Job Description

We’re looking for a Head of Marketing and Communications to lead on the marketing, communications and sales functions for Hackney Empire.

They will be responsible for the overall marketing and communications strategy for the organisation, leading on generating revenue through ticket sales and developing new and existing audiences across our multi-artform, variety programme.

They will champion the Hackney Empire brand and work to keep building our profile locally, nationally and internationally as we move towards our 125th anniversary, continuing to foster and celebrate our relationship with local communities as Hackney Empire becomes ever more central to the UK theatre ecology and narrative.

Disabled and D/deaf people are currently under-represented at Hackney Empire, we will offer an interview to anyone who identifies as D/deaf or disabled if they are able to demonstrate they meet the person specification.

Recognising under-representation of people from the global majority in our Heads of Department Team, we actively encourage people from the global majority to apply for this role.

To find out more about the role, please download our Recruitment Pack (PDF) here, download our Recruitment Pack (Large print Word document) here, or via the links below.

To apply: Please send your CV and a covering letter (no more than two sides of A4) setting out your interest in the role and examples of how you meet the person specification to recruitment@hackneyempire.co.uk with the reference ‘HEHOMAC’ as the subject line.

Please also send us a completed equal opportunities monitoring form, which you can download below, with your application. This form is for statistical purposes only and will not be used in the assessment of your application.

If you need any of our recruitment documents in a different format, please email recruitment@hackneyempire.co.uk or call 020 8985 2424 and we will send them over to you.