Marketing Officer

Salary: Full time starting salary is normally in the range £33,002 to £35,608 with potential progression once in post to £39,906

Contract Type: Fixed Term contract up to January 2028

Are you a creative and driven marketer looking to make an impact in higher education? The University of Birmingham is seeking a Marketing Officer to lead innovative, insight-driven campaigns that attract students from around the world. You’ll work across multiple channels including CRM, web, social media and collaborate with teams across the institution to deliver engaging and effective marketing campaigns. This role offers the chance to join a high-performing, creative team, while developing your skills across a wide range of marketing disciplines.

About the role

The Marketing Officer plays a pivotal role in driving student recruitment and enhancing the University’s reputation. Working with colleagues across the University, you will be responsible for the planning, coordination and delivery of marketing activity. 

This is an exciting role in a busy, innovative and fast-paced team. Working across the full spectrum of the marketing mix, you will work on marketing campaigns for all audiences in the UK and globally. You will create highly tailored marketing content and deliver campaigns across web, email, social media and print whilst providing marketing insight and measuring campaign impact.

About the post holder

The post holder should be a creative thinker with excellent attention to detail, and a quick learner who is happy to work collaboratively to produce innovative solutions to business challenges. 

The Marketing Officer will build and maintain effective relationships and work collaboratively with key internal stakeholders, including Student Recruitment and Marketing teams, Admissions teams, Colleges, and Professional Services. The successful candidate will have excellent interpersonal skills, with the confidence to present ideas and plans successfully to the wider University community. They will work across a range of strategic marketing projects institution-wide.

This role would be suited to someone with excellent communication and organisation skills, with experience in digital marketing, looking to further develop their career and bring their expertise into a high-performing team.

Informal enquiries can be made to Daniel Brindley, email: d.brindley@bham.ac.uk 

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