The British Library
Commercial Marketing Officer
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Location: St Pancras
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time (36 hours)
Salary: £31,244 per annum
About the role
We are looking for a creative, enthusiastic and organised Marketing Officer to join our Commercial Marketing team at the British Library. You will be working across a range of commercial services, from retail, publishing and membership, to catering, venue hire and digitisation.
- You will use your campaign and planning experience to support the Marketing Manager in the development and reporting of major campaigns.
- You will also take ownership of select projects, monitoring against defined objectives.
- You will be adept at communication and be comfortable liaising with media buyers, creative and digital agencies and stakeholders across a range of commercial areas.
- You will have a creative flair and be responsible for the planning, copywriting, production, and distribution of effective promotional materials, content and digital assets.
- You will also work closely with our content co-ordinator on campaign and newsletter material.
- You will keep data at the heart of everything, whether that's campaign planning or reporting results back to key stakeholders.
- You will also monitor the budget for select campaigns, raising purchase orders and processing invoices as required.
- Alongside other members of the Marketing team, you will also be a central point of contact for Library colleagues, suppliers and partners, as well as external marketing enquiries.
- The post holder will work a minimum of three days in the office per week, dividing their time between the Marketing and Commercial Services teams, to enable effective working with our frontline teams who work on site five days per week.
- On occasion the postholder may have to work out of office hours (for events, filming and other work) and from other Library locations.
- The post holder will also visit, and may on occasion work from, the Library’s northern campus at Boston Spa, West Yorkshire, as necessary.
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About us
We are the national library of the UK and we are here for everyone. Our shelves hold over 170 million items – a living collection that gets bigger every day. Although our roots extend back centuries, we aim to collect everything published in the UK today, tomorrow and far into the future. Our trusted experts care for this collection and open it up for everyone to spark new discoveries, ideas and to help people do incredible things.
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What we can offer you
- 25 days’ holiday plus 2.5 privilege days in addition to 8 statutory Bank Holidays
- Access to a defined benefit Civil Service pension scheme.
- Flexible working arrangements, including flexi-time.
- Full details of employee benefits can be found on our Careers: Benefits
Things you need to know
- We are unable to provide sponsorship under the UK Skilled Worker visa for this role.
- Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check (DBS check).
- Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn.
- We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian, Mixed Race and other ethnically diverse candidates and disabled candidates. Creating an inclusive workplace is the core of our business and a way to engage the diversity of thought that is essential to achieve our aims.
Closing at 23:59 on Sunday 2 August 2026
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