Marketing and Communications Business Partner Officer

Marketing and Communications Directorate

The Directorate provides full-service marketing and communications support across the university. This includes brand and creative development; design and print; corporate and student recruitment campaigns; CRM and conversion activity; faculty marketing; reputation management; media relations and public affairs; internal and external communications; events; admissions and schools engagement; widening participation; enquiry management and follow-up; and web and digital development. 

The Role

The Business Partnering team supports the university’s recruitment and commercial objectives, with a focus on portfolio performance, competitiveness and student recruitment outcomes. Working with a Business Partner, you will coordinate and deliver course marketing and student recruitment focused communications and activity for a designated faculty, ensuring solutions are insight-led and aligned with agreed objectives.

Collaborating with the wider MarComms directorate and managing stakeholders effectively, you will develop a strong understanding of DMU's portfolio, its audiences and market position, using this insight to shape messaging and campaign activity. As part of a small, supportive team, you will deliver end-to-end marketing and recruitment activity while contributing to a “one team” ethos across the Business Partnering team, helping shape how courses are positioned and promoted to future students.

Ideal Candidate

We’re looking for a creative, innovative, and resilient team member who enjoys working in a collaborative, fast-paced environment. Educated to degree level or equivalent, you will have a curiosity for how market trends, customer needs, and competitor activity shape demand. You will be both analytical and pragmatic—able to move between project coordination and hands-on delivery. An awareness of the UK and international student markets is desirable, but not essential.

The ideal candidate will have:

• Experience delivering high-quality, innovative marketing, content ideation, copywriting, student recruitment, communications, and/or event activity, supported by strong project management skills.
• A collaborative approach and the ability to build, develop, and manage positive stakeholder relationships.
• Confidence in engaging with a wide range of stakeholders, including senior management, academics, and colleagues across multiple teams, with the ability to influence and persuade effectively.
• Experience (or a strong interest) in product or course marketing, including translating complex offerings into clear and compelling propositions.
• The ability to use data, insight, and market intelligence to monitor performance, evaluate impact, and provide actionable recommendations.
• Resilience when balancing competing priorities and viewpoints.
• An understanding of commissioning or briefing in work across an organisation.

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Contact

For more information about the role, please contact the hiring team at marcomms.businesspartners@dmu.ac.uk