Trade Communication and Marketing Executive - FTC until January 2028

Carnival UK (P&O Cruises & Cunard); Southampton; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee Discounted Cruising

Minimum 25 days leave

Health cash plan

Life Assurance

Job summary

Carnival UK is seeking a Trade Marketing and Communications Executive on a fixed-term contract to January 2028. The role sits within the CUK Commerce Department and focuses on trade-facing communications to support sales performance across P&O Cruises and Cunard.

You will deliver messaging across email, trade web, social channels and trade press, collaborating with Sales, Marketing and Brand teams while monitoring budgets and staying aligned to brand guidelines. Hybrid work is available.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering trade or commercial communications across multiple channels.
• Ability to translate complex commercial priorities into clear messaging.
• Proven track record working with Sales and Marketing teams.
• Experience managing or tracking communications budgets or spend.

Responsibilities

• Deliver trade communications across email, trade web, social media and trade press.
• Translate commercial priorities into concise communications for different trade audiences.
• Collaborate with Sales, Marketing, Brand, PR & Events and other teams to align messaging and assets.
• Work with the Sales Operations Manager to manage the annual Trade Communications budget.

Skills

Trade communications

Cross-functional collaboration

Budget tracking

Messaging translation

Job description

Job Description

We are seeking a Trade Marketing and Communications Executive on a FTC until January 2028 to bring fresh insights and expertise to our CUK Commerce Department.

Role Overview

The role operates within the P&O Cruises Sales Department, focused on trade-facing communications that support sales performance and trade engagement across P&O Cruises and Cunard. Working alongside the Senior Consultant, Communications and Senior Executive, Communications, the role delivers activity across email, trade web, social media and trade press channels, collaborating across Sales, Marketing, Brand, PR & Events and other CUK teams.

• Delivering trade communications across email, trade web, social media, trade press and other agreed channels, ensuring messaging is clear, accurate, timely and aligned to Sales objectives and trading priorities.
• Translating complex commercial priorities, offers and sales activity into concise and compelling communications, adapting messaging for different trade audiences while supporting the wider P&O Cruises and Cunard brand narrative.
• Collaborating with Sales, Marketing, Brand, PR & Events and other CUK teams to coordinate content, assets and approvals and ensure consistent application of brand guidelines across trade-facing communications.
• Working closely with the Sales Operations Manager to manage and track the annual Trade Communications budget, prioritising activity, monitoring spend and supporting effective commercial returns.

This role is positioned at CUK10 level within our organisation and is available on a full-time, fixed term/secondment basis until January 2028. We offer hybrid work including up to two days from home.

What You'll Bring

• Demonstrable experience delivering trade or commercial communications, with ownership of planning and execution across relevant communications channels.
• Experience translating complex commercial or sales information into clear, accessible messaging, with a practical understanding of brand guidelines and communications consistency.
• Proven ability to work cross-functionally with Sales and Marketing teams while independently managing competing priorities and deadlines.
• Experience managing or tracking communications budgets or spend, alongside strong commercial awareness.

About You: The Ideal Candidate

• Strong personal accountability, taking ownership for the quality, accuracy and timeliness of communications.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, building trusted relationships and working effectively across multiple teams and stakeholders.
• Sound judgement and strong prioritisation skills, confidently balancing competing demands and knowing when to escalte sensitive matters.
• An adaptable, continuous improvement mindset, seeking feedback and identifying new approaches to improve the clarity, consistency and impact of communications.

Application Guidance

Diversity is our strength, and we encourage applications from those with varied experiences, whether you meet every listed requirement or not. If you’re passionate about our guests and looking for an opportunity to grow, we’d love to hear from you.

Why Join Us?

Working with us means more than just a role in guest experience. It’s about being part of a team that values well-being and personal growth.

Read our employee experience guide to learn more about life as a Carnival UK colleague here.

Here’s what we offer:

• Employee Discounted Cruising plus Friends and Family offers
• Minimum 25 days leave, bank holiday allowance and holiday trading scheme
• Recognition scheme with prizes and awards
• Regular office events including live entertainment, lifestyle events and charity partner fundraisers
• Extensive learning and development opportunities
• Employee-led networks
• Employee Assistance and Wellbeing programmes
• Company paid Health Cash Plan and health assessment
• In-house Occupational Health help and access to digital GP
• Life Assurance
• Parental and adoption leave
• Employee Shares Plan
• Electric Car and Cycle to Work schemes
• Onsite restaurant offering range of healthy cooked and grab and go meals
• Discounted retail and leisure via discounts portal
• Contributory Defined Contribution Pension scheme
• A friendly welcome with help settling in

Recruitment Journey

For more information on your recruitment journey, please visit our Candidate Journey Map.

About Us

Holidays are one of life’s greatest pleasures. Having the chance to relax, escape and explore is a magical thing. And there is no better holiday than a cruise.

No one knows cruising like Carnival UK, where talented people from across the globe come together to create unforgettable holiday happiness. As part of the world’s largest holiday travel and leisure company, we take enormous pride in bringing to life two of the most iconic brands from Britain’s rich seafaring heritage, P&O Cruises and Cunard. Collectively they have been delivering unbridled joy, boundless adventure and lifelong memories to millions of people for over 350 years. And in a multi-million pound global holiday market, where cruising has barely scratched the surface, we have the opportunity to do that for many, many more people.

Our diverse yet tight knit teams share high standards, heartfelt values and passion for our purpose. Our Culture Essentials describe the expectations we have for ourselves and of each other, in building a culture that supports safe, sustainable, compliant operations and celebrates diversity, equity and inclusion.

It’s through the successful delivery of these extraordinary travel experiences for our target markets and our distinctive culture, that we hope to become Travel’s Employer of Choice.