Content and Business Development Officer in Peterborough

Content and Business Development Officer

Landmark Theatres Ltd

Location: On site / Peterborough, UK
job type: Fixed term / Part-time
Sector and subsector: Arts | Management
AnnualFixed salary:£ 28000.00

Job Summary

Are you an organised, curious and digitally confident individual with an interest in the arts, business development and the way organisations work? Landmark Theatres is seeking a Content & Business Development Officer to provide direct support to the Head of Content & Business Development across a varied and fast-moving portfolio.

In this role, you will provide essential administrative and organisational support, helping to coordinate meetings, manage information, process invoices and expenses, track actions and deadlines, and support the preparation of reports and briefings. You will also work with sales, income and business development data, helping to maintain accurate information and turn data into clear and engaging reports, presentations and visual materials.

This is an excellent development opportunity for someone who wants to gain an insight into senior leadership and the commercial and strategic running of a cultural organisation. You will have exposure to areas including business development, income generation, fundraising, audience development, partnerships, reporting and organisational strategy, while developing your own skills in administration, data, design and project coordination.

We are looking for someone who is highly organised, proactive and willing to bring their own ideas. You will be encouraged to identify practical ways to improve how information is managed, how reports are presented and how day-to-day processes can work more effectively. Confidence with digital tools, an eye for good design and an interest in data visualisation would be particularly welcome.

The successful candidate will be comfortable working independently and taking ownership of agreed tasks, particularly when the Head of Content & Business Development is working away from the organisation. Above all, we are looking for someone who enjoys making things happen, keeping people organised and ensuring that important details and actions don't get lost.

You will help to coordinate meetings and briefings, manage information, process invoices and expenses, track actions and deadlines, and support the preparation of reports and presentations. You will also assist with sales, income and business development data, maintaining accurate information and helping to turn it into clear and engaging reports and visual materials.

About Landmark Theatres

Landmark Theatres is a portfolio of regional venues in North Devon and Peterborough receiving a wide variety of arts and cultural opportunities for local communities. This includes major touring productions, high-profile live music acts, big-name stand-up comedy, dance, superb theatre and new writing. We also produce high-quality Musicals, Drama and Family productions including our annual family Pantomime in Peterborough.

Our venues consist of: Queen Theatre, Barnstaple (650 seats), Landmark Theatre, Ilfracombe (450 seats), the New Theatre Peterborough (1,100 seats) and the Key Theatre Peterborough (112 & 360 seats). We are the largest new theatre entrant to Arts Council England's National Portfolio (23-26) and are working with a number of high-quality partners such as Birmingham Royal Ballet, The National Theatre and Paines Plough.

We receive an annual grant of £1 million a year for the current three-year funding cycle from 2023-24 to 2025-26 to ensure that Landmark Theatres can deliver an ambitious artistic mission, driving quality work, inspiring and developing new talent for and with the audience we serve across North Devon and Peterborough. This funding is a great vote of confidence in our potential to deliver to areas previously underinvested in culturally. We are now building a new producing theatre organisation outside London – for the first time in a generation.

The company has strong foundations in generating income as commercially driven businesses, driving trade and strong attendance. But newly found relationships with key stakeholders such ACE have broadened the companies’ ambitions against their Let’s Create Strategy.

We pride ourselves on an in-depth understanding of the locations in which we operate. Working in areas of lower cultural engagement across the UK. We are respectful and responsive to local priorities, deliver innovation and work in partnership to empower our communities. We deliver a breadth of creative activities and ways in which our communities can engage whether that be as an audience member, participant, decision maker or through developing talent.

Landmark Theatres is a value-led organisation: innovate, include, collaborate, empower, sustain. We are committed to being diverse and inclusive and to making our workforce representative of different backgrounds and experiences of the communities we serve.

LANDMARK THEATRES LTD

Content & Business Development Officer

Job Title: Content & Business Development Officer

Responsible to: Head of Content & Business Development

Responsible for: N/A

Place of Work: Hybrid – Base location, Peterborough with travel to North Devon

Hours of Work: 20 hours a week, including some evening and weekend work

Contract: Fixed term until end of May 2027

Pension: Company Pension Scheme available

Start Date: As soon as possible.

The Content & Business Development Officer will provide direct administrative, organisational and practical support to Landmark Theatres' Head of Content & Business Development, helping to coordinate the day-to-day activity across content, business development, income generation, reporting and strategic projects.

Working across departments, the postholder will support meetings, briefings, reporting, sales and income tracking, financial administration and the preparation of presentations, pitches and business development materials. They will help ensure information is accurate, actions are followed up and key deadlines and priorities are kept on track.

The role will also provide an opportunity to develop skills in data, visual communication and business development, with the postholder encouraged to bring ideas and identify practical improvements to how information is managed, reported and presented across the organisation.

The role is subject to a 3-month probation period to ensure the successful candidate is suitably supported to carry out their duties. For this role we would require a 3-month notice period.

Key Responsibilities

Business and administrative support

• Provide day-to-day administrative support to the Head of Content & Business Development.
• Process invoices, expenses and purchase information, ensuring records are accurate, up to date and submitted within required timescales.
• Support the reconciliation and tracking of expenses and expenditure.
• Maintain organised records, spreadsheets and shared documents.
• Coordinate meetings, diaries, briefings and appointments as required.
• Prepare agendas, papers, presentations and briefing materials.
• Attend selected meetings, take clear and concise minutes or notes, and maintain an action log.
• Follow up agreed actions and deadlines, ensuring that tasks do not get lost between meetings.
• Help the Head of Content & Business Development stay organised and on track across multiple projects and competing deadlines.

