Marketing Officer in Leeds

Hours: Full-time (34.5 hours per week over 5 days)

Location: Hybrid working (40% working from the office in Leeds)

Salary: £26,073.23 - £29,345.65

Contract: Fixed term for 12 months (maternity cover)

DBS: An enhanced check will be required.

About us

At Epilepsy Action we are inclusive, ambitious, supportive, and committed to creating a world without limits for people with epilepsy. We understand the importance of a work life balance, and that's why we have a number of ways to support our people to achieve this. By operating a flexible and supportive approach, we empower people to work in a way that suits them that also meets the need of the charity.

About the role

It’s been an incredible few years for Epilepsy Action with a re-brand and national campaigns reaching millions of people. We are now an established YouGov Top 200 UK Charity and have grown our financial turnover and scale dramatically. Despite this, there’s still more to do to realise our vision of a ‘world without limits for everyone with epilepsy’ by 2030. The challenge now is to double down on the momentum of the past few years. To continue to challenge stigma and raise awareness of the UK’s largest hidden disability. To do that we’re looking for someone to join our award winning marketing team. Someone with creative flair and an understanding of marketing. Someone who thrives in a collaborative environment and has excellent organisation skills.

This will be a varied role covering digital and print marketing. It is an excellent opportunity for someone at the beginning of their marketing career; whether that’s straight out of uni or after a couple of years in another role. This is an environment where you can develop new skills by learning from a multi-disciplinary team. You’ll play a central role in bringing marketing and communications plans to life, coordinating design and content assets so they land on time, with the right message and to the right people.

At Epilepsy Action we recognise the power of collaboration and teamwork, so our team members with hybrid contracts can expect to work a minimum of 40% at our office in Leeds. On average this is 2 days a week, normally on Mondays and Thursdays, for full-time employees. The expectation to collaborate face-to-face is driven in part by your role and the activities you need to do which may vary from time to time, so you will need to work in a flexible way to help us create a world without limits for people with epilepsy.

About you

• Wants to gain experience from working in a high performing team
• Is a self-starter and enjoys working collaboratively as part of a team to deliver great work
• Has a passion for marketing and enjoys creating content that drives results
• Is highly organised and can coordinate people and projects to ensure deadlines are hit
• Is fluent in the language of data and can use these insights to create creative briefs
• Can pick up new systems and processes quickly and meticulously manage brand assets

Interested?

If you are interested in what you have read so far you can either submit your application via our online portal or alternatively if you still have some questions before applying you can contact us for a friendly informal chat.

Being an Inclusive Organisation

We want everyone in our community regardless of their backgrounds, identities, abilities, or circumstances, to feel valued and respected to participate fully. We know that inclusivity isn’t about numbers; it’s about embracing diversity and ensuring that everyone's voice is heard, needs are met, and contributions are acknowledged. We recognise that each person’s experiences shape how they think and having diverse representation across the organisation is fundamental to achieving our ambitions. Despite this we are not as diverse as we would like and we actively encourage applications from people from all backgrounds and cultures, in particular those from ethnic minority backgrounds who are currently under-represented. We are also proud to be a Disability Confident Leader, this means we encourage applications from disabled people, and we are committed to interviewing disabled applicants who demonstrate through their application that they meet the essential criteria in the person specification. We want to support you to perform your best so if you require any reasonable adjustments please let us know.

Safer Recruitment

Epilepsy Action will ensure that all staff and volunteers who work in roles which are legally entitled to get a DBS or Access NI (Northern Ireland) check are screened appropriate to the role. If a DBS or Access NI check reveals a conviction for a sexual offence against a child or vulnerable adult, whenever it was committed, that individual is not suitable for that role and will not be recruited. Any other convictions will be considered on an individual basis.

Closing Date: 15th June 2026 @ 9am

Informal Chat: Week commencing 15th June 2026

Interviews: Week commencing Monday 29th June 2026

Recruitment process: We believe that having an informal chat before the formal interview process allows us and you to have an open and honest conversation about the role, our organisation culture and what attracted you to apply. This is why as part of this process we will be inviting people to a 30 minute online chat with a member of our team before inviting shortlisted candidates to formal interview. As part of the recruitment process there will be a presentation task and a panel interview. If you want to find out more about what it is like to work with us visit our jobs webpage and review our FAQs. If you have a disability or long term health condition and feel that you would benefit from a reasonable adjustment as part of the process, please contact us.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications therefore early applications are advised.