REGIONAL MARKETING EXECUTIVE
Salary: £27,000 - £28,500 per annum
Reports to: Regional Marketing Manager
Department: Marketing, Fundraising & Engagement
Location: Home-based anywhere in the UK
Employment type: 12 month fixed-term contract
Working hours: 35 hours per week (we are open to Compressed Hours)
Closing date: Tuesday 19 August 2025, 23:55*
Please note: You must be eligible to work in the UK to apply for this vacancy. Cancer Research UK is not able to offer visa sponsorship.
- Please also note that we may close this role early should we receive enough interest, therefore early application is encouraged to avoid disappointment.
At Cancer Research UK, we exist to beat cancer.
We are professionals with purpose, beating cancer every day. But we need to go much further and much faster. That’s why we’re looking for someone talented, someone innovative and ambitious, someone like you.
We have an exciting opportunity for you to join us as a Regional Marketing Executive. You’ll support the Regional Marketing Manager in activating marketing delivery plans at a regional level. You’ll also help deliver best in class above-the-line regional marketing campaigns that are aligned to national activity maximising local marketing opportunities.
In this role, you’ll have the opportunity to work on campaigns for some of our most well-known products such as Big Hike, Shine Night Walk and our flagship event series Race for Life. These events support our fundraising and give you a chance to make a real impact in beating cancer.
What will I be doing?
- Supporting the translation of marketing delivery plans and budgets into regional cross-channel integrated briefs
- Supporting the Regional Marketing Manager on the delivery of brief outputs, coordinating the brief response, development and approval process
- Working with agencies, freelancers and internal Creative Team to tailor national creative to meet regional audience needs
- Supporting the regional marketing campaign set-up and management process across above-the-line channels, auditing campaign elements prior to launch
- Working in collaboration with Marketing Delivery teams to ensure regional campaigns are integrated with wider marketing programmes and spot opportunities to align activity that delivers improved supporter experiences
- Conducting in-campaign and post-campaign analysis, preparing regular reports and supporting the implementation of optimisation initiatives to improve live campaign activity.
What skills are we looking for?
- Understanding of end-to-end supporter or customer journeys and the role of different channels in fully integrated campaigns
- Experience of developing campaign assets for use across channels
- Ability to prioritise, manage conflicting deadlines, work well under pressure and manage multiple tasks to deadline
- Proven success of good stakeholder management, with the ability to build strong working relationships and collaborate effectively
- Passionate data driven marketer with an interest in regional marketing trends, developments and media planning
- High level of IT literacy, including good working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages.
What will I gain?
Each and every one of our employees contributes to our progress and is supporting our work to beat cancer. We think that's impressive.
In return, we make sure you are supported by a generous benefits package, a wide range of career and personal development opportunities and high-quality tools, policies and processes to enable you to do your job well.
Our benefits package includes a substantial retirement plan, a generous and flexible leave allowance, discounts on anything from travel to technology, gym membership, and much more.
We don't forget people have lives outside of work too and so we actively encourage a flexible working culture.
Our work - from funding cutting-edge research to developing public policy - will change the world. It's exciting to be part of our team.
How do I apply?
We operate an anonymised shortlisting process in our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion. CVs are required for all applications; but we won't be able to view them until we invite you for an interview. Instead, we ask you to complete the work history section of the online application form for us to be able to assess you quickly, fairly and objectively.
Our vision is to create a charity where everyone feels like they belong, benefits from and participates in, the work we do. We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures, in particular those from ethnic minority backgrounds who are currently under-represented.
We want to see every candidate performing at their best throughout the job application process, interview process and whilst at work. We therefore ask you to inform us of any concerns you have or any adjustments you might need to enable this to happen. Please contact
[email protected] or
020 3469 8400 as soon as possible.
Unfortunately, we are unable to recruit anyone below the age of 18, so that we can protect young people from health & safety and safeguarding risks.
