Marketing Manager

Overview

Marketing Manager for 79th edition of Edinburgh International Film Festival. The Marketing Manager will play a crucial role in engaging public and industry audiences with EIFF and its programme, including promoting key messaging for the new iteration of the Festival and ensuring high level consistency across all communications. The role is responsible for the effective development, delivery and management of the marketing and audience development campaign for EIFF 2026, promoting the vision and enhancing the reputation of the Festival, and driving ticket sales and participation through various communication channels both online and offline.

This includes digital content, display, print management, venue dressing, any required marketing and media partnership management, and sales and audience data tracking and analysis.

The Marketing Manager will work with other teams, external agencies and partners to ensure that the marketing and audience development campaign is effective. The Marketing Manager heads up the Marketing team, which includes the Marketing Coordinator, Publications Coordinator, Digital Campaigns Coordinator, Ticketing Coordinator, Display Coordinator, Photo Editor and Videography/Photography team.

5 days a week by agreement within standard office hours of 9.30 to 17.30, Monday to Friday. At peak times, and particularly immediately before and during EIFF, it will be necessary to work outside standard hours and ment of overtime is not applicable to this post.

Fixed term contract. February 2026 – October 2026

£31,000 - £35,000

If you would like to apply for the post, please send us your CV along with a cover letter (no more than 1 side of A4) outlining why you are interested in the role and why you think you would be a suitable candidate, referring to the job description and person specification. Please also complete the online equal opportunities monitoring form.  

and cover letter to recruitment no later than 6pm on Monday 5 January 2026.

The deadline is Monday 05 January 2026 at 18:00.