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Salary:£30,150
Reference No.SR1922
Location: Cross Campus
Hours: 37 hrs / week|52 weeks / year
Contract: Permanent
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Job Details
A role centred on event-focused marketing - Take the lead on the organisation and execution of major events, consisting of recruitment events such as Open Evenings as well as celebration events including Graduation Ceremonies. Communicating effectively and efficiently with attendees and wider stakeholders to ensure the success and monitoring of the event. Initiating new ideas, incorporating our brand, vision and digital expertise throughout all collateral, communication and events.
Duties and responsibilities
- Plan and manage major college eventssuch as Open Evenings, Graduation, and Student Awards.
- Lead creation of key publicationsincluding the prospectus, event literature, and marketing materials.
- Develop and execute internal and external communications strategiesto support student recruitment and engagement.
- Analyse effectiveness of marketing effortsusing data from events and publications to inform future strategies.
- Oversee planning, budgeting, and executionof recruitment campaigns and associated literature.
- Maintain strong stakeholder relationshipsinternally and externally to support marketing and events.
- Ensure consistent branding and professional presentationacross campus, particularly during major events.
- Coordinate the production and distributionof marketing content, including photos, videos, and promotional materials.
- Support and contribute to innovative marketing approachesto achieve recruitment and engagement targets.
- Remain flexible and proactive, including working outside standard hours and participating in off-site promotional events
The right candidate will have:
- Educated to a degree level or with equivalent professional experience
- Minimum of two years experience in either events management or marketing
- Experience in developing marketing collateral
- Demonstratable experience of running events from conception to completion.
- Excellent organisation skills and the ability to prioritise your work
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to communicate with a diverse range of audiences
- Ability to find imaginative and practical solutions
- Ability to engage and build effective relationships with stakeholders and committees quickly
- Self-motivated, energetic and proactive approach which reflects a positive, enthusiastic, resilient and committed attitude.
Why choose us?
Our strategy is to create a Career Focused, Digital Learning environment, ensuring that the learner experience and our relationship within our community, local and regional employers, are at the heart of everything we do. We are proud to be selected as finalists for the AoC Beacon awards for effective use of digital Technology in FE. Providing a high achieving, focused learning environment allowing our students to achieve the grades they need for higher educations, or the skills and aptitude required to secure a suitable role in their chosen career. Our college is set in the leafy suburbs of Essex, with easy access to surrounding areas and amenities, we are based in a well-connected location both by road and rail.
What we offer:
- A dedicated and friendly team of professionals who are keen to develop and learn
- Excellent pension provision
- Annual Staff Awards
- CPD days - opportunities to grow and development through mentorship and coaching
- Free onsite parking
- Staff appreciation days
- Eye care vouchers
- Onsite Starbucks & Restaurant
- Well-being days & activities
- Electric Vehicle Scheme*
- Discounted gym membership
- Hybrid Working available
- Fully immersive teaching rooms allow simultaneous online teaching at multiple locations
- Free Employee Assistance Programme available 24/7, 365 days offering legal & financial advice, as well as general support & guidance
* subject to terms & conditions