Head of Brand & Campaigns in Stroud

Reference: REQ001520
Location: Filton (Cross-College Travel Required)
FTE Salary: up to £42,339.00 (Salary is dependent on qualifications and experience)
Contract Type: Permanent, Full-Time
Working Hours: 37 hours per week

At SGS, we are proud to be an Equal Opportunities and Disability Confident employer. We encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, experiences, and communities, and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive.

Role Information

Reference: REQ001520
Location: Filton (Cross-College Travel Required)
FTE Salary: up to £42,339.00 (Salary is dependent on qualifications and experience)
Contract Type: Permanent, Full-Time
Working Hours: 37 hours per week

At SGS, we are proud to be an Equal Opportunities and Disability Confident employer. We encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, experiences, and communities, and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive.

Financial Rewards And Benefits

• Opportunity to make a positive impact within the community and on learners' lives
• Competitive Pension Scheme-Corporate and support roles have access to the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS), a flexible and pension accessible from the age of 55, with generous employer contributions of 16%.
• Generous Annual leave entitlement plus the 8 bank holidays-35 days annual leave for management contracted positions (Full-Time Equivalent).
• Two weeks leave during the Christmas closedown period largely supported by the discretionary closure days provided by the College.
• Extensive professional development with ongoing support for your personal & professional development, including 25% tuition discount for immediate family of SGS employees.
• Family friendly policies and a proven commitment to supporting flexible working practices
• Access to 'My Lifestyle' discounted shopping benefits, cycle to work scheme and a Technology Salary Sacrifice Scheme
• Free Annual Eye test
• All staff members can buy a TOTUM card(formerly known as NUS Extra cards), as part of being an affiliate member of the Students' Union
• Staff have access and supported to be part of inclusive or sustainable staff networks and communities
• Free car parking at all campuses (Except Queens Road Art School)
• Access to a wide variety of external health and wellbeing resources
• Subsidised onsite catering services including Costa Coffee

South Gloucestershire & Stroud College has an excellent reputation for delivering further education and work-based programmes in a range of subjects - from business to sport, construction to media, GCSE's and A Levels to Honour Degree level programmes.

Our experienced and passionate staff work hard to help students and colleagues achieve their personal challenges and career goals. We are proud of SGS and committed to making the College the best it can be. We are currently working hard to achieve "Outstanding" status after being classified as "Good" in our last inspection. For more information, please visit https://www.sgscol.ac.uk/

We have an exciting role of Head of Brand & Campaigns within our Communications, Brand and Public Affairs team!

SGS is changing how it shows up, how it connects with the people it serves and how its brand brings together reputation, recruitment, belonging and growth. As Head of Brand & Campaigns, you'll sit at the heart of that shift, turning strategic thinking into a more distinctive, consistent and connected SGS brand across campaigns, content and experiences.

You’ll bring together audience insight, creativity and commercial thinking across the whole SGS experience, shaping how students, staff, communities, partners and prospective learners see and feel about the College. You'll help define how SGS looks, sounds and behaves at every touchpoint, building recognition and trust, strengthening our reputation and supporting the campaigns that drive recruitment and engagement.

You’ll lead a confident and curious team, make clear decisions about where creativity and investment can have the greatest impact, and stay close enough to the work to take ideas from first thought through to final detail.

Key Tasks And Responsibilities

• Lead the development and delivery of the SGS brand across campaigns, content, digital, events and physical environments.
• Develop audience-led, integrated campaigns that support student recruitment, growth and wider College priorities.
• Use audience insight, recruitment data and campaign performance to shape propositions, creative ideas and investment decisions.
• Provide creative direction across significant campaigns and projects, ensuring high-quality delivery from concept through to rollout.
• Lead and develop the Brand & Campaigns team, managing priorities, budgets, agencies and external suppliers

Beneficial Skills & Qualifications

• Significant experience leading brand, marketing or integrated campaign activity with measurable outcomes.
• Strong creative judgement and experience briefing and directing designers, content specialists, agencies and other creative partners.
• Experience using audience insight, market intelligence and performance data to improve campaigns and conversion.
• Strong leadership, communication and influencing skills, with experience managing multidisciplinary teams and budgets.
• A relevant degree, professional qualification or equivalent professional development in brand, marketing, advertising, communications or a related discipline.

SGS College is committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults. All employment offers are contingent upon satisfactory references, an Enhanced DBS check, and additional checks and online searches in accordance with KCSIE guidance.