Head of Marketing

Greater London, Kensington and Chelsea, UK (Hybrid)

Salary Not AvailableSenior LevelFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Own the brand and marketing leadership across Columbo Group’s music businesses, shaping distinct identities, building teams, and driving audience growth and demand through integrated brand, content, and CRM strategies.

  • Growth & Demand: Drive audience growth, ticket sales, and long-term demand through aligned brand and content workstreams.
  • Team & Systems: Build marketing systems and coach a high-performance, multi-brand team across venues.
  • Strategic Partnerships: Partner with senior leadership on long-term growth and new opportunities while preserving brand integrity.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Leading the overarching brand and marketing strategy across all music businesses
  • Managing and developing a team of Marketing Managers across multiple brands and venues
  • Overseeing content, creative, and design teams to deliver standout campaigns and content strategies
  • Driving audience growth, ticket sales, and long-term demand
  • Leading paid media strategy, audience development, and CRM direction
  • Ensuring each brand has a clear, distinct voice, identity, and positioning
  • Building marketing systems, processes, and reporting structures to improve performance
  • Partnering with senior leadership on long-term growth strategy and new business opportunities

Requirements

  • Has significant senior-level marketing experience within music, culture, entertainment, nightlife, or live events
  • Understands how to build culturally relevant brands that drive commercial performance
  • Has experience managing creative, content, and marketing teams
  • Thinks strategically while remaining highly executional and detail-oriented
  • Has a strong understanding of audience psychology, digital marketing, and modern discovery behaviour
  • Demonstrates excellent creative judgement and high standards for brand and design
  • Can balance short-term commercial results with long-term brand building
  • Is highly collaborative and confident leading cross-functional teams
  • Has a strong track record of managing, developing, and coaching individuals in a high-performance, commercially driven environment

Preferred

  • Experience marketing clubs, festivals, live music venues, or ticketed events
  • Deep understanding of nightlife and music culture
  • Experience launching new venues or concepts

Benefits

  • Unlimited guest list and tickets across Columbo events
  • 50% discount on food and drink across all venues
  • Regular team socials
  • Pension plan
  • Reporting directly to the CEO as part of the leadership team
  • Working hours: 10am–6pm (Wednesdays WFH)
  • Creative office environment above Jazz Cafe in Camden, surrounded by passionate, music-driven people
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The Columbo Group

We bridge the gap between music and hospitality. We create incredible experiences. We support emerging artists. We are independent.Venues. Festivals. Events.Jazz Café. The Blues Kitchen. The Parakeet. Phonox. The Old Queens Head. Columbo Music. Maiden Voyage Festival. Eastern Electrics Festival.

Founded in 2006
London, England, GBR
210 employees (48 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
4.9K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
52.5%
Direct
34.8%
Referral
7.1%
Social
4.3%
Paid
1.1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~210

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
23 (11% of company)