Marketing Manager

SOUTH HAMPSTEAD HIGH SCHOOL; City Of London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A prestigious independent girls' school in London seeks an experienced digital marketing professional. You will enhance brand visibility, manage digital presence, and deliver engaging multi-channel campaigns. Ideal candidates bring a strategic mindset, proven results in digital marketing, and a passion for promoting a vibrant school community. Competitive benefits and a commitment to personal development are offered.

Benefits

Competitive salaries and pay progression

Extensive professional development opportunities

Training grants for qualifications

Generous pension schemes

Free life assurance benefit

Interest free loans for training

Cycle to Work scheme

Discount of up to 50% on fees for children at GDST schools

Qualifications

• Proven track record in building brand visibility and driving audience engagement.
• Experience in building multi-channel campaigns focused on measurable results.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver marketing and communications strategy.
• Manage and optimize the school’s digital presence and campaigns.
• Support the development of high-quality marketing materials and events.

Skills

Strategic digital marketing

Content planning

Brand storytelling

Social media strategy

Paid social and PPC optimization

SEO optimization

Website management

UX improvement

Photo/video editing using Adobe Suite

Data analytics

Job description

Hours: Full time, term time plus 4 weeks

Required from: January 2026

The role

This exciting, new role at South Hampstead High School offers an exceptional opportunity for a creative, strategic and digitally minded marketing professional to make a meaningful impact in one of London’s leading independent girls’ schools.

Working closely with the Head of Marketing, you will contribute to and deliver a dynamic, insight-driven marketing and communications strategy designed to elevate the school’s profile, strengthen admissions, and champion the achievements and character of our vibrant school community.

You will play a central role in delivering multi-channel marketing activity with a particular focus on digital, social and video, bringing the life and values of our school to audiences in fresh and compelling ways. You will manage and optimise the school’s digital presence, lead paid and organic social campaigns, support SEO and website performance, and create engaging content that inspires prospective families and deepens engagement with our wider community.

Alongside digital leadership, you will support the development of complementary marketing activity, including high-quality events, literature and brand-building initiatives, ensuring consistent messaging and a premium user experience across all touchpoints.

About you

You are an experienced digital marketing professional with a proven track record in building brand visibility, driving audience engagement and delivering measurable results across multi‑channel campaigns. You combine creative spark with a strategic mindset, and you thrive on crafting content and campaigns that resonate, inspire and convert.

You bring expertise in:

• Strategic digital marketing, content planning, and brand storytelling
• Social media strategy and community growth
• Paid social, PPC and SEO optimisation
• Website management and UX improvement
• Photo/video editing using Adobe Suite (Photoshop, InDesign) and/or Canva
• Data analytics, reporting and performance tracking (GA4, social tools)

You are collaborative, organised and results‑driven, with excellent communication and stakeholder‑engagement skills. You enjoy working across a busy environment, leading processes and encouraging creativity in others. Experience in education is welcome but not required; what matters most is your marketing expertise, proactive approach and enthusiasm for showcasing a community where girls can excel.

About the School

Working at South Hampstead is stimulating, challenging and fun. Located in leafy Hampstead, with the buzz of central London’s cultural life close at hand, the school is very well served by public transport and there are excellent local amenities nearby.

The school is part of the GDST, the UK’s leading network of independent girls’ schools. We offer a variety of benefits, such as:

• Competitive salaries and pay progression
• Access to extensive professional development opportunities
• Training grants for qualifications
• Generous pension schemes
• Free life assurance benefit
• Interest free loans for training, computer purchase loans and travel season ticket loans
• A Cycle to Work scheme
• Competitive terms and conditions of employment
• A discount of up to 50% on fees for children at GDST schools

To find out more and to apply, please click the apply button.

The closing date for applications is Tuesday 18th November 2025 at 9am.

Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and suitable candidates may be invited to interview before the published interview date.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the position or if an offer is made and accepted.

The school may also conduct online searches (including publicly available social media searches) as part of our recruitment processes.

The GDST is committed to diversity, inclusion and real change: a family where every individual is valued, respected and included.

We are committed to the safeguarding of children and child protection screening will apply to this post.