Marketing Assistant

Warwick; Coventry; Hybrid; GBP 26,000 - 27,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Holiday allowance

Learning opportunities

Employee discounts

Parental leave

Onsite childcare

Flexible working

Job summary

The University of Warwick is seeking a proactive Marketing Assistant to support the marketing activity of Warwick Conferences and Warwick Food Group. You will help manage campaigns, create content, and assist with email marketing, website updates and social media to drive enquiries, bookings and customer engagement.

You'll work within a dynamic commercial marketing team, gaining exposure to multiple marketing disciplines and contributing to project coordination, reporting and events across two

Qualifications

• Excellent organisational and administrative skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to produce clear, engaging written content.
• Attention to detail and ability to meet deadlines.
• Experience in marketing, communications or hospitality beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Support day-to-day marketing activity and campaigns.
• Assist with campaign administration, content creation, email marketing, website updates, and social media.
• Coordinate marketing projects and manage promotional materials.
• Support campaign reporting and cross-team collaboration.
• Help deliver marketing plans on schedule.

Skills

Organisational skills

Administrative skills

Written communication

Verbal communication

Content creation

Email marketing

Website updates

Social media

Event support

Campaign administration

Project coordination

Job description

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Department: CCMOG - Brand, Campaigns and Marketing

Contract Type:Indefinite

Hours: Full-time, 36.5 hours per week (1.0 FTE)

Closing Date: Sunday 11 October 2026, 11:59PM

Full time Salary Range: £26,093 - £26,707 per annum

About the Role

We're looking for an organised, enthusiastic and proactive Marketing Assistant to support the marketing activity of Warwick Conferences and Warwick Food Group.

Working within our commercial marketing team, this is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to build a career in marketing while gaining experience across two of the University's commercial business areas.

Working alongside experienced marketing professionals, you'll help deliver campaigns that drive enquiries, bookings, footfall and customer engagement.

As a Marketing Assistant, you'll play a key role in supporting the day-to-day delivery of marketing activity. You'll assist with campaign administration, content creation, email marketing, website updates, social media activity and event support, helping ensure projects are delivered efficiently and on schedule.

You'll also help co-ordinate marketing projects, manage promotional materials, support campaign reporting and work closely with colleagues across both businesses to bring marketing plans to life.

This is a varied role that offers exposure to a broad range of marketing disciplines and provides a fantastic foundation for someone looking to develop a long-term career in marketing.

For details on the experience and skills required, please refer to the job description (link here) .

About You

You'll be organised, proactive and keen to learn, with a genuine interest in marketing and communications.

Whether you're starting your marketing career or already have some relevant experience, you'll enjoy working in a fast-paced environment and supporting a variety of projects at the same time.

We're looking for someone who:

• Has excellent organisational and administrative skills
• Has strong written and verbal communication skills
• Can produce clear, engaging written content
• Has good attention to detail and takes pride in delivering high-quality work
• Can manage competing priorities and meet deadlines
• Enjoys working collaboratively with colleagues and stakeholders
• Takes a proactive approach and is willing to get stuck into new challenges
• Has an interest in marketing and digital communications

Previous experience in a marketing, communications, hospitality or commercial environment would be beneficial.

Most importantly, you'll be enthusiastic, eager to learn and committed to delivering excellent customer-focused marketing support

About the Department

The University of Warwick is world leading for teaching and research, with an absolute commitment to excellence and an ambition to challenge the status quo. We’ve inspired positive change, sparked innovation, and created opportunity across our local community, our region, the country and beyond.

We’re incredibly proud of our global reputation as a centre of excellence for learning and research. It is our mission to open our doors even wider – to work hand in hand with industry, to connect with academics and partners around the world, to bring opportunity to our region and our country, and to engage students, staff, and communities from all walks of life, all parts of society, all cultural backgrounds.

You will join a passionate and inspiring team of Marketing, Communications, and Insight (MCI) professionals. MCI encompasses the teams for:

• Marketing and Student Recruitment.
• Brand and Marketing.
• Corporate Communications.
• Market Research and Insight

• an attractive pension scheme
• a generous holiday allowance plus Christmas closure
• excellent learning and development opportunities
• savings on a wide range of products and services
• a generous maternity/paternity/adoption/parental leave policy
• onsite childcare facilities
• access to flexible working

If you are considering relocating to the UK, read our Relocation Guide to find out more about what Warwick has to offer and what might be involved in the process.

Warwick is committedto building an organisation ofmutual respectanddignity, promoting awelcoming, diverse, and inclusive workingand learning environment. We recognise that everyone is different in a variety of visible and non-visible ways, and that those differences are to berecognised, respected, and valued. Where possible, we go beyond legislation to provide a place where everyone can thrive, supporting all staff to achieve their full potential. We aspire to remove economic, social, and cultural barriers that may otherwise prevent people from succeeding.

We therefore welcome and encourage applications from all communities regardless of culture, background, age, disability, sex/gender, gender identity or expression, ethnicity, religion/belief, or sexual or romantic orientation. To find out more about our social inclusion work at Warwick visit our webpages here .

The University currently holds aRace Equality Charter Bronze Award,Athena Swan Sliver Awardand aDisability Smart Bronze Award.Further information on all of the University's Awards and Accreditations can be found here . The University of Warwick is also one of the six founder institutions of the EUTOPIA European University Alliance .

Right to Work in the UK

We wish to advise applicants that this role is not eligible for sponsorship for a Skilled Worker visa. If you do not yet have the right to work in the UK you will need to check the UK Government Website to see if you are eligible to obtain the right to work in the UK through one of the other UK immigration routes before you make your application.