Arriving in Wigtown, Scotland's National Book Town. Road signage on a grassy verge

Wigtown Festival Company is seeking a Marketing and Communications professional to support our activity and delivery of the annual Wigtown Book Festival.

The festival draws writers and members of its audience from far and wide, while continuing to celebrate the rich history and culture of south-west Scotland. Wigtown Festival Company was established as a charity in 2007 to deliver the annual festival, and since then both the festival and its year-round engagement and educational activity has grown significantly: developing new audiences, helping writers fulfil their potential, cultivating a love of reading for pleasure in children, and providing creative opportunities for young people. The festival has won numerous awards including most recently the 2024 VisitScotland Thistle Award for Outstanding Cultural Event or Festival.

We are looking to commission a marketing and communications professional to:

1. Develop and deliver the strategy to market, advertise and promote the Book Festival, reaching new audiences and driving ticket sales.

2. Provide full-time coverage of the 10-day Wigtown Book Festival and other key events - creating and scheduling social media content for all WFC channels and website.

3. Support and maintain the year-round profile of Wigtown Festival Company and its activities to audiences and stakeholders

The full role description can be downloaded here.


Tenure, Hours and Renumeration

This opportunity is on a fixed term contract basis starting immediately and running until 31 March 2026, with option for renewal. It is estimated that approximately 100 days will be required annually to deliver duties which vary across the year, with some on-site working.


Submissions should consist of:

  • Fee estimate itemising the 3 work activity packages above, and highlight any anomalies or alternative proposal.
  • Provide examples of relevant similar work across the 3 work activities
  • A brief CV of named individual(s) who will undertake the work(s)
  • Confirmation of availability date to commence activity.

The Festival Company is accredited by the Living Wage Foundation as a Real Living Wage employer. All fee submissions should therefore be based on an hourly rate of not less than £12.60/hour.

Submissions should be sent to Andrew McConnell, Acting Chief Executive by email: [email protected] no later than 12 noon on Monday 2nd June.