Tourism Marketing Officer

Closing date: 21 April 2025

Interview date: 6 May 2025

Contract type: Permanent/Full-time (37 hours per week)

To apply, please click the 'apply' button above or send your CV and covering letter to hrrecruitment@winchester.gov.uk.

Winchester City Council is looking for a Tourism Marketing Officer to join the Tourism Marketing Team to support promotion of the Visit Winchester brand via integrated online and offline marketing campaigns.

The successful candidate will also actively engage in management and development of income-generating marketing channels, working with business across the tourism and hospitality sectors to ensure they are engaged in our marketing activities and benefitting from added value.

This is an exciting role for a marketing professional who has experience of developing content that can be used across all marketing platforms, including social media, e-newsletters, website and print, and monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of these channels to improve future marketing campaigns.

Join us at Winchester City Council to build on our successful track record of supporting the districts’ visitor economy, as we focus on supporting existing and attracting new partners as well as ongoing growth of the visitor economy across the district

In return, we offer an excellent package of benefits including:

• Hybrid-working (50% in the office, 50% at home – after first 3 weeks in office)
• Employer paid health cash plan
• Salary sacrifice scheme for cars and bikes
• 26 days annual leave per year rising to 33 days - dependent on length of service
• 13 days additional flexi leave per year (subject to operational requirements)
• Option to buy up to 5 days additional annual leave
• Free parking (during work hours) at any Winchester Park and Ride
• Membership to the Local Government Pension Scheme
• Discounts at a range of major high street brands and the two leisure centres in the district
• Season Ticket loans
• Excellent working environment
• Support for continuous professional development