Communications and Marketing Officer
Full time permanent office-based role
Hours: 8am - 5pm
Salary: £28, 000 -£33, 000 per annum.
Our client, a prestigious education institution in the North Surrey area is currently looking for a talented Communications and Marketing Officer to join the team.
Key Responsibilities
- Support the marketing strategy across the establishment including a multi-channel communications plan and parent engagement programmes to support the establishment's strategic plan.
- Engage with the entire community to capture and communicate school life.
- Support the roll out of a brand identity toolkit across all brand touchpoints including brand
- collateral, print media, website and online channels, signage, uniform and livery.
- Administer the execution of the school's social media activity across the yearly calendar, working in close collaboration with the Director Communications and Marketing.
- Ensure digital activities are constantly updated, are kept relevant and appropriate and are used effectively to maintain communication and drive engagement with stakeholders.
- Provide content, style management and design for all school marketing materials.
- Update the school's website content regularly.
- Manage online presence ensuring social media content ignites advocacy and positive
- conversation.
- Support the Events strategy for the school, maintain and update the calendar of events. work closely with the Marketing, Admissions and Communications team to plan creative and
- engaging experiences for prospective families and stakeholders, including open days, scholarship events, taster events and assessment days.
- Administer internal communications within the school, including development of an internal
- communications strategy and management of key internal channels
Person Specification
- Excellent organisational and time management skills with the flexibility to think on your feet
- Ability to work accurately with excellent attention to detail to meet deadlines
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, with an ability to communicate with a variety of stakeholders
- Literacy skills to prepare correspondence to a consistently high standard
- Absolute discretion and the ability to main confidentiality at all times
- Excellent interpersonal and relationship management skills at all levels
- The ability to work well in a fast-paced, multi-tasking environment
- A proactive approach to work; have integrity and the drive to do what is best for the students and the school
- Bachelor's degree or relevant experience (candidates without a Bachelor's degree but with
- equivalent professional experience are encouraged to apply)
- 2-3 years related experience in a marketing role with excellent copy experience
- Good IT skills with knowledge of relevant software applications including MS Outlook, Excel,
- Power Point, and data base skills
- A willingness to learn new skills and evidence of taking ownership of continued professional
- development
Desirable
- Knowledge of software packages such as Illustrator, Photoshop and Wordpress
- Experience of using other web editing tools, CRM and Email marketing platforms, and SEO
- management
- Experience of working in an independent educational establishment or school