Associate Professor in Digital Marketing and Analytics

University of Surrey; Guildford; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Surrey invites applications for an Associate Professor in Digital Marketing and Analytics to join the Discipline of Strategy, Marketing and International Business. The post holder will lead research and teaching in digital marketing and analytics, bridging technology development, consumer insight and responsible business with strategic impact.

The successful candidate will develop interdisciplinary research, cultivate external partnerships and contribute to curriculum

Qualifications

• High level expertise in digital marketing and analytics.
• Strong record of international research and field-advancing publications.

Responsibilities

• Teach and lead digital marketing and analytics across undergrad, postgraduate and executive education.
• Develop interdisciplinary research and innovation activity at the intersection of marketing, analytics and AI.
• Mentor colleagues and doctoral researchers; engage with external partners and funding pipelines.

Job description

Organisation/Company UNIVERSITY OF SURREY Research Field Management sciences Researcher Profile Leading Researcher (R4) Established Researcher (R3) Application Deadline 21 Oct 2026 - 00:00 (UTC) Country United Kingdom Type of Contract Permanent Job Status Full-time Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

Offer Description

The University of Surrey is a global community of ideas and people, dedicated to life-changing education and research.

We are ambitious and have a bold vision of what we want to achieve - shaping ourselves into one of the best universities in the world, which we are achieving through the talents and endeavour of every employee.

Our culture empowers people to achieve this aim and to collectively, and individually, make a real difference.

Surrey Business School is a vibrant, internationally connected business school with more than 150 academic colleagues from around the world. We bring together a highly collegial community committed to progressive education, transformational research and responsible practice.

Our strategy, Incubating Vibrant Futures 2024–2030, sets out an ambitious vision to be a global leader in business education and research that drives innovation, transformation and responsible business. We are building a distinctive school that connects rigorous scholarship with real-world challenge, working closely with businesses, policymakers, entrepreneurs and communities across Surrey, the South East, London and internationally.

The School is accredited by AACSB, AMBA and the Small Business Charter, and holds an Advance HE Athena SWAN Bronze Award. We are ranked in the top 75 globally for Business Administration and top 100 for Management in the Shanghai Global Rankings (2025). In REF 2021, Surrey Business School was ranked 19th overall in the UK, 10th for research outputs and 16th for research impact.

Our research and innovation ecosystem is organised around internationally relevant challenges, with particular strengths in the future of work, digital economy and AI, entrepreneurship and innovation, responsible business, leadership and organisational psychology, international business, hospitality and tourism, finance, operations and analytics. Supported by interdisciplinary collaboration across the University and strong links to external partners, we seek to generate research that advances knowledge while shaping practice, policy and new ventures.

The School offers a full portfolio of undergraduate, postgraduate, MBA and doctoral programmes. Students benefit from applied and experiential learning through live business challenges, consultancy, enterprise activity, placements and engagement with employers. Located on a beautiful campus in Guildford, with London just 34 minutes away by train, the University of Surrey is an international university with a strong enterprising spirit.

We are seeking to appoint an Associate Professor in Digital Marketing and Analytics to join the Discipline of Strategy, Marketing and International Business.

This is a strategically important appointment for the School. The successful candidate will bring recognised expertise in digital marketing and analytics, with the capacity to contribute to the School’s leadership in digital innovation and AI. They will help position marketing as a vital bridge between technological development, consumer and organisational insight, responsible innovation, and business transformation.

The postholder will have a strong and developing international research profile, evidenced by high-quality, field-advancing publications and a clear agenda for future research. They will be expected to play a significant role in developing interdisciplinary research and innovation activity at the intersection of marketing, analytics, and digital innovation. This includes building collaborations across the School and University, engaging external partners, and contributing to a strong pipeline of high-quality research funding.

The successful candidate will demonstrate the ability to teach and lead digital marketing and analytics-related subjects across undergraduate, postgraduate and executive education provision. They will contribute to the continuing development of distinctive, contemporary programmes that equip students to make sound marketing and business judgments in a digitally enabled economy. We welcome candidates who bring thoughtful, inclusive and practice-informed approaches to teaching, assessment and the wider student experience.

The role will also involve academic citizenship and leadership, including contribution to programme development, curriculum innovation, mentoring colleagues and doctoral researchers, and engagement with professional and business communities. Relevant industry experience, particularly in marketing, digital, analytics or innovation roles within multinational companies, scale-ups or SMEs, would be an advantage.

We particularly welcome applicants whose expertise can strengthen our ambition to produce excellent research, attract external funding, and create meaningful impact through interdisciplinary collaboration in digital innovation and AI.

For further information on the Discipline of Strategy, Marketing and International Business, including its research and teaching areas, please visit the discipline website and team page .

At Surrey, we are committed to providing an inclusive environment that offers equitable opportunities for all, in the pursuit of Surrey’s vision to be a leading global University. We work together to create a truly inclusive culture. We place great value on diversity and welcome applicants from all backgrounds. We are seeking to increase the diversity within our community and would particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups, such as people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic groups and people with disabilities. Appointments will always be made on merit.

Conditions and compensation will be at internationally competitive standards and be commensurate with the appointees’ experience.