We are hiring a Marketing and Events Assistant!

Summary

This role sits between our marketing and events functions. You will take on a broad range of marketing work spanning email campaigns, website updates, podcast admin and channel reporting. You'll also help plan and deliver Nesta's live and digital events, including our flagship Policy Live conference. You will support the wider communications team, playing a vital role in our communications efforts.

What you'll be doing:

Example tasks (including but not limited to:)

Marketing

• Social media and content: Create, adapt and schedule engaging content across social media channels, while monitoring performance, audience engagement and emerging platform trends

• Email marketing: Support the creation and distribution of regular Nesta newsletters and email outreach, while monitoring performance and maintaining audience data

• Campaigns: Support the planning, delivery and reporting of marketing campaigns across digital channels, helping coordinate activity, assets, timelines and performance analysis

• Employee advocacy: Maintain the employee advocacy platform, updating the tool with relevant content and distributing internal communications to support engagement

• Reporting:  Update dashboard stats across Nesta, podcast, and web analytics (GA4) regularly and support with BAU and campaign reporting

• Podcast: Alongside podcast programming tasks, support podcast social scheduling, web uploads and general promotional activity 

Events Marketing

• Support email marketing campaigns and outreach efforts to engage audiences

• Assist with the development of promotional content, registration lists and social media outreach to enhance attendee engagement before, during and after events

• Manage and update pages on the website with accurate event information

• Support podcast guest booking admin, including scheduling, correspondence and briefing materials

• Support podcast social and web scheduling and monitor social media conversation

Events

• Support the end-to-end planning and coordination of digital and live events

• Assist the group events lead with programme and speaker research

• Create comprehensive event materials, such as email invitations, speaker briefings, attendee information and on-site collateral

• Help deliver seamless events through setup, managing registration, troubleshooting issues and providing on-site support

• Gather feedback and help evaluate event performance and opportunities to improve 

• Keep the event schedule and reporting dashboards up to date 

• Ensure our event equipment is organised, accessible and in excellent condition for each event

• Support the head of internal communications with the smooth running of all staff meetings and events

• Support the team executive assistant with other team meeting set-up and other team events

General comms

• Proofreading and publishing support across social, newsletters, blogs and event copy

• Manage incoming inquiries via our dedicated Slack channels and Gmail inbox, directing requests to the appropriate communications team member for efficient resolution

• Update BIT dashboard stats and support Employee Advocacy content updates

• Update office TV screens with media highlights, Fika menu, and news starters

• Provide general ad-hoc support to the wider communications team as required

What we're looking for:

• Strong communication skills, with the ability to confidently interact with colleagues, external speakers, guests and stakeholders

• Proven effective time management skills, capable of prioritising and managing multiple tasks efficiently

• Exceptional attention to detail, particularly when proofreading and preparing public-facing materials

• Demonstrated problem-solving abilities, including effectively addressing queries and knowing when and where to escalate issues

• Comfortable and effective working in a dynamic and fast-paced environment

• Curious about the changing communications and marketing landscape, from social media trends and emerging platforms to new ways of reaching audiences.

• A genuine interest in gaining hands-on experience and developing a career in communications

• Experience in using the following software and systems would be advantageous: Google Suite, Salesforce, Wagtail, Eventsforce, Canva, Streamyard, Sprout Social, Mailchimp

As with all members of Nesta Group's communications team, you are at your best working in a collaborative, fast-paced environment with multiple projects and priorities. You have a positive, can-do attitude and a flexible approach, able to adapt to changing circumstances with good humour and an appetite for taking on new tasks and challenges. You also have strong communication skills, the ability to write and edit content for different audiences and a proven ability in (or enthusiasm to learn) web publishing and the creation of simple communications products like social cards or videos.

What we offer

Salary: Circa £29,300 plus an array of benefits including private medical insurance, dental insurance, the ability to buy and sell annual leave, eye care vouchers and more

Location: Hybrid, with two days per week in the London office. We ask that our team attend the office on Thursday and one other day of their choice.

Hours: 37.5 hours per week, although some out-of-hours work will be required for attending events. Reasonable time off in lieu is given.

Flexibility: This is a full-time role but we offer a range of flexible working arrangements and encourage our people to take advantage of them. Many do.

Reports to: The group events lead, with a dotted line to the marketing manager.

Making an application

To apply for this role, please submit your application before 8:00am on the 19th October 2026.

Interviews will take place w/c the 26th of October 2026.  

About Nesta

We are Nesta, a research and innovation foundation, using a powerhouse of applied methods to design, test and scale solutions for the biggest challenges of our time. Driven by a vision to improve the lives of millions of people, our focus up to 2030 is on three missions: breaking the link between family background and life chances, halving obesity and cutting household carbon emissions.

We work with partners across the public, private and third sectors to develop high-potential solutions and test them as they evolve, drawing on deep expertise in qualitative and quantitative research, data science, behavioural science and design. Once confident in the effectiveness of a solution, we are relentless in the pursuit of scale. We create and make the case for ambitious national policy proposals, develop consumer-facing products and services, spin out and support commercial ventures and harness the power of the arts to shape national narratives.

We extend our impact through two specialised units that help others to solve complex problems and achieve their missions. BIT applies a deep understanding of human behaviour to help clients achieve their goals. Challenge Works designs and runs challenge prizes to spark innovation in science, technology and society.

Together, we are building a powerful ecosystem for innovation that delivers proven solutions to create lasting, positive change. Find out more at nesta.org.uk.

At Nesta, we believe that a diverse workforce leads to an organisation that is more innovative, more creative and gets better results. 

We want our workforce to represent the diversity of the people and communities we serve. We also want our workplace to be one where different experiences, expertise and perspectives are valued, and where everyone is encouraged to grow and develop. 

This means that when we are recruiting, we actively seek to reach a diverse pool of candidates. It also means that we are happy to consider any reasonable adjustments that potential employees may need to in order to be successful. 

We recognise the importance of a good balance between work and home life, so we do everything we can to accommodate flexible working, including working from home, compressed or part-time hours, job shares and other arrangements.   

Please just let us know in your application or at any stage throughout the process (and beyond) if these are options you’d like to explore.