Data, reporting and business intelligence

• Support the collection and accurate input of sales, income and business development data.
• Maintain and update income targets, forecasts and performance information.
• Support regular reporting across content, sales, business development and income generation.
• Help turn large amounts of information into clear, accessible and useful reports.
• Identify opportunities to reduce duplication and make reporting processes more efficient.
• Develop and maintain simple templates, dashboards and tracking systems.
• Explore ways of using data visualisation to communicate information more effectively.
• Identify trends, gaps or inconsistencies in data and flag these appropriately.
• Work with colleagues across the organisation to ensure information is collected consistently and accurately.
• Look for opportunities to improve the way data is stored, accessed and presented.

Content and presentation

• Create and improve presentations, pitch documents, briefing papers and other business development materials.
• Use tools such as Canva, PowerPoint, InDesign or similar design software to make documents visually engaging, professional and accessible.
• Help turn ideas, data and written information into clear visual communications.
• Support the development of pitch decks, partnership proposals, funding materials and other external-facing documents.
• Maintain templates and visual assets so that materials are consistent with the Landmark brand.

Business development and strategic support

• Support the Head of Content & Business Development with research, preparation and administration relating to new business opportunities.
• Help maintain business development pipelines, opportunity trackers and income targets.
• Support the preparation of proposals, pitches, presentations and partnership materials.
• Undertake research into potential partners, markets, opportunities and sources of income.
• Support the monitoring and reporting of business development activity.
• Assist with the preparation of strategic papers, Board reports and internal briefings.
• Gain an understanding of the wider strategic and commercial priorities of Landmark and contribute ideas where appropriate.

The job description for this position may be reviewed and amended to incorporate the future needs of the department and organisation. This job description is intended as a guide to the nature of the work required of this position. It is neither wholly comprehensive nor restrictive and is subject to review.

Person specification

We are looking for someone who is:

• Highly organised and able to manage multiple tasks and deadlines.
• Data literate, with an interest in understanding and presenting information.
• Confident using Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and PowerPoint, or equivalent tools.
• Comfortable learning new systems and digital tools.
• Able to create visually engaging documents and presentations.
• Interested in data visualisation and communicating information clearly.
• Accurate and methodical, particularly when working with financial and performance information.
• A confident communicator who can work with people at different levels of an organisation.
• Able to work independently and use initiative.
• Comfortable taking responsibility for following up actions and deadlines.
• Curious about how organisations work and interested in improving processes.
• Able to manage confidential and commercially sensitive information appropriately.

It would be particularly useful if you have experience with:

• Canva, Adobe InDesign or other design software.
• Advanced Excel or data visualisation tools.
• CRM, ticketing, finance or project management systems.
• Preparing reports, dashboards or management information.
• Minute-taking and action tracking.
• Worked in Business development, fundraising, marketing, events or income generation.
• Working in the arts, cultural or charitable sector.

What you will gain

This role offers the opportunity to learn directly from a senior leader and gain a practical understanding of how content, commercial development, income generation, strategy and organisational planning come together within a cultural organisation.

You will have opportunities to develop skills in:

• Business development and commercial thinking
• Data and data visualisation
• Strategic and management reporting
• Presentation and pitch development
• Project and action management
• Financial and income tracking
• Meeting and briefing management
• Working with senior managers and Board-level information

The role is designed to support your development as well as Landmark's work. You will be encouraged to explore areas that particularly interest you and develop your skills and knowledge during the six-month placement.

About you

You may be at an early stage of your career, looking to move into arts management, business development, marketing, data or strategy, or you may already have experience in an administrative or coordinator role and be ready to broaden your responsibilities.

You do not need to know everything when you start. What is most important is that you are highly digitally and IT literate, with confidence in organising, analysing and presenting information. Strong skills in Excel and digital tools, alongside an eye for design and visual communication, would be particularly valuable. Beyond this, if you are interested, organised, willing to learn and confident enough to ask questions and suggest better ways of doing things, this could be the perfect role for you.

You should enjoy getting the detail right while also being curious about the bigger picture. You will be working with a senior leader with a broad and fast-moving portfolio, so the ability to bring order to complexity, spot what needs doing and take things forward without always being asked will be highly valued.

The job description for this position may be reviewed and amended to incorporate the future needs of the department and organisation. This job description is intended as a guide to the nature of the work required of this position. It is neither wholly comprehensive nor restrictive and is subject to review.

Equality, Diversity, Inclusion, Access & Flexible Working

Landmark Theatres believes that theatre is for everyone — and that the organisations that make it should reflect the diversity of the communities they serve.

We are committed to creating an inclusive working environment where difference is valued, barriers are actively removed, and people feel respected, supported and able to do their best work. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and identities, including those who are underrepresented in the arts and cultural sector.

We particularly encourage applications from people who identify as:

From a global majority background

Disabled and/or neurodivergent

From lower socio-economic backgrounds

We recognise that talent is distributed widely, even where opportunity is not.

Access

We are committed to making our recruitment process and working environment accessible. If you require any adjustments at any stage of the application or interview process — or if you’d like to discuss access needs for the role — please let us know, and we will work with you to put appropriate support in place.

All applicants who complete the full application will receive a response regardless of the shortlisting outcome.

The closing date for applications is midday Friday 16th October.

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