Marketing Manager (Research and Enterprise)

Marketing Manager (Research and Enterprise)

Section: Research & Enterprise Marketing
Location: Highfield Campus
Salary: £35,880 to £43,878
Full Time Fixed Term (until 05/01/2026)
Closing Date: Friday 29 November 2024
Reference: NP

Join our friendly Research and Enterprise Marketing team and play a critical role in delivering the university's research and enterprise strategic plans. We're seeking a Marketing Manager to join us for a year to cover maternity leave.

We need someone who enjoys turning their hand to a variety of projects. Working as part of a small team, you'll contribute to a range of collaborations to enhance our reputation. You'll be working to improve brand perception with core audiences, increase income, and enhance the understanding of new knowledge which is making a real difference to the world.

Collaborating with senior leaders and academics, you'll get under the skin of a wide variety of projects, understand their target markets, and develop compelling and competitive propositions for them. To deliver plans, you'll engage with a network of specialist experts in commercial, digital and communications teams to meet our ambitious targets.

About you:

You'll bring experience of planning and implementing marketing operations and the ability to do so in a large and complex organisation. Your skills in developing plans based on data and insight will underpin your creativity in designing innovative solutions. Adept at relationship-building, you'll be able to work proactively with academic and professional service stakeholders and across a network of internal and external teams to effectively deliver marketing plans. A background in higher education is not essential and we welcome applications from those who have gained their marketing experience in the commercial sector.

What we can offer you

We support a flexible approach to work and welcome hybrid working. With an understanding that there is a need to be on campus or visiting local businesses as part of the role.

We have a range of benefits to make your life easier. In addition to a generous holiday allowance, you will receive additional university closure days at Easter and Christmas. As staff, you would be eligible for reduced fees at our on campus Early Years Centre, which provides quality childcare from birth to five years. Your long-term future would be supported with access to the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS), subsidised health and fitness facilities and a range of discounts.

As a university, we aim to create an inclusive environment that attracts, supports, and retains the best students and staff from diverse backgrounds and experiences from across the world. We are proactive in fostering a culture of inclusion, respect, and equality of opportunity. We believe that we can only truly meet our objectives if we are reflective of society, so we are passionate about creating a working environment in which you are free to bring your whole self to work.

If you wish to discuss the role in more detail, please email Kate Prince.

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We aim to create an environment where everyone can thrive and are proactive in fostering a culture of inclusion, respect and equality of opportunity. With a generous holiday allowance as well as additional university closure days, we are committed to supporting our staff and students and open to a flexible working approach.

Apply by 11.59 pm GMT on the closing date. For assistance contact Recruitment quoting the job number.