Local Marketing Executive - 12-Month FTC

Bristol, UK (On-site)

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Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Own and coordinate local city marketing, turning campus insights into events, partnerships, and scalable templates that feed email and social programs and drive leads.

  • Local city campaigns and partnerships with campus teams and student bodies.
  • Templates, assets, and cross-team alignment with broader campaigns.
  • Performance monitoring and admin/ops to keep activity moving and track ROI.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Support the delivery of local marketing campaigns across key cities and properties.
  • Work with city teams to gather property USPs, local insights and event opportunities.
  • Coordinate local marketing activity including open days, housing fairs and Student Union partnerships.
  • Create scalable local marketing templates and brief creative assets to the design team.
  • Support localised email and social activity alongside wider campaign plans.
  • Help manage local marketing plans for priority challenge cities.
  • Monitor campaign performance and identify opportunities to improve engagement and lead generation.
  • Support team administration, including managing the marketing inbox and raising purchase orders.

Requirements

  • Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
  • Organised, proactive and able to manage multiple projects effectively.
  • A collaborative approach with the ability to work across different teams and external partners.
  • Good attention to detail and confidence coordinating marketing activity and data.
  • Positive, adaptable and eager to learn and develop.
  • A team player who thrives in a fast-paced environment and shares our One Team mentality.

Benefits

  • A discretionary annual bonus so you can share in the company`s success
  • 25 days` paid holiday and an annual holiday buying scheme, with 5 additional days awarded for long service
  • A generous pension scheme - employer contributions between 5% and 11% depending on how much you save
  • Various benefits to support your health and wellbeing including a Healthcare Cash Plan, an Employee Assistance Programme, a Wellbeing platform and a Gym benefit that you can share with your family and friends
  • Enhanced Family Leave including 18 weeks full pay for birthing parents and 4 weeks for non-birthing parents
  • Lots of other great benefits including an annual ShareSave scheme, Employee Life Assurance, a discounts portal and more!
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Unite Group plc

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Unite Students is the UK’s largest owner, manager and developer of purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA). With more than 150 properties in 22 leading university towns and cities, Unite Students is home to around 68,000 students, living predominantly in en-suite study bedrooms with rents covering bills, insurance, and 24-hour security. Properties offer affordable, high-quality, secure accommodation close to campuses and local amenities. Driven by a common purpose: to provide a 'Home for Success' to live, work and invest, Unite Students is committed to raising standards in the student accommodation sector supported by over 60 university partners. Founded in Bristol in 1991, Unite Group plc is an award-winning Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT), listed on the London Stock Exchange. The company pursues a sustainable growth strategy, maintaining the strongest brand and highest-quality portfolio through continued investment in its best-in-class operating platform, highly selective development activity, asset management initiatives and portfolio recycling. In addition to its wholly owned properties, Unite Students is also invested in and operates one specialist fund, the Unite UK Student Accommodation Fund (USAF) and one joint venture, (LSAV), with GIC. Through the Unite Foundation, its charitable trust, Unite Students provide rent-free accommodation and scholarships to care experienced and estranged students. Learn more about Unite Group plc at: www.unitegroup.com

Founded in 1991
Bristol, England, GBR
1.5K employees (26 in marketing)
47% recommend to a friend
50% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
276.1K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$7
Traffic Source Mix
Search
53.3%
Direct
37.9%
Referral
6.8%
Social
1.3%
Paid
0.7%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~1.5K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
26 (2% of company)

Funding

Total Funding
$967.2M
Last Raise
$580.4M
Post IPO Equity, 2 years ago

Funding History

  • Jul 2024
    Post IPO Equity • $580.4M
  • Jul 2023
    Post IPO Equity • $386.8M