Email & SMS Marketing Executive
Salary: £2 5,000 - £30,400 plus benefits
Department: Marketing, Fundraising & Engagement
Location: Stratford, London. Office-based with high flexibility (1-2 days per week in the office).
Employment type: 12-month Fixed Term Contract
Working hours: Full time , 35 hours per week
Closing date: Sunday 19th July 23:55pm
Interview Process: One stage competency-based interview with task via MS Team s
Interview date: W/C 27th July 2026
At Cancer Research UK, we exist to beat cancer.
We’re looking for an Email & SMS Marketing Executive to join Cancer Research UK on Fixed term basis and help deliver high-quality, impactful campaigns that bring our work to life and inspire action. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a collaborative team of specialists, supporting the delivery of communications that play a vital role in funding life-saving research.
In this role, you’ll support the delivery of a wide range of email and SMS campaigns, working closely with marketing teams from across the charity. You’ll help plan supporter journeys , optimise communications, and ensure campaigns are delivered efficiently and to a high standard. Alongside this, you’ll review performance, analyse results, and use these insights to help improve future campaigns.
A key part of the role will involve building and sending campaigns using Adobe Campaign . You’ll be supported by experienced colleagues and have the opportunity to be trained on Adobe Campaign, develop your knowledge of email and SMS best practice, campaign optimisation, and marketing technology within a supportive and collaborative environment.
We’re looking for someone who is keen to build a career in marketing, with a particular interest in email and SMS Marketing . You’ll be curious, proactive, and eager to learn, with a strong approach to problem solving and the confidence to contribute ideas and see them through to delivery. You’ll be well organised, with strong attention to detail, and have excellent written and verbal communication skills. You’ll also enjoy working as part of a team and collaborating with others to deliver the best possible outcomes.
This role offers a fantastic opportunity to develop your marketing skills while contributing to meaningful work that helps fund life-saving research.
Ability to prioritise, manage conflicting deadlines, work well under pressure, and manage multiple tasks simultaneously
Our organisation values are designed to guide all that we do.
Bold: Act with ambition, courage and determination
Credible: Act with rigour and professionalism
Human : Act to have a positive impact on people
Together: Act inclusively and collaboratively
We’re looking for people who can believe in and embody these organisation values and can use them to drive forward progress against our mission to beat cancer.
If you’re interested in applying and excited about working with us but are unsure if you have the right skills and experience we’d still love to hear from you.
We create a working environment that supports your wellbeing and provide a generous benefits package, a wide range of career and personal development opportunities and high-quality tools. Our policies and processes enable you to improve your work-life balance, take positive steps in your career and achieve your personal wellbeing goals.
You can explore our benefits by visiting our careers web page .
We operate an anonymised shortlisting process in our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion. CVs are required for all applications; but we won’t be able to view them until we invite you for an interview. Instead, we ask you to complete the work history section of the online application form for us to be able to assess you fairly and objectively.
For more information on this career opportunity please visit our website or contact us at [email protected] .
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Our vision is to create a charity where everyone feels like they belong, benefits from and participates in, the work we do. We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures, in particular those from ethnic minority backgrounds who are currently under-represented.
We want to see every candidate performing at their best throughout the job application process, interview process and whilst at work. We therefore ask you to inform us of any concerns you have or any adjustments you might need to enable this to happen. Please contact [email protected] or 0 20 3469 8400 as soon as possible.
Unfortunately, we are unable to recruit anyone below the age of 18, so that we can protect young people from health & safety and safeguarding risks.
