Marketing and Event Officer in London

Immediate start available for someone with marketing or events management experience. The Student Marketing and Communications team are responsible for ensuring high-quality and impactful marketing activity delivered to prospective students to support the achievement of the university’s student recruitment targets.

The Events Marketing Officer will be responsible for the effective delivery of university events, working within the Events team to ensure outstanding event experiences for prospective students and stakeholders. The role will play a critical role in planning and delivering events, ensuring all stakeholders are informed and have the necessary information and support to participate. The role will ensure the events enhance student engagement and continuously seek to improve student and stakeholder experience. Travel may be required in the course of undertaking the duties of the role.

• Assist in the delivery of university events including open days/evenings, online events, virtual tours, fairs and presentations globally.
• Effective and timely communication with prospective students and stakeholders to ensure they have the necessary information and updates to participate in events.
• Create event collateral, signage, merchandise and other event assets as required, working with external suppliers as necessary.
• Undertake administrative tasks for events such as booking internal services, risk assessments, briefing staff and ambassadors, preparing event signage and setup.
• Liaise with suppliers to ensure materials and services are delivered on time and to budget, resolving any issues and providing insights to Events Manager and Head of Events on the service provided by suppliers.
• Ensure the provision of high-quality materials and services at events to add value and enhance student experience.
• Gather feedback and create evaluation reports to analyse event performance, generating ideas to improve future offerings.
• Represent the university at events, promoting its values and mission.
• Responding to event enquiries from prospective students and stakeholders.
• Contribute to the development of event strategies.

• Educated to degree level, and/or demonstrable marketing or events management experience; preferably in Higher Education.
• Strong interpersonal skills and demonstrable ability to form and maintain excellent relationships with stakeholders at all levels.
• Excellent organisation and time management skills with the ability to multitask and prioritise.
• Ability to work independently in a fast-changing environment and meet challenging deadlines.
• Excellent IT skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication.
• Able to work on own initiative, able to identify and resolve issues promptly and/or escalating where required.
• Desirable - Experience using project management or workflow tools to plan, track and deliver tasks, such as Asana, ClickUp, Trello or similar.
• Desirable - Proficient in digital content creation, with experience using tools such as video editing software (Premiere Pro), and InDesign to produce clear, well-designed content and materials.