Section
Events
Location
Town Hall
Salary
£26,824 to £28,142
Post Type
Full Time
Contract Type
Fixed Term - Ends 31/12/2027
Closing Date
23.59 hours GMT on Friday 06 February 2026
Reference
COMU01031
Marketing Assistant
Full Time – 37 hours per week
Fixed Term Contract until 31 December 2027
Grade 5: £26,824 - £28, 142 per annum
The Guild Lounge is Preston’s newest entertainment venue, a 350 seater and 500 standing capacity venue in the heart of the city centre. The Guild Lounge programme boasts a range of commercial touring shows including comedy, live music and theatre, local performance groups, and family content. All whilst delivering a quality visit to the theatre, with a full bar overlooking the historic Harris and Crown Courts.
Preston City Council’s Cultural Service now has an exciting opportunity for a dynamic Marketing Assistant with excellent stage technical skills and experience.
As Marketing Assistant, you will work with the General Manager and Marketing Consultant to deliver the marketing assets across the programme. The marketing approach will be multi-channeled using print, web, social, and digital media. You will be the main point of contact for visiting shows to agree their marketing requirements and promote the show for sale. The role will include marketing within the venue and externally, ensuring a wider local reach for the promotion of the venue.
This is a critical role for the Guild Lounge to ensure that our ambitions to set up and grow the venue are realised. You will work closely with the Guild Lounge General Manager to deliver the marketing and promotional aspects of the venue.
Preston has a dynamic and growing independent cultural sector including artist led studios, youth led arts organisations, place making experts and innovative community practice. Preston is fast becoming a focal point for the arts, culture and leisure. A bold and transformational approach is emerging, focussed upon culture and regeneration, and concentrated in the Harris Quarter area of the city centre, our city’s cultural and civic heart. This will place culture firmly as a key catalyst for change in Preston, with the Guild Lounge at the heart of new Harris Quarter.
As an employer we like to thank our employees for their hard work and commitment by giving them the opportunity to access a range of employee benefits including flexi time, a minimum of 25 days’ annual leave (plus Bank Holidays), family friendly policies, access to an Employee Assistance Programme, Local Government Pension Scheme, AVC’s, life assurance scheme, payment of professional fees, discounted parking, bus and rail fares, a cycle to work scheme and access to a healthcare insurance scheme.
International Sponsorship – this role is not open to international sponsorship.
We are a and Living Wage employer