Digital Marketing Officer - External Relations - 58054 - Grade 6

Birmingham, UK (On-site)

£33K/yr – £40K/yrMid LevelFull time

Posted 13 days ago

Job Summary

Own planning and execution of integrated marketing campaigns across paid media and CRM, coordinating with internal teams and external agencies to optimise performance and deliver on strategic objectives.

  • Lead multi-channel campaigns across paid media, email and content
  • Analyse performance data and report insights to stakeholders

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Support the planning, coordination and delivery of integrated marketing campaigns that support the University's strategic objectives and enhance the global profile of its research
  • Deliver multi-channel campaigns across paid social, search, display, email, social media, events and other digital and offline channels
  • Work with media and digital agencies to plan, implement and optimise paid media activity, ensuring effective audience targeting and strong performance outcomes
  • Manage CRM activity including audience segmentation, automated journeys, engagement workflows and lifecycle communications
  • Monitor, analyse and report on campaign performance across paid media and CRM channels, using insight to optimise activity and maximise return on investment
  • Produce clear campaign reports and actionable recommendations for stakeholders
  • Write and edit compelling content for a range of channels, including paid advertising, email, social media, landing pages and other campaign assets
  • Support content and creative development, producing briefs and ensuring outputs align with audience insight, campaign objectives and brand standards
  • Coordinate campaign delivery across internal stakeholders, agencies and suppliers, managing timelines, approvals and asset production
  • Maintain and optimise campaign landing pages and web content through the CMS, applying SEO best practice where appropriate

Requirements

  • Degree level education or equivalent experience
  • Experience delivering multi-channel marketing campaigns with a strong focus on paid media and CRM
  • Practical experience of managing digital advertising campaigns across platforms such as LinkedIn, Meta, Google Ads or programmatic display
  • Experience of CRM platforms and audience segmentation for campaign delivery
  • Strong understanding of audience targeting, funnel-based marketing and campaign optimisation
  • Experience interpreting analytics data to optimise performance and inform decision making
  • Good project management skills with the ability to manage multiple campaigns simultaneously
  • Experience working with agencies and coordinating external suppliers
  • Proven copywriting skills across digital channels including paid ads, email and web content
  • Strong understanding of how to translate complex information into accessible, audience focused communications

Benefits

  • a generous package of benefits including 40 days paid holiday a year, one paid day a year for volunteering, occupational sick pay, and a pension scheme. We also have three high quality subsidised day nurseries.
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Birmingham, England, GBR
15K employees (279 in marketing)

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Posted range

£33K/yr – £40K/yr

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Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
279 (2% of company)
Median Tenure
8.9 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
3

Funding

Total Funding
$27.3M
Last Raise
$37.9K
Grant, 1 years ago

Funding History

  • Feb 2025
    Grant • $37.9K
  • Mar 2024
    Grant • $5.8M
  • Sep 2023
    Grant • $1.7M

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
1.3M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$16.1K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
63%
Direct
28.9%
Referral
6%
Social
0.9%
Paid
1%

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Current headcount: ~14.9K

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Digital Marketing Officer - External Relations - 58054 - Grade 6

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