Marketing Officer (Multimedia Content Production)

Responsibilities

• Multimedia production
• - Produce high-quality video, animation and audio content in response to briefs from the Digital Marketing Specialist, Content and PR Manager and wider Marketing, Communications and Brand team.
• - Film, edit and deliver content for social media, websites, digital advertising, campaigns, events and external communications.
• - Create content in a range of formats including short-form social video, promotional films, student and alumni testimonials, interviews, podcasts, motion graphics and animated explainers.
• - Support the recording and editing of podcast and audio content.
• - Create promotional video and audio assets from podcast content, including short-form clips, audiograms, trailers and paid advertising creative.
• - Adapt content for different channels and audiences, ensuring assets are optimised for platform requirements and campaign objectives.
• Campaign and content support
• - Work with the Digital Marketing Specialist to develop creative assets for paid social media campaigns and lead generation activity.
• - Work with the Content and PR Manager to produce video and audio content that complements articles, news stories, case studies, podcasts, research, academic expertise and media activity.

Requirements

• Qualifications and training
• Further education level qualifications (E, A).
• Training in video production, multimedia content creation or digital media (E, A).
• Degree in media production, film, digital media, multimedia design, marketing, communications or a related discipline (D, A).
• Adobe Certified Professional qualifications (D, A, I).
• Previous experience
• Producing video content for marketing, communications, digital media or audience engagement purposes (E, A, I).
• Creating and editing content for multiple digital channels, including websites, social media and paid campaigns (E, A, I).
• Managing multiple projects and delivering content to deadlines (E, A, I).
• Working with a range of stakeholders to develop content from brief to final delivery (E, A, I).

Preferred

• Degree in media production, film, digital media, multimedia design, marketing, communications or a related discipline (D, A).
• Adobe Certified Professional qualifications (D, A, I).
• Producing podcasts or audio content (D, A, I).
• Creating motion graphics and animated content (D, A, I).
• Within the education sector / built environment / higher education (D, A, I).
• Adobe Animate / ToonBoom Harmony (2D Animation) (D, A, I).
• Blender (3D animation) (D, A, I).
• Alitu (D, A, I).
• Canva Pro (D, A, I).
• Understanding of brand management and visual identity guidelines (E, I).

Benefits

• Salary: Salary range £30,000 to £33,000 per annum.
• Holiday: 26 days paid holiday (rising to 28 with service) plus paid bank/public holidays plus up to five paid closure days (typically between Christmas and New Year); all per holiday year Full Time Equivalent. Our holiday year runs from 1 August to 31 July. We also have a holiday buy and sell scheme in place. Sometimes the University does not need to close for five days per year and any balance (for example one day), can be used as a paid Wellbeing Day to take time out for your own physical or mental health.
• Pension and life assurance: Pensions auto-enrolment to the People’s Pension which is a default salary sacrifice scheme. You may opt out of salary sacrifice but remain in the scheme, or you may choose to opt out altogether. We provide life assurance (death in service) cover as standard to all employees.
• Family-friendly policies: Policies in place for all types of family-friendly statutory leave with enhanced pay available from day one of employment for some leave types. Access to Tax-Free Childcare (Government scheme).
• Wellbeing: Full access to the Employee Assistance Programme as well as the Thrive Mental Wellbeing app. Several employees are trained Mental Health First Aiders and can support staff. We have a wellbeing policy and we focus on five pillars of wellbeing.
• Sustainable travel: Cycle to Work and Electric Vehicle salary sacrifice schemes.
• Parking: We have locked sheds for bicycles. For cars, for Horizons based roles, we may in the future be able to offer parking on site however you must not assume this will be possible. Every now and then we may have a spare parking space become available and you can ask to join the waiting list. The University is keen wherever possible, to encourage staff to commute as sustainably as possible.
• Other health related benefits: Employer-funded Health Cash Plan (Simplyhealth) and voluntary dental insurance (Unum).
• Other valuable benefits:
• - Charity giving options available including one voluntary paid day, per annum.