Marketing Workflow Manager

Location: Leeds - Main Campus

Working time: 100% FTE, working Monday to Friday

Contract type: Fixed term (12 months, cover is required for a member of staff on leave/absence)

The interviews are expected to be held on Wednesday 2^nd December 2026.

Due to the nature of these roles, we expect a high number of applications. We reserve the right to close the advert early, so we strongly recommend that you submit your application as soon as you can.

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.

You will be responsible for managing the flow of projects and tasks across the Student Recruitment Marketing Team to ensure we have the right people, skillsets and time aligned to activity, working within agreed budgets and deliverables. You will have oversight of the team’s workplans and projects in order to assign, plan, and schedule work effectively.

Working as part of a large, integrated team, you will be responsible for balancing the numerous demands via internal collaboration tools and project teams, overseeing the smooth flow of tasks between departments, preventing bottlenecks and delays to meet deadlines. You will bring a solid, understanding of how to prioritise the workload to ensure maximum efficiency, especially in a fast-moving environment.

You will be experienced in relationship building with excellent planning and project management skills.

This role does not currently have line management responsibility, however you will task manage other colleagues in project working groups in a matrix environment. This role will also deputise for the Marketing Planning and Workflow Manager to ensure business continuity for managing work within the team.

This is a matrix team and will require you to work collaboratively with other marketing managers, 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.

This role supports key targets and metrics around, size and shape of learners, campaign performance, brand and reputation measures and income generation.

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:

Elise Roberts, Job Title: Head of Marketing - Planning

Email: e.a.roberts@leeds.ac.uk

Further details: Candidate brief

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