Role: Senior Marketing Coordinator - Snowboxx Festival
Start date - April 2025
Role type - Full time contract
Company Overview
Mainstage Festivals is a market leader in overseas festivals. We specialise in delivering music events at unique locations.
Our portfolio features diverse events, including Snowboxx, a 5,000-person festival in the French Alps, boutique summer festivals like Kala in the Albanian Riviera, and collaborations with top promoters, such as Explorations with Anjunadeep and ION with LWE & Junction 2.
Our current portfolio features a variety of events, including Snowboxx, a 5,000-person festival held at a ski resort in the French Alps, boutique summer festivals held at a beachside location in the Albanian Riviera, and events in collaboration with top promoters such as Anjunadeep, LWE and Warehouse Project.
Who we are looking for
We are looking for an ambitious individual to join our Marketing team to help us deliver the best event marketing in the field for Snowboxx festival.
To succeed in this role, you must have previous experience in event or music marketing, in-depth knowledge of social media and email marketing, and a keen understanding of the target audience for Snowboxx festival. Since this is a ski festival, you need to be able to ski or snowboard.
At Mainstage, we have a brilliant variety of personalities but there are a few traits we all have in common. New Mainstage recruits should be passionate, determined, dedicated, adaptable, resilient and be aligned with our company values.
Collaborative: We think and work as one team, always supporting each other
Passionate: We are enthusiastic and love what we do
Innovative: We are ambitious, proactive and think creatively
Trustworthy: We work honestly and can rely on our team to achieve the best
Tenacious: We don’t give up, are resourceful and give our all to achieve the best
Role overview
As the Senior Marketing Coordinator for Snowboxx, social media and email marketing will be the main areas you will be working on.
On the social media front, you will be responsible for creating and sharing content on our social channels, communicating and engaging with our followers as well as briefing and managing external freelancers such as designers, photographers and content creators.
On the email front, you will be responsible for creating email campaigns targeting audiences at different stages of the marketing funnel.
Besides the day to day marketing activities, you will also be responsible for coordinating the delivery of campaign milestones like ticket launches and line up announcements.
As the main point of contact between the audience and the brand, you will be providing valuable input for the marketing campaigns. As such, you are expected to understand the needs of the target market and the type of messaging that appeals to them most.
Creativity, project management and communication skills are key to this role, as well as the ability to handle different projects simultaneously and meet tight deadlines.
You will report directly to the Marketing Director.
Responsibilities
Senior Marketing Coordinator
Social media
Manage the social media channels for Snowboxx including Instagram and TikTok, understanding the idiosyncrasies of each platform and algorithm
Produce compelling copy for different mediums and platforms, ensuring the tone of voice and brand personality is maintained and the copy is optimised for each medium.
Create, edit and source engaging content for our channels
Source and manage external creators and freelancers on producing social and marketing content before and during the event
Stay up to date with social media and content trends and provide continuous feedback and ideas to improve our social media presence
Build and maintain the brand’s relationship with its audience, finding ways to engage, connect and provide value to our followers.
Monitor DMs and work closely with customer relations team
Email marketing
Use Mailchimp to produce compelling email campaigns for different audiences at different stages of the marketing funnel
Manage and oversee email automations and lead nurturing campaigns
Assist the other departments to send operational emails and SMS campaigns
Digital marketing
Work with other departments to coordinate announcements, tickets launches and other campaign milestones
Work with brand and media partners to coordinate announcements and delivery of partnership items
Maintain website up to date
Analytics and customer insights
Weekly campaign reports
Brand management
Share brand feedback and audience insights with other departments to ensure the customer experience at the event is aligned with the brand identity and its online presence
Work with internal teams to ensure messaging and tone of voice is consistent across all channels and methods of communication
Monitor market trends, research consumer markets and competitors’ activities
At event
Manage social media channels during the event
Brief and manage content creators, photographers and videographers
Personal
Passionate about events, marketing and communication
Excellent copywriting and storytelling skills
Ability to use data to inform and optimise creative decisions
Up-to-date on the latest trends and technologies in digital marketing, social media, content and design
Great team player, able to take full ownership of the role and collaborate with the rest of the marketing team, as well as other teams in the company and external stakeholders
Accountable for the output of your work, dependable and trustworthy. Able to deliver as promised, on-time, and within budget consistently
Keen eye for detail
Eager to pursue innovation and push boundaries
Requirements
At least 2 years of digital marketing experience
Bachelor’s degree in marketing or relevant field desirable
Keen understanding of the target audience of this festival and the skiing world
Project and campaign management experience
Hands on experience in content creation management is desirable
Skier / boarder
Able to travel internationally
Other perks
Flexi working hours
Remote working, with the option to work one day a week from a London-based office
23 days of paid leave per year + bank holidays
10 headspace days per year
Cycle to work scheme
Company social programme
Bonus Incentives
Accommodation, travel & catering included at events
Working abroad scheme
Inclusion & Equality
Mainstage Festivals recruit, employ, train and promote regardless of age, disability, gender, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race (including colour, nationality, and ethnic or national origin), religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation or gender reassignment.
At Mainstage, we aim to create a family feel, where a diverse mix of talented people want to come, to stay and do their best work. For this reason, our recruitment process is based purely on merit, experience and values.
We believe that multiculturalism, unique personalities, varied points of view and diverse backgrounds are essential to growing the company and creating customer experiences that will last a lifetime.
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Mainstage Festivals is a market leader in overseas festivals. We specialise in delivering music events in unique locations.
Our current portfolio includes Snowboxx, our 5000 person festival in a breath-taking ski resort in the French Alps. The much acclaimed Kala. Which became Albania’s first ever international music festival in 2018, and paved the way for new music events in the stunning Albanian Riviera. Inner State, our latest festival designed to reinvigorate mind, body and soul. Explorations, a festival we run in partnership with Anjunadeep. ION, an event in collaboration with LWE & Junction 2, and finally, Hospitality on the Beach. A project in collaboration with Hospital Records.
Mainstage Festivals will also be launching several new projects in the coming years, with further expansion of the team to manage a wider range of festivals and events.