Marketing Officer - 1028-26

Lancashire, UK (Hybrid)

£33K/yr – £38K/yrMid LevelFull time

Posted 3 days ago

Job Summary

Own the creation and upkeep of digital content for recruitment and marketing, lead website development, produce course content and multimedia, and coordinate with media agencies to plan digital advertising campaigns.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Reporting to the Faculty of Science and Technology Communication and Marketing Manager, this role supports the Faculty’s recruitment and marketing plans by creating high-quality digital content, engaging and compelling written content and liaising with our media buying agency to plan and deliver advertising campaigns.
  • Lead the development and maintenance of our Faculty website, creating new pages, updating existing pages and ensuring that the content remains of the highest quality and is optimised to meet the evolving needs of the target audience.
  • Create subject content for course pages including written copy, videos, photography and rich media.
  • Be familiar with content management systems and capable of working with a high degree of initiative to troubleshoot any issues.
  • Film and edit in-house videos, and work with external agencies to create professional videos.
  • Experience of working with media agencies to plan advertising campaigns and develop creative assets for digital channels such as paid search, paid social media and third party platforms would be advantageous.

Requirements

  • Highly motivated, experienced marketing professional
  • excellent communications skills
  • ability to build relationships with a variety of stakeholders
  • confidence to work across multiple projects with competing requirements
  • familiar with content management systems
  • ability to film and edit in-house videos
  • experience of creating high-quality digital content and engaging written content (as implied by role)
  • ability to multi-task and to self-motivate
  • attention to detail and a high level of accuracy

Preferred

  • Experience of working with media agencies to plan advertising campaigns and develop creative assets for digital channels such as paid search, paid social media and third party platforms would be advantageous.
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Founded in 1964
Lancashire, England, GBR
5.7K employees (131 in marketing)

Salaries

Posted range

£33K/yr – £38K/yr

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Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
131 (2% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
3

Funding

Total Funding
$451.1K
Last Raise
$305.9K
Grant, 3 years ago

Funding History

  • Jun 2023
    Grant • $305.9K
  • Feb 2023
    Grant • $145.1K

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
1.5M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$524
Traffic Source Mix
Search
24.3%
Direct
59.8%
Referral
7.7%
Social
4.4%
Paid
0.2%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~5.7K

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Marketing Officer - 1028-26

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