Post Title: Marketing Executive – Leisure

Site based at Bournemouth International Centre with travel to our BH Live active sites

Salary: £32,427 per annum

Hours: 37 hours per week

Contract Type: Permanent

Closing date for receipt of applications: 18 August 2026

Scheduled Interview dates: 25 & 26 August 2026

The role:

We are seeking an experienced Marketing Executive to join our team.

This post will help the marketing and communications team to plan and deliver multichannel marketing activities, including sales activities, lead generation and awareness campaigns; customer, colleague and stakeholder communication and engagement, and activities that support customer retention for BH Live Active’s leisure centres, sports facilities, attractions and parkland across Dorset and Hampshire.

You will:

As a versatile and experienced marketeer, and team player, you will be passionate about establishing key information to plan, develop and deliver vibrant and engaging content and campaigns for use across various platforms, including but not limited to digital, media, print, audio and video channels.

Combining excellent communication and marketing skills to establish briefs and deliver high-quality campaigns and projects for agreed outcomes, you will have an eye for detail, be extremely organised, able to work to a budget and deadline, and be comfortable working in a fast-paced and flexible environment.

You will be quick to form positive and professional working relationships. Liaising with colleagues, suppliers and stakeholders is key to ensuring output is engaging, factual, follows process and achieves the desired outcome.

Demonstrating activity outcomes will help inform and shape future marketing activity.

To be successful you will need:

A relevant qualification and substantial experience working within a marketing team

Experience in creating, placing and analysing traditional marketing content (such as print, advertising, out-of-home, broadcast) as well as using digital marketing tools and platforms (apps, websites, email marketing and social media).

To be a great communicator (verbal and written) and able to quickly form collaborative relationships with colleagues, suppliers and stakeholders.

To have a keen interest in sport and leisure, including but not limited to gyms, swimming, exercise classes, football, tennis, gymnastics, leisure attractions, health and wellbeing activities.

Curious and interested in industry and local community trends and opportunities

Please click here to view the full job description, for more information on the this role.

We offer:

· Onsite parking

· Training and development opportunities

· BH Live Active - Gym membership

· Health cash plan

· Employee Assistance programme

· Company pension matched up to 6% contributions

· Colleague discount on food and drink

· Colleague recognition

· Birthday / Celebratory day off

· Loyalty Rewards

About BH Live:

We are one of the UK’s leading leisure and event venue operators – a registered charity and social enterprise.

Our geographical reach spans across multiple venues, leisure centres and attractions across Portsmouth, Southampton, Croydon and the BCP region with millions of visits per year.

Our organisational and charitable purpose is to generate:

• More participation – through the provision of leisure facilities to encourage active communities, improved health, and wellbeing

• Higher audiences – through the provision of a diverse range of cultural and artistic events that appeal to a wide audience

• Greater economic and social benefit – through hosting major conferences, exhibitions, and events for the benefit of the local, regional, and international economies and people

We are making a positive difference across the communities we serve.

Our organisation is changing lives – placing us at the heart of the UK’s growing social economy. We host hundreds of events a year; sell more than half a million cultural, and entertainment tickets; clock up millions of leisure centre visits, and welcome thousands of conference and exhibition delegates. As well as promoting community health and wellbeing, this generates millions of pounds in economic benefit for the local economy through business and cultural tourism.

As a social enterprise, we don’t pay dividends to shareholders. Every pound we make is used to run our business and generate a surplus to reinvest and enhance our centres and facilities for public benefit.

We’re BH Live, and we make things happen.

To apply:

All applications are to be made via the BH Live Careers site: careers.bhlive.org.uk

The full job description for the role can be found on the BH Live Careers site.

BH Live reserves the right to close the vacancy early should sufficient applications be received. We therefore highly recommend that you submit your application as soon as possible.