Marketing Assistant

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The role of the Marketing Assistant is to help research, plan and deliver marketing activity for our key campaigns throughout the year. Examples of campaigns you will work on are Welcome Week (Freshers 2024), Refreshers, Exec elections, Reclaim the Night and more. As well as working on developing our SU Brand you will also assist with the marketing activity for our multiple commercial outlets. You will also be responsible for managing the day-to-day administrative tasks within the marketing department, such as regularly checking the marketing inbox and our projects board to respond to any new incoming request from both internal and external stakeholders.

Working with the Marketing team you will be responsible for championing our brand by creating engaging brand activations, campaign activities and thorough marketing proposals. You will do this by leading on end-to-end campaign activity, from idea creation, to budgeting, branding an activity management. Helping us increase brand awareness and brand loyalty amongst our students with student led campaign ideas. You will support us in ensuring our organisational values are at the forefront of our marketing activity, helping us to offer students a great experience whilst at University by creating an inclusive and welcoming community where we put students at the heart of everything we do.

This role is great for someone who is looking to gain hands on experience within marketing and to take responsibility for creating engaging student led campaigns that both boost the SU Brand but also contributes towards creating great experiences for students.

Please read the full role profile before applying, as well as our guide to recruitment.

Details 

Wage: £12 per hour + holiday pay

Contract: Zero Hours, Fixed-Term until 31st July 2025

Hours: approximately 2 -8 per week

Our Reward Package

You’ll get access to our reward package which you can see here.

Recruitment Guide 

We have a guide that explains our full recruitment process. We recommend reading through this before beginning an application.

If you are invited to interview with us, we will share our interview questions in advance so you can prepare your responses. We’re more interested in hearing about your experiences and ideas than in testing your memory, and so we want you to feel as prepared as possible.

Inclusivity and Accessibility

We are committed to equality of opportunity, and we work hard to ensure we appoint based on skill and values.

We particularly encourage applications from Disabled or Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African candidates as these groups are currently underrepresented in our staff team.

If you have any accessibility requirements or require adjustments to support you to apply to work with us, please get in touch. We can offer reasonable adjustments at all stages of our recruitment process.

Recruitment Timeline 

Applications opened: 30th September 10am

Applications close:  14th October 3pm

Interviews:  w/c 28th October

Role Commencing: November

We may close applications early if we receive a high volume of applications. We recommend that you apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment. In this case, all applicants who have started an application will be contacted 2 hours before we close the role.

Contact

People Team:

You can contact the People Team with any questions regarding this vacancy or our recruitment process.

Email: jobs.su@manchester.ac.uk

Phone: 0161 306 3279

Details 

Company: University of Manchester Students' Union

Location: University of Manchester Students' Union, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PR

Contract:  Zero Hours

Wage: £12 per hour + holiday pay

To apply for this job please visit umsu.staffsavvy.me.

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