Head of Sales and Development - ATG Scottish Theatres

ATG Scottish Venues (King's and Theatre Royal, Glasgow and Edinburgh Playhouse) are seeking a Head of Sales and Development

The Ambassador Theatre Group is an extraordinary success story in the live entertainment industry. Founded in 1992 in the UK, we’ve grown into the world’s number one live-theatre company today. We cover every discipline in the theatre industry, from operating venues to ticketing platforms and producing shows.  We are passionate about great shows and our ambition is to help them find the largest possible audiences.

We are seeking a Head of Sales and Development for our Scottish Venues (King's and Theatre Royal, Glasgow and Edinburgh Playhouse). All three theatres are part of the Ambassador Theatre Group (ATG), the global leaders in live entertainment. ATG owns and operates close to 50 venues worldwide, is an internationally recognised and award-winning producer and operates a market

This is an unusual and exciting appointment as you will be the only staff member who works across both cities and all three venues. As such you will be able to choose which city you will be based in, although you would be expected to have a regular presence in both cities. All the theatres have some strong local business contacts and partnerships but are all looking to increase the level of sponsorship that they attract.

As Head of Sales and Development you take the lead role in attracting sponsors, developing partnerships with the cities corporate communities and representing the theatres on city wide bodies such as Chamber of Commerce and Business Improvement Districts.

The overall purpose of the role is to foster relationships with businesses and individuals with a view to growing revenues from sponsorships, business partnerships, and corporate memberships and to increase the presence of the theatres across corporate and civic life in both cities and to plan and report on all this work as appropriate.

Please refer to the job description form more details.

ATG strives to be an equal opportunities employer.