Marketing & Communications Officer

Do you have bags of initiative, are you an exceptional writer with an eye for design and a keen interest in the arts?

Yorkshire Dance are looking for a new Marketing & Communications Officer to join their team.

This is a great opportunity to gain a rounded experience of marketing and communications in a busy arts organisation, including digital and traditional marketing, fundraising and press and PR. You don’t need a background in the arts but transferable skills and a passion for the arts are essential.

About Yorkshire Dance

Each year Yorkshire Dance supports 200 local dance artists, hosts 4 dance festivals, runs 4 sub-regional dance networks and delivers 1,500 weekly community dance sessions for over 1,500 participants. Dance sessions take place in our studios, in community centres and care homes throughout Leeds and Bradford. You can find out more about our current programmes on our website and social media.

Main duties

Marketing

• Support delivery of the Marketing & Audience Development Strategy
• Support planning and delivery of marketing campaigns
• Creation of digital and print assets
• Copywriting for newsletters, blogs, social media and print
• Evaluation of marketing campaigns using tools such as Salesforce CRM, Impact & Insights, Illuminate and Survey Monkey
• Support the staff team to adhere to best practice in data management
• Manage Yorkshire Dance’s archive of video, photography and print materials

Digital Marketing

• Update Yorkshire Dance’s website and social media
• Create digital content taking a video-first approach
• Write and create e-newsletters
• Collect and analyse digital analytics

Press & PR

• Write and distribute press releases
• Manage press and media interviews and activities
• Manage Yorkshire Dance’s reciprocal relationships
• Develop and update Yorkshire Dance’s press database

Fundraising

• Support the delivery of Yorkshire Dance’s fundraising strategy
• Plan and deliver individual giving campaigns
• Collect and write up compelling case studies
• Write small-scale applications to potential funders and reports for existing funders

Benefits

Yorkshire Dance offers a supportive work environment, in addition to a range of benefits including:

• Training opportunities both relevant to your role and the organisation (e.g. the full staff team have recently undertaken training in anti-racism, Dementia Awareness and Trans Awareness)
• Pension scheme
• An annual Go See Fund to purchase tickets for dance performances (and complimentary tickets for most performances run by Yorkshire Dance)
• Membership of the Arts Marketing Association
• Maternity and sickness pay in line with our policies
• Tech scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Bus to Work scheme (discounts on First Bus and Trans Dev)
• Eye care

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How to apply

To apply please send your application form in WORD format explaining how your skills and experience meet the person spec. Please do not send CV’s as these will not be seen by the interview panel.

Email your completed application form to admin@yorkshiredance.com before the closing date of: 10:00am on Wednesday, 13 August 2025.

Interviews will take place at Yorkshire Dance in Leeds City Centre (or online if required) on w/c 25 August 2025.

If you would like a version of any of the application material in an alternative format Yorkshire Dance can provide a plain text word document or large print. Please do not hesitate to contact them and they will do all that they can to support your application. Please call Yorkshire Dance on:0113 243 8765 or email admin@yorkshiredance.com

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