We're Recruiting a Distribution Executive

Mobius is looking for an organised, outgoing Distribution Executive to join our distribution team three days a week. The full job description and how to apply are below. Closing date: midday on Wednesday 2 December.

Distribution Executive Job Description

Job Title: Distribution Executive

Reports to: Distribution Manager

Salary: £28,860 FTE (£17,316 actual for 0.6), reviewed every April in line with the London Living Wage

Hours of work: 0.6 FTE: 22.5 hours a week over 3 days (days to be agreed), worked between 9am and 7pm, plus an hour for lunch

Contract: Permanent. 3-month probation, 2 months' notice

Holiday: 21 days plus bank holidays, rising by a day a year to 26 (pro rata)

Location: Hybrid, with 2 days a week in our Bloomsbury office

Benefits: Theatre allowance, full sick pay for up to 6 weeks after probation, training and development

Start date: January 2027

Closing date: Midday, Wednesday 2 December. We will send interview invites to shortlisted candidates w/c 7 December, with interviews taking place w/c 14 December

About Mobius

Mobius is a boutique PR and marketing agency for the performing arts, established in 2004 and based in Bloomsbury. We work with venues, producers and companies across the subsidised and commercial sectors, including SoHo Playhouse, National Youth Theatre, Museum of Comedy, Noda Map and Korean Cultural Centre. Alongside PR and marketing, we run one of London's most established print distribution services: hand-to-hand flyering by our Street Team, poster and flyer drops to local businesses, postal campaigns and out-of-home advertising. 

“A go-to agency who you knew would often work long term with clients and facilitate journalists to learn the different vocabularies being used by different artists… this was a PR company aiming for a much more symbiotic relationship with the independent sector.” Lyn Gardner

Description

We're looking for a Distribution Executive who can engage and enthuse clients and be the friendly, organised face of our distribution work. You'll be supporting our Distribution Manager on day-to-day contact with clients, briefing and coordinating our Street Team, supporting finance and helping to sell our services, working alongside our Distribution Assistant across every part of the department. You'll be out and about as well as at a desk: visiting venues, checking in on Street Team sessions, and meeting clients and producers at shows and industry events. With training, you'll also cover the Distribution Manager during holidays and absence.

We don't expect you to know everything. We'll train you on our systems, and we'd love you to bring your own ideas. Tell us about things you think might interest us that aren't in this spec. Past members of the team have gone on to work at BBC Radio 4, Penguin Random House, The Reading Agency and in senior roles at arts organisations.

Role

Clients and Sales

• Be the day-to-day contact for clients, keeping them updated and preparing proposals and reports
• Help sell our distribution packages: prepare quotes, follow up leads and build relationships with producers, venues and promoters

Street Team and Campaign Delivery

• Brief and coordinate the Street Team, and turn their feedback into clear updates for clients
• Research hand-to-hand flyering opportunities and poster and flyer drop locations
• Order print and liaise with printers, venues and suppliers

Finance

• Support financial processes: raise invoices, process supplier invoices and Street Team payroll, and keep budgets up to date

General

• Answer emails and help with general department admin
• Cover the Distribution Manager during holidays and absence
• Occasional cross-departmental support. We are a busy office that also covers digital marketing and PR, with seasonal variation in workload

Person Specification

Essential

• To enjoy talking to people, whether that's a client on the phone, a venue manager or a Street Team member at the end of a long shift
• To be organised and methodical, able to juggle several campaigns at once without dropping details
• Confidence working with clients, suppliers and freelancers
• To be comfortable with numbers, invoices and keeping figures accurate
• To be at ease with digital tools. We use our own distribution portal, Airtable, Xero, Dropbox, Slack and plenty of spreadsheets, and we'll train you on all of them

Desirable

• Knowledge of the performing arts sector, or an interest in it
• Experience in sales, marketing, invoicing or account management
• Experience coordinating a team or freelancers

Good to Know

We're a creative, friendly and well-connected team, and a sociable office that likes to get stuck in.

How to Apply

Send your CV and a covering letter of no more than 300 words to recruitment@mobiusindustries.com by midday on Wednesday 2 December, with the subject line “Distribution Executive”. If you'd like an informal chat about the role first, email the same address.

We welcome applications from everyone, and particularly from people who are under-represented in the arts. If you'd like to apply in another format, or need any adjustments during the process, just let us know.

Applicants must have the right to work in the UK.