Marketing Manager

Reading, UK (On-site)

£39K/yr – £42K/yrMid LevelPermanent

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Help build a small school marketing function that owns storytelling across content, campaigns, digital and events while juggling multiple priorities with internal partners and agencies.

  • Own team leadership and prioritisation to deliver high quality communications.
  • Collaborate across the School to showcase student experiences and engage families.
  • Shape marketing creative and channel mix to align with the Leighton Park experience.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead and support a small marketing team, helping to prioritise activity, develop colleagues and deliver high-quality, purposeful communications.
  • Work across the School to showcase extraordinary student experiences, celebrate success, strengthen engagement and help future families discover what makes Leighton Park different.
  • Collaborate across the School to ensure marketing is creative, effective and aligned to the distinctive Leighton Park experience.
  • From content and campaigns to digital channels and events, help shape how Leighton Park is seen, experienced and understood.
  • Combine creativity with excellent organisation, strong judgement and an instinct for storytelling.
  • Confidently managing multiple priorities, building relationships and working collaboratively with colleagues, agencies and suppliers.
  • Some evening and weekend attendance at School events will be required.

Requirements

  • hands-on marketing experience
  • experience of website content management systems
  • experience with analytics, reporting and campaign delivery
  • excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • confidence working across digital and offline channels
  • ability to manage multiple priorities
  • willingness to attend evening and weekend School events

Benefits

  • Bereavement leave
  • Canteen
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Discounted or free food
  • Free flu jabs
  • Free parking
  • Health & wellbeing programme
  • On-site gym
  • On-site parking
  • Sick pay
  • Transport links
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Leighton Park School

Leighton Park School is a co-educational independent school founded on Quaker values. Catering for both day and boarding students aged 11-18, the school is set in 65 acres of beautiful park land in Reading, Berkshire.Outstanding academic achievement and pastoral care are supported by the school's distinctive ethos, based upon Quaker values. Young people are part of a forward-looking, busy and active community that gives them an exceptional and enriching preparation for life, one where they have time: time to learn and to grow; time to understand themselves, their worth as individuals and the worth of others.

Reading, England, GBR
145 employees (16 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
15.4K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
19.9%
Direct
33.7%
Referral
37.8%
Paid
1.5%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~146

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
8 (6% of company)