Email & SMS Marketing Executive

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:Onestage competency-based interview with task via MS Teams
Interview date: W/C 27th July 2026

At Cancer Research UK, we exist to beat cancer.

We’relooking for an Email & SMS Marketing Executive to join Cancer Research UKon Fixed term basisand help deliver high-quality, impactful campaigns that bring our work to life and inspire action. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a collaborative team of specialists, supporting the delivery of communications that play a vital role in funding life-saving research.

In this role,you’llsupport the delivery of a wide range of email and SMS campaigns, working closely with marketing teams from across the charity.You’llhelp plan supporter journeys, optimise communications, and ensure campaigns are delivered efficiently and to a high standard. Alongside this,you’llreview performance, analyse results, and use these insights to help improve future campaigns.

A key part of the role will involve building and sending campaigns using Adobe CampaignYou’llbe supported by experienced colleagues andhave the opportunity tobe trained on Adobe Campaign,develop yourknowledge of email and SMS best practice, campaign optimisation, and marketing technology within a supportive and collaborative environment.

We’relooking for someone who is keen to build a career in marketing, with a particular interest in email andSMSMarketingYou’llbe curious, proactive, and eager to learn, with a strong approach to problem solving and the confidence to contribute ideas and see them through to delivery.You’llbe well organised, with strong attention to detail, and have excellent written and verbal communication skills.You’llalso enjoy working as part of a team and collaborating with others to deliver the best possible outcomes.

This role offers a fantastic opportunity to develop your marketing skills while contributing to meaningful work that helps fund life-saving research.

Whatyou’ll bedoing?

• Working in a team of six to build and send email and SMS campaigns using Adobe Campaign

• Manage administrative tasks to ensure the smooth running of the Email & SMS teamsprocesses, including user access fortools like Taxi for Email and Adobe Campaign

• Work with marketing teams to plan and deliver email and SMS marketing campaign plans on time

• Support the Email & SMS Marketing Senior Executives with larger email optimisation and delivery projects

• Work collaboratively with other Digital Marketing teams, such as Website and content teams to ensure the whole supporter journey is optimised

• Gather learnings of digital marketing trends or changes and work to implement these at Cancer Research UK

• Support on reporting and post-campaign analysis, sharing recommendations on how to improve future campaign

What are we looking for?

• Have an interest and enthusiasmfor Marketing and a desire tolearnand develop skillsinemail and SMSMarketing

• Able to use Microsoft Office packages including Excel,Wordand PowerPoint

• Ability to prioritise, manage conflicting deadlines, work well under pressure, and manage multiple taskssimultaneously

• The ability to build strong working relationships and collaborate effectively

• Experience of sending emails through an Email Marketing Platform

• Understanding of audience segmentation, personalization and UX principles and experience of interpreting results

• Experience of writing email contentandrunning marketing campaigns andsubsequentcampaign analysis

Our organisation values are designed to guide all that we do. 

Bold: Act with ambition, courage and determination   

Credible: Act with rigour and professionalism    

Human Act to have a positive impact on people   

Together: Act inclusively and collaboratively 

We’re looking for people who can believe in and embody these organisation values and can use them to drive forward progress against our mission to beat cancer. 

If you’re interested in applying and excited about working with us but are unsure if you have the right skills and experience we’d still love to hear from you.