Digital Content Manager

About the role

We are seeking an experienced professional to lead the planning, creation and delivery of digital content and media to support the Faculty of Science’s wide-ranging marketing and research activities. You'll join the Faculty Marketing and Web Team and play a key role in managing our digital presence to external and internal stakeholders.

Using your knowledge of content and user design experience, you'll work closely with colleagues in the Faculty and across the University to create appropriate content that meets specific user needs. You'll continually review and optimise content to improve performance, using the University's bespoke publishing platform, built and developed in-house. You’ll also have the opportunity to work closely with the Head of Marketing and our digital agency, to manage the operational delivery of the digital marketing campaigns.

You'll have a proven track record of:

• Writing for the web with the ability to produce appropriate content and advise Faculty colleagues on best practice techniques.
• Knowledge of sourcing and/or creating other types of content (e.g. images, video, audio, animation) and using these to deliver effective content and campaigns.
• Developing and managing content across multiple digital platforms using a CMS.
• An understanding of web usability and inclusive design requirements.
• Implementing web tracking tools and creating dashboards to monitor user activity across our website.  Use insights from this data to inform and optimise digital marketing activity.

You must be able to communicate effectively and confidently to develop good working relationships. You should have excellent organisational skills, be a good team player and be able to successfully manage your workload, as well as stakeholder expectations.

This opportunity will allow you to:

• Explore emerging AI tools and digital solutions and how they can be applied in a Higher Education setting.
• Make a major contribution to successfully promoting the Faculty to external and internal audiences.
• Join a friendly and supportive team that prides itself on building strong relationships, exploring new ideas, and delivering results.

Further information

This post is full-time and fixed-term until October 2026 and will be a mixture of remote working & working on-campus.

For an informal discussion about this post, please contact:

Head of Marketing, Faculty of Science - Sarah Amphlett, sca47@bath.ac.uk or

Ellie Wallace, Deputy Head of Marketing ew2223@bath.ac.uk

We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected & encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students and encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university. We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our Safer Recruitment commitment.

We're very proud to be a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant. an accredited Disability Confident Leader; autism friendly university, committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff. 

Right to Work in the UK: 

We do not assess immigration or right to work status until offer stage. Being invited to interview does not guarantee you are eligible for visa sponsorship and all offers are conditional on meeting right to work requirements. 

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