Marketing Manager - Business Engagement

This role will be based on the university campus with scope for it to be undertaken in a hybrid manner.   We are also open to discussing flexible working arrangements.

The University of Leeds aspires to become one of the most business-connected and entrepreneurial universities in the UK, where partnerships with industry are central to shaping research and education. 

Our core offering includes contract research, consultancy and professional learning. These services play a vital role in connecting businesses with the University’s expertise, talent, and facilities to drive innovation and growth.

This role is part of the University’s Strategic Marketing Function with close alignment to the Business Engagement service. 

Reporting to the Senior Marketing Manager for Business Engagement, you will be responsible for the delivery and optimisation of Services for Business marketing activity, implementing agreed strategies and propositions that drive awareness, collaboration and ongoing engagement with industry and external partners.

You will be required to be self-directing, working closely with business development colleagues and across the Research and Innovation Service (RIS), the University Communications team, and faculty stakeholders.

Working collaboratively across the Business Engagement marketing function, you will develop campaigns, content and events that support our brand, strengthen our position in the market, and enhance the experience for business partners. 

This role supports key targets and metrics around brand and reputation and income generation. The initial focus will be on implementing our industry value proposition across key customer touchpoints and channels, ensuring our ‘hero’ services have strong, compelling propositions and pipelines for growth.

This is a matrix team and may require you to work collaboratively and interchangeably with other marketing colleagues, adapting and sharing resources depending on changing strategic focus and areas of opportunity. This also means there may be a requirement for occasional weekend and/or evening working.

Please note that this post may be suitable for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa route but first-time applicants might need to qualify for salary concessions. For more information please visit: www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa.

What we offer in return

• 26 days holiday plus approx.16 Bank Holidays/days that the University is closed by custom (including Christmas) – That’s 42 days a year!
• Generous pension scheme options plus life assurance
• Health and Wellbeing: Discounted staff membership options at The Edge, our state-of-the-art Campus gym, with a pool, sauna, climbing wall, cycle circuit, and sports halls.
• Personal Development: Access to courses run by our Organisational Development & Professional Learning team.
• Access to on-site childcare, shopping discounts and travel schemes are also available.

And much more!  

To explore the post further or for any queries you may have, please contact:

Name Megan McElroy, Job Title Senior Marketing Manager

Email: m.l.mcelroy@leeds.ac.uk

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