the Harpenden Leisure Centre.

About Harpenden History Society

Harpenden History Society: Preserving and sharing the stories of our town – past, present and into the future. We bring Harpenden’s heritage to life.

• We are a registered charity run entirely by volunteers
• Manage a free museum with a rolling programme of exhibitions
• Share our love of history and heritage with evening talks to members, community groups and the public
• Care for a growing archive at the museum and undertake further historical research
• Run a website which is regularly visited by the public