Advertising Sales Officer

Closing date: 10: యొక్క Wednesday 28 January 2026

Interview date:
Thursday 05 February 2026

End date:
Friday 11 September 2026

Location:

Office based, central Edinburgh

The idea at the heart of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe is simple: anyone with a desire to perform and a venue willing to host them is welcome. No individual or committee determines who can or cannot perform at the Fringe.

It all began in 1947 with eight companies – six of them from Scotland – taking a risk, turning up uninvited and performing on the ‘fringe’ of the inaugural Edinburgh International Festival. Over 75 years later, the Fringe has grown to become one of the greatest platforms for creative freedom in the world.

The Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society was founded by artists to nurture and uphold the Fringe's values of inclusivity, experimentation and imagination. We exist to support, advise and encourage everyone who wants to participate in the Fringe, provide information and assistance to audiences, and celebrate the Fringe and what it stands for all over the world.

As a registered charity, the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society relies on diverse revenue streams to support its work. This includes advertising sales within the official printed programme, the website, public email bulletins and through initiatives like the ‘Services Directory’ resource, for artists.

The Advertising Sales Officer sits within the Marketing, Communications and Sponsorship team, reporting to the Sponsorship Manager, and plays a key role in supporting the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society’s revenue generation by managing the sales and delivery of advertising across both digital and printed assets. This role is responsible for ensuring that artists, companies, and corporate partners receive a high‑quality service and that campaigns are delivered accurately.

The successful candidate will perform a wide range of duties, including but not limited to:

• management of advertising bookings from our artist and corporate rate cards, for printed programme and website/digital assets
• generate new corporate advertising revenue through pro-active outreach (Linked In / networking)
• account management of all advertising bookings, from booking to completion, including set up of website advertising campaigns (via Google Ad Manager)
• regular internal reporting on campaign progress to key teams, as well as external reporting to bookers
• working closely with the Marketing, Communications and Sponsorship content team to leverage opportunities to promote advertising opportunities to external stakeholders
• supporting the successful delivery of other sales initiatives, such as the digital Service Directory Dialogue and printed Local Business Directory, as required
• attendance at events to represent the Fringe Society, network and leverage new revenue opportunities.

• Experience in sales and account management, preferably advertising sales.
• Strong organisational skills with excellent attention to detail.
• Confident communicator with the ability to effectively manage relationships with artists, companies and corporate clients alike.
• Highly IT literate and comfortable working across a range of platforms, with the ability to troubleshoot independently.
• Ability to work under pressure and manage multiple deadlines during a busy festival period.
• Experience selling a variety of print and digital advertising packages, with an understanding of impression-based sales.
• Experience with Google Ad Manager – building, monitoring and reporting on campaigns.
• Experience working within a performing arts festival / venue, major events, tourism or hospitality environment.

The rate of pay for this post is £14.55 per hour.

Normal working hours 35 hours a week, worked from 10:00 to 18:00, Monday to Friday with a one-hour unpaid lunch break. In the run up to and during the festival you may be required to work different hours in response to business needs.

We are a flexible working employer and therefore are happy to discuss flexible working at any stage of the application process. We are unable to offer full remote working for this position, however we…