Marketing Internship

We're looking for a Marketing Intern to join our promotions team at The Columbo Group for 3 months, starting in January 2027

WHO WE ARE

The Columbo Group - we are a founder-led team behind some of the UK's most loved music, nightlife and hospitality brands, including Jazz Cafe, The Blues Kitchen, Phonox, The Old Queen's Head and The Parakeet. Alongside our venues sit festivals including Maiden Voyage, Eastern Electrics, Jazz Cafe Festival and our live promotions and touring business, Columbo Music.

WHAT THIS IS

A 3-month marketing internship within our teams that put our live music shows on sale. You'll move through our teams working on real shows from first announcement to sold-out night. By the end, you'll have a real understanding of how to sell a ticket and how we catch our audience's attention.

We believe in genuine growth. We're not just here to fill calendars and grow artists; we're here to grow the people who run them too. Our best talent stories have started as interns and now lead up their areas of the business. This opportunity with us is where that could start for you.

SHOW US WHO YOU ARE

Your background

No job title needed. Anything you’ve done for music and events counts, whether that’s putting on a night, selling a ticket, working a gig, volunteering at a festival or promoting a show with flyers, socials or a mate’s band. Tell us what you did and how you pulled it off.

You live for Music

Nobody asked you to. You booked the room, wrote the piece, ran the night or built the playlist people actually play. What pushed you to do it?

Which promoter is getting it right? Which act is about to blow up? Why does one show sell out while another struggles? Pick one and tell us what you’d do with it.

HOW YOU STAND OUT

Without just telling us you love music. Show us.

Include one thing you've made, run or pushed in the last year: a night, a campaign, a set, a zine, a playlist, a piece of writing. Link it in your application. That's the one we'll remember.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Follow live shows from first announcement to sold-out night
• Support with planning and running campaigns across paid, email, web and social
• Track ticket sales, flag the shows that need a push and suggest the fix
• Put forward ideas in the room and build a portfolio of real work

WHAT YOU GET

• Three months of hands-on music marketing across live shows and venues
• Mentorship from our Marketing and Music teams
• A free guest list to every Columbo Group event and festival
• 50% off food and drink across our venues
• Regular team socials
• A real shot at a job with us after the placement

WHAT TO EXPECT

• Start date: January 2027
• Salary: £26,500 per year
• Contract: 3-month fixed-term
• Hours: 32 hours per week over four days (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday), 8 hours per day
• Working pattern: this isn’t a standard 10am to 6pm role. You’ll attend live shows as part of the job so some evenings/weekends will be needed.
• Location: our offices are at The Blues Kitchen and The Jazz Cafe in Camden.