Marketing Planning and Campaigns Manager

Newcastle, Newry, Mourne and Down, UK (On-site)

£37K/yr – £46K/yrSenior LevelFull time

Posted 14 hrs ago

Job Summary

Own the development and delivery of multi-channel recruitment campaigns, aligning activity with student recruitment and faculty priorities while shaping messaging, performance analysis, and cross‑team collaboration.

  • Shape annual and campaign plans with cross-team input
  • Drive measurement and learnings with KPI data
  • Coordinate content, events, and stakeholder communications

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Working with the Head of Planning, Campaigns & Events, review and improve the marketing planning processes and planning requirements
  • Support the development and delivery of annual and campaign marketing plans to align activity with student recruitment and faculty marketing plans
  • Collaborating with key contacts (Marketing colleagues, UK Recruitment teams, Newcastle Global, and the Faculty Student Recruitment Marketing teams) to inform those plans
  • Responsible for the management of UK/EU/International student recruitment propositions development and messaging requirements
  • Prepare and manage campaign briefs for the marketing delivery teams to inform the delivery of campaigns with clear targeting, messaging and performance guidelines and facilitate team meetings with channel delivery teams to review campaign
  • Provide expert market intelligence using KPI and performance monitoring reporting information to monitor the effectiveness of plans and campaign delivery, embedding learnings for future campaign effectiveness
  • Collect and use data to inform new campaigns and evaluate existing activity, working closely with channel delivery colleagues
  • Analyse and interpret market research and market intelligence data and reports to extract messaging and insight to inform the development of plans and campaigns
  • Work with content delivery team to assist with the multi-channel authoring and editing of content where required, including copy for campaigns aligning with programme and campaign plans, proposition and messaging requirements
  • Work closely with the Marketing Events Managers to ensure seamless integration between campaigns and events, delivering a consistent and connected student recruitment journey

Requirements

  • Experience across all marketing channels required to deliver campaigns successfully, including organic social, email, website, SEO, paid social and search
  • Outstanding communication and presentation skills, both oral and written
  • Excellent multi-channel copywriting skills, with an ability to write clearly and accurately in a range of styles appropriate to target audiences
  • Proof-reading skills and exceptional attention to detail
  • Able to communicate effectively with a range of stakeholders
  • Excellent project management skills: to manage campaign delivery through channel delivery teams to meet deadlines for multiple projects and ensure ROI on marketing campaigns
  • Initiative and a creative approach to problem solving and strategic development
  • Analytical and evaluative skills
  • Good numerical skills: using data to target selected groups, as well as analyse the success or otherwise of campaigns
  • Excellent interpersonal and teamwork skills

Benefits

  • Generous holiday package; plus the opportunity to buy more
  • Great pension schemes
  • Health and wellbeing initiatives to support you.
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Newcastle University is a Russell Group university in the North East of England with a thriving international community of some 27,750 students from over 130 countries worldwide.As a member of the Russell Group of research intensive universities we have a world-class reputation for research excellence in the fields of medicine, science and engineering, social sciences and the humanities.Our academics are sharply focused on responding to the major challenges facing society today. Our research and teaching are world-leading in areas as diverse as health, culture, technology and the environment.We are committed to providing our students with excellent, research-led teaching delivered by dedicated and passionate teachers. Newcastle is among the top 20 universities in the country for our employment rate with 95% of our graduates going on to employment or further study, more than three quarters in graduate-level jobs. We are also one of the top 20 universities targeted by graduate employers in the UK.

Founded in 1963
Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, GBR
10K employees (284 in marketing)
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88% CEO approval

Salaries

Posted range

£37K/yr – £46K/yr

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Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
284 (3% of company)
Median Tenure
7.3 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
3

Funding

Total Funding
$1.7M
Last Raise
$1.6M
Grant, 3 years ago

Funding History

  • Sep 2023
    Grant
  • Sep 2023
    Grant • $1.6M
  • Feb 2023
    Grant • $80.6K

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
1.9M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$5.2K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
46.2%
Direct
42.4%
Referral
9.6%
Social
0.8%
Paid
1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~10.3K

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Marketing Planning and Campaigns Manager

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