Marketing & Communications Director at Compass Group | Chertsey, Hounslow, UK

Marketing & Communications Director

Chertsey, Hounslow, UK (Unknown)

Salary Not AvailableDirector/Executive

Posted 3 months ago

Job Summary

Build and own the education segment brand and growth marketing, aligning strategy to participation and wellbeing outcomes across multiple channels.

Education sector brand strategy: shape differentiation, channels, and market relevance across sub-sectors.
Participation campaigns across digital, on-site, and events to lift meal uptake and campus engagement.
Stakeholder and cross-functional leadership: partner with Operations, Business Development, and school leaders to demonstrate value and align communications.

Job Description

Responsibilities

Develop and deliver a comprehensive marketing, communications, and brand strategy aligned to business growth objectives.
Act as a key member of the senior leadership team, contributing to commercial strategy, innovation, and sector positioning.
Lead the development and evolution of the Education sector brand strategy, ensuring consistency, differentiation, and market relevance across all channels and sub-sectors.
Drive participation strategies that increase meal uptake, engagement with food offers, and student interaction with on-site and digital initiatives.
Champion a customer-first approach to enhance the student dining experience.
Develop compelling brand propositions and campaigns tailored to different education sectors.
Create initiatives that drive participation, loyalty, and repeat engagement among students, staff, and campus communities.
Drive innovation across food concepts, promotions, digital engagement, and customer communications.
Partner with Operations and Business Development teams to support client retention, mobilisations, renewals, and tenders.
Create communication strategies that demonstrate value to school leaders, governors, and university stakeholders.

Compass Group

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Compass Group PLC is a world leading food and support services company, which serves meals to millions of people in c.30 countries and employs and engages more than 580,000 people globally. The Company specialises in providing food and a range of support services across the core sectors of Business & Industry, Healthcare & Senior Living, Education, Sports & Leisure and Defence, Offshore & Remote, with an established brand portfolio.

Founded in 1941

Chertsey, Surrey, GB

60K employees (794 in marketing)

www.compass-group.com

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