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Destination Chesterfield

REF NO. 2DC

Destination Chesterfield Marketing Executive

9am on 7 September 2026 closing date but may close earlier if there are sufficient applications

£25,000 per annum

Permanent, full-time (35 hours per week)

Chesterfield with agile working. Additional travel may be required around Chesterfield and North Derbyshire

recruitment@emc-dnl.co.uk

03333200333

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Overview

Why the post exists

Are you passionate about creating engaging digital content that brings places and communities to life? Can you promote Chesterfield as a great place to invest, live, work and visit? If that’s you, you could be our next team member.

In this role, you will support the Destination Chesterfield team to tell Chesterfield’s story through digital marketing, social media, website content, email campaigns and events.

This is a varied and rewarding role where you’ll have the opportunity to engage with businesses, residents and visitors while contributing to raising the profile of the area initiatives that showcase everything the town has to offer.

Overview

Key areas of responsibility

  • Campaign delivery – Support the creation and execution of promotional campaigns that position Chesterfield as a place to invest, live, work and visit, and manage marketing databases.
  • Digital content delivery – Create and update content on the chesterfield.co.uk website, ensuring it remains current, engaging, and SEO-friendly.
  • Social media marketing – Support the day-to-day operations of Destination Chesterfield’s social media channels, including content planning and audience engagement.
  • Event and stakeholder marketing – Deliver marketing activities that support Chesterfield Champions, commercial events and wider initiatives.
  • Conduct social listening – Monitor social media channels to engage with businesses and customers, discover new stories, and encourage user-generated content.
  • Performance reporting – Monitor and prepare reports highlighting the success of various marketing initiatives.
  • Skills initiatives support – Contribute to planning and delivery of marketing activity that promotes a range of skills and workforce development initiatives.

Overview

Applicants will possess

  • Creativity and enthusiasm.
  • Excellent organisational and administrative skills.
  • Attention to detail.
  • Strong written and verbal communication abilities.
  • A results-driven attitude with high resilience.
  • Self-motivation and the ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office and cloud-based applications.
  • Experience with online and digital marketing.

For more information please click here to view the job description and person specification.

Benefits

What you can expect in return

#1

25 days holiday plus bank holidays each year (pro rata for part time)

#2

8% employer contribution to pension scheme (non-contributory for employee)

#3

Wellbeing support including access to Westfield Health plan, Mental Health First Aiders, self help toolkits, discounts and more

#4

Your Birthday off plus an extra day of leave after 5 and 10 years' service

#5

Life assurance (death in service support scheme) for your beneficiaries

#6

Dress for the day and agile working policies (role dependant)

#7

Two CSR days to take per year (volunteering activity)

#8

Access to tax-free childcare and Bike2Work schemes

#9

Special leave for bereavement, compassionate leave & dependent related time off

#10

Learning and professional development opportunities

#11

Flexibility to take unpaid leave, paid study leave & special leave for territorial army

#12

Tax free 55p per business mile for cars (up to 10,000 miles per year)

Company Overview

About us

Destination Chesterfield delivers marketing campaigns to help improve the economic prosperity of Chesterfield by promoting it as a contemporary destination to inward investors and supporting existing businesses. Established since 2010, this project is funded through support from local businesses (known as Chesterfield Champions), Chesterfield Borough Council and East Midlands Combined County Authority (EMCCA). East Midlands Chamber (Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire) operates as the managing employer for Destination Chesterfield.

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How to apply

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Apply for this role

Complete our equality, diversity and inclusivity (EDI) monitoring form here. You can learn about why we collect this information and how it is utilised in the form introduction.

Send your CV and a covering letter detailing why you believe that you will add value to the role and Destination Chesterfield to recruitment@emc-dnl.co.uk with the subject line as the vacancy reference, 2DC.

Alternatively, post your application to: FAO HR department, East Midlands Chamber, Commerce House, Millennium Way, Dunston Road, Chesterfield, S41 8ND

Applications that do not include both a CV and covering letter will not be considered.

If you’re successful at this stage, you will be invited for an interview. If you’re unsuccessful, the Chamber’s HR team will let you know by email.

First, you’ll be invited to attend an in-person interview on 16 September at the Chesterfield office (S41 8ND). If your interview goes well, you may be invited to attend a second interview or receive an offer.

At the end of each interview, the interviewer will confirm the timeline for next steps.

Virtual interviews are approximately 30-minutes and in-person interviews usually last around an hour with a mix of competency based interview questions and practical tasks.

Decisions will be made at each stage of the process, as we score applicants against the role criteria. If you’re successful, we will contact you to make an offer. This will be followed up in writing and a contract will be sent to you once a start date is confirmed. You will receive information on your induction and what you will do on your first day. If you have any questions, please just get in touch.

If you’re unsuccessful, we will either write to you or contact you by telephone, and if you’ve attended an interview we’re more than happy to provide feedback. You’re welcome to apply again for another role in the future.

Chamber Statement

East Midlands Chamber (Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire) is an equal opportunities employer and Disability Confident Leader.

All suitably qualified people are encouraged to apply for vacancies regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marital status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation. Applicants require current eligibility to live and work in the UK, they must also disclose any unspent convictions or cautions and company director disqualifications in their covering letter. Please inform recruitment@emc-dnl.co.uk of any reasonable adjustments needed during the recruitment process. The business is dedicated to retaining talent and therefore it may decide to prioritise and support internal applicants. For information about how we process your data click here.