Job Ref: ROY1053
Branch: Royal Navy Museums, Portsmouth
Location: Royal Navy Museums, Portsmouth
Salary/Benefits: Salary (Grade 6): £35,588 - £37,811 per annum (dependent upon experience
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time
Hours per week: 37.5
Posted date: 25/08/2026
Closing date: 06/09/2026
At Royal Navy Museums our vision is linking navy and nation with inspiring stories and experiences. From world-famous ships and immersive visitor experiences to captivating exhibitions and events, our museums connect people with the Royal Navy's remarkable past and present.
Based at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, you'll work at the heart of a world-renowned destination, helping to drive visits, commercial performance and audience growth.
If you're an ambitious marketer who thrives on delivering measurable results, this could be the perfect next step in your career.
This is a great opportunity to join the team:
Our Marketing Team plays a vital role in supporting commercial success for Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, Royal Navy Museums: Naval Aviation, Royal Navy Museums: Hartlepool and Royal Navy Museums: HMS Caroline. Working within an integrated team of campaign, content, CRM, digital and performance specialists, we develop campaigns that inspire visitors, support income generation and bring our extraordinary stories to life. We combine creativity with commercial focus, using audience insight, performance data and collaboration to deliver marketing that drives results.
What you can bring:
As Campaign Manager, you'll take ownership of the end-to-end planning, delivery and optimisation of marketing campaigns across Portsmouth Historic Dockyard and the wider Royal Navy Museums group. You'll be responsible for translating commercial objectives into effective multi-channel campaigns that deliver against visitor, income and return-on-investment targets. You will lead campaign development from briefing and planning through to execution and evaluation, ensuring all channels work together effectively, and every campaign is optimised for performance. You'll work closely with internal stakeholders and agencies while acting as the single point of accountability for your campaigns. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced marketer who enjoys balancing commercial thinking, data-led decision making and creatively.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop and deliver integrated marketing campaigns aligned to commercial and audience objectives.
- Create campaign plans, briefs, messaging and channel strategies.
- Manage campaign delivery across OOH, broadcast, digital, CRM, web, content and all paid media channels.
- Monitor campaign performance and continuously optimise activity to maximise results and return on investment.
- Manage campaign budgets and performance targets.
- Use insight, analytics and audience data to inform decisions and improve campaign effectiveness.
- Manage external agencies and suppliers.
- Line manage and support the development of the Campaign Coordinator.
About you:
You'll be a commercially minded marketing professional with a proven track record of delivering integrated campaigns that achieve measurable results.
We're looking for someone who has:
- Experience delivering multi-channel marketing campaigns with clear performance accountability.
- A strong understanding of campaign strategy, audience targeting and performance marketing.
- Experience managing budgets and achieving revenue or demand-generation targets.
- Strong analytical skills and the ability to turn insight into action.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
- Experience managing agencies and external suppliers.
- The ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment with multiple competing priorities.
What it's like to work here:
Working for Royal Navy Museums means being part of a team that is passionate about creating memorable experiences for visitors. You will join a supportive and inclusive organisation where collaboration, creativity and continuous improvement are encouraged. We value fresh ideas, celebrate success together and are united by a shared purpose. Whether you're early in your marketing career or looking for your next challenge, this is an exciting opportunity to develop your skills within the cultural and heritage sector.
What we offer:
- The opportunity to be part of a friendly and diverse workplace within a unique heritage environment.
- Group pension plan with Royal London (6% employer contributions, 2% employee contributions and death in service benefit).
- 25 days’ annual leave (plus bank holidays) pro rata for part-time employees, increasing to 30 days’ annual leave (plus bank holidays) after 5 years’ service, pro rata for part-time employees, with the option to purchase additional annual leave.
- Enhanced maternity/adoption and paternity pay.
- Flexible working.
- Employee Assistance Programme.
- Free admission to other national museums and attractions within the reciprocal agreement.
- Discounts at our shops and cafes.
- Free and discounted tickets for family and friends.
- A range of other benefits including cycle to work
- Paid reservist leave.
We want you to succeed and showcase your skills and experiences, so if you are invited to interview, we will share our interview questions with you ahead of time. If you would like to have an informal discussion regarding the role, or ask any questions, please contact Sharna Bennett, Performance and CRM Lead, on email [email protected].
All applicants are asked to apply via https://jobs.royalnavymuseums.org.uk/ by midnight on Sunday 6th September. The selection processes will be held on site in Portsmouth shortly after.
If you require reasonable adjustments to be made to the application process because of a disability, please contact the People team on [email protected] for support.
This post requires a DBS check as a requirement of working on the naval base, as well as the right to work in the UK. Please note we cannot currently sponsor work visas.
