At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead multi-channel marketing campaigns to support life-saving work against cancer.
- Company: Join Cancer Research UK, a leading charity dedicated to beating cancer.
- Benefits: Generous salary, flexible working, and extensive career development opportunities.
- Other info: Inclusive workplace with a focus on wellbeing and personal growth.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in the fight against cancer while growing your marketing skills.
- Qualifications: Experience in multi-channel campaigns and strong team collaboration skills required.
The predicted salary is between 33000 - 37000 £ per year.
Individual Giving – £33,000 - £37,000 plus benefits.
Reports to: Marketing Manager – Individual Giving
Directorate: Marketing, Fundraising & Engagement
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time 35 hours per week
Location: Stratford, London – office based with high flexibility (1-2 days per week in the office)
Closing date: 12 July 2026 23:55
Visa sponsorship: Must be eligible to work in the UK; Cancer Research UK does not offer visa sponsorship.
At Cancer Research UK, we exist to beat cancer. We are looking for an experienced and commercially minded marketing professional to join our Individual Giving team as a Product Marketing Senior Executive. The Individual Giving team sits within our Marketing and Digital department and is responsible for driving support across six key income‑generating products. Our largest focus is regular giving, which represents the charity’s second largest source of income and plays a vital role in funding Cancer Research UK’s life‑saving work.
What will I be doing?
- Lead the delivery of campaign setup, development and launch across multiple channels (including ALT digital channels, direct mail, email, social), working closely with agencies, multiple delivery teams and staying on time and within budget.
- Translate cross‑channel integrated briefs into production‑specific briefs, leading on the delivery of data and digital campaign set‑up requirements in collaboration with Data Selections, Adobe, Web Analyst, Social and Marketing Delivery teams.
- Take responsibility for content and creative production, working with agencies, freelancers and in‑house Creative Team to develop compelling creative across a range of channels.
- Adopt a solution‑driven, problem‑solving attitude when faced with campaign challenges.
- Lead in‑campaign reporting and post‑campaign analysis, sharing recommendations for optimisation and to improve the effectiveness of future campaigns with the Product Marketing Manager and key stakeholders.
- Work with UX experts to devise pre‑launch test and learn initiatives, using results to recommend optimisation opportunities.
- With Marketing Executive support, lead on all aspects of campaign delivery including direct‑mail production and new supporter letter fulfilment.
- Keep the marketing activity plan up to date and ensure upcoming campaigns and activity are briefed to the correct teams in advance, taking into account team SLAs.
- Work collaboratively with teams across Fundraising & Marketing to share learnings and best practice.
What are we looking for?
- Relevant experience delivering multi‑channel campaigns from planning through to execution and analysis, meeting campaign KPIs (experience working paid social and display is beneficial).
- Good understanding of end‑to‑end supporter or customer journeys and the role of different channels in fully integrated campaigns.
- Experience managing and motivating agencies to drive maximum value from relationships.
- Commercially aware and experienced working within budgets.
- Data‑driven with a good understanding of UX principles and experience interpreting results and recommending optimisation opportunities.
- Experience developing highly effective campaign assets for use across channels.
- Experience building positive working relationships and working effectively as part of a team.
- Experience managing own workload, meeting deadlines and effectively handling changing priorities.
What will I gain?
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.
Equal Opportunity
We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures, in particular those from ethnic minority backgrounds who are currently under‑represented. If you need adjustments to enable participation, please contact recruitment@cancer.org.uk or 020 3469 8400. Unfortunately, we are unable to recruit anyone below the age of 18, to protect young people from health & safety and safeguarding risks.
