At a Glance
- Tasks: Create impactful email and SMS campaigns to inspire action against cancer.
- Company: Join Cancer Research UK, a leading charity dedicated to beating cancer.
- Benefits: Enjoy a competitive salary, generous benefits, and flexible working arrangements.
- Other info: Collaborative team culture with opportunities for personal and professional growth.
- Why this job: Make a real difference while developing your marketing skills in a supportive environment.
- Qualifications: Passion for marketing, strong communication skills, and experience with email platforms.
The predicted salary is between 25000 - 30400 £ per year.
Salary: £25,000 - £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 Teams
Interview date: W/C 27th July 2026
About the role
At Cancer Research UK, we exist to beat cancer. We’re looking for an Email & SMS Marketing Executive to join Cancer Research UK on a fixed term basis and help deliver high-quality, impactful campaigns that bring our work to life and inspire action. This role supports the delivery of a wide range of email and SMS campaigns, working closely with marketing teams across the charity. You’ll help plan supporter journeys, optimise communications, review performance, analyse results, and use insights to improve future campaigns.
What you’ll be doing
- Working in a team of six to build and send email and SMS campaigns using Adobe Campaign
- Managing administrative tasks to ensure smooth running of the Email & SMS team processes, including user access for tools like Taxi for Email and Adobe Campaign
- Working with marketing teams to plan and deliver email and SMS marketing campaign plans on time
- Supporting the Email & SMS Marketing Senior Executives with larger email optimisation and delivery projects
- Working collaboratively with other Digital Marketing teams, such as Website and content teams, to ensure the whole supporter journey is optimised
- Gathering learnings of digital marketing trends or changes and implementing these at Cancer Research UK
- Supporting reporting and post-campaign analysis, sharing recommendations on how to improve future campaigns
What we’re looking for
- Interest and enthusiasm for Marketing and a desire to learn and develop skills in email and SMS Marketing
- Ability to use Microsoft Office packages including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
- Ability to prioritise, manage conflicting deadlines, work well under pressure, and manage multiple tasks simultaneously
- The ability to build strong working relationships and collaborate effectively
- Experience of sending emails through an Email Marketing Platform
- Understanding of audience segmentation, personalisation, and UX principles and experience of interpreting results
- Experience of writing email content, running marketing campaigns, and subsequent campaign analysis
Benefits
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.
Equality and diversity
We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures, in particular those from ethnic minority backgrounds who are currently under‑represented. We do not recruit anyone below the age of 18 to protect young people from health & safety and safeguarding risks.
