Communications Assistant

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Job Title: Communications Assistant - Theatre & Dance, Cinema and Creative Collaboration

Posting Start Date: 17/11/2025

The job requirements are detailed below. Where applicable the skills, qualifications and memberships required have also been included. Workplace role categories describe our approach to workplace attendance

Starting Salary: £31,120 Inclusive of London Weighting

Contractual Hours: 35

Basis: 35 Hours, Full-Time - Fixed Term Contract until 31 March 2026

Workplace category: Hybrid

Attachments: Job Information Pack

The Barbican is a multidisciplinary international arts centre in the City of London.

Across its theatres, concert halls, cinemas, galleries, business venues, public and community spaces, the Barbican showcases the most exciting artists and performers from around the world, pushing traditional artistic boundaries and helping us understand our lives in new and unexpected ways. Each year, the Centre presents hundreds of different performances, events and exhibitions that entertain and inspire millions of people, create connections, provoke debate, and reflect the world we live in.

Firmly rooted in its neighbourhood, the Barbican collaborates on projects with local communities, and supports young people and emerging talent to develop their artistic practice and access jobs in the creative industry.

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The Role

We are looking for a motivated and highly organised person to join our Communications team and wider Communications department (which includes Marketing, Digital and Social Media teams and Audience Experience) to contribute to the press campaigns which promote our Arts and Participation programme. You will report to the Communications Manager (Theatre & Dance and Creative Collaboration) and work closely with the Communications Manager (Cinema) and Communications Officer (Arts & Participation).

In this role, you will be a key member of a small team within the Communications department. You will deal with general press enquiries including press imagery requests and correspondence about press tickets, help to greet media attending press nights, and assist with filming and photography. You will help to maintain office systems and keep key documentation updated. You will also start to build relationships with key stakeholders within your artforms, including our resident and associate companies, producers, curators, agents, artists, creatives and external PR representatives where relevant.

The focus of your role is administrative, so good computer and database skills are necessary with strong copy writing and verbal communication skills and some experience dealing with external stakeholders or customers. Excellent planning and organisational skills are essential, with demonstrable experience of meeting deadlines, managing time-sensitive tasks and the ability to work under pressure, perhaps being familiar with working in a busy office environment and/or working across several projects at once.

The Person

Passion for the arts is important, and you will be a committed team player. Our ideal candidate will have a love of Theatre, Dance and Cinema, and an active interest in participation work. We are looking for someone with some prior experience and good working knowledge of communications, or journalism, or the arts industry (cinema/ theatre/ dance in particular) who will demonstrate an interest in developing in these areas.

Barbican Benefits

The Barbican also offers a wide range of staff benefits including hybrid working, a great pension scheme, season ticket loans, a cycle to work scheme, free access to some museums and galleries, and discounts on retail, healthcare and on-site cafes and restaurants. You will have access to trained Mental Health First Aiders and City of London and Barbican staff networks.

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If there are any issues with the application process, please contact the Barbican Careers team at

Deadline for applications is 23:55 on Sunday 30 November 2025. The advert may close ahead of this date if a sufficient number of applications is reached - apply early to avoid missing out.

Please note that we are unable to accept late applications. We regret that we are unable to provide feedback on your application.

The City of London Corporation want to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to thrive in the work that we do. The City of London Corporation is currently undergoing a programme ensure that our pay and reward practices are competitive and equitable across the whole organisation – and is committed to regularly benchmarking and reviewing pay against external sectors.

As part of our commitment to increasing the diversity of staff within the Barbican we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from groups that are currently underrepresented, including people from the Global Majority* and D/deaf and disabled people. We want to better reflect and understand the communities we exist to serve. We are members of the Disability Confident Scheme and guarantee to interview all disabled candidates who would like to be considered under this scheme and who meet the minimum essential criteria for the role. Please contact us if you require reasonable adjustments as part of the application process.

• Global Majority is a collective term that refers to people who are Black, Asian, Brown, dual-heritage, indigenous to the global south, and or, have been racialised as 'ethnic minorities'.

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