Media and Marketing Manager

Teaching Vacancies; Yeovil; Sur place; GBP 28 000 - 42 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Free on-site parking

LGPS membership

Health Assured EAP

Meals and drinks

Résumé du poste

Buckler’s Mead Academy in Yeovil is seeking a dynamic Media and Marketing Manager to lead the development and delivery of the school’s marketing, communications and media strategy to support student recruitment, parental engagement and the school’s reputation.

You will oversee the website, produce marketing materials, manage press content, ensure GDPR compliance, train staff on branding, and champion the school's vision under the Headteacher.

Qualifications

• Good attention to detail.
• A robust understanding of GDPR.
• Good organisational skills.
• Experience of working with websites and social media and the ability to actively promote the academy.
• Full driving licence.

Responsabilités

• Lead the administration, maintenance and development of the school’s website and digital platforms, ensuring content is accurate, engaging and up to date.
• Manage the design and production of high-quality marketing materials, including the school prospectus, newsletters, brochures and event signage, ensuring alignment with the school’s visual identity.
• Produce timely, positive and meaningful press releases and content for local media, senior leaders, governors and the wider community.
• Ensure all digital and print communications comply with GDPR and data protection legislation, strictly adhering to media consent and permissions for students.
• Provide guidance, training and support to staff in the effective use of school templates, brand guidelines and communication platforms.
• Consistently implement the vision and values of Buckler’s Mead Academy as set out by the Headteacher.

Connaissances

Attention to detail

GDPR understanding

Organisational skills

Web & social media

Driving licence

Description du poste

What skills and experience we're looking for

Buckler’s Mead Academy is seeking a dynamic, adaptable and organised Media and Marketing Manager to lead on the development and implementation of the school’s marketing, communications, and media strategy to support student recruitment, parental engagement and the school’s reputation within the community.

Key Responsibilities

• To lead the administration, maintenance, and development of the school’s website and digital platforms, ensuring content is accurate, engaging, and up to date.
• To manage the design and production of high-quality marketing materials, including the school prospectus, newsletters, brochures, and event signage, ensuring alignment with the school’s visual identity.
• To produce timely, positive, and meaningful press releases and content for local media, senior leaders, governors, and the wider community.
• To ensure all digital and print communications comply with GDPR and data protection legislation, strictly adhering to media consent and permissions for students.
• To provide guidance, training, and support to staff in the effective use of school templates, brand guidelines, and communication platforms.
• To consistently implement the vision and values of Buckler’s Mead Academy, as set out by the Headteacher.

Essential Qualifications and Experience

• Good attention to detail
• A robust understanding of GDPR
• Good organisational skills
• Experience of working with websites and social media and the ability to actively promote the academy.
• Full driving licence

Please see the accompanying Job Description for further details of the duties and responsibilities of this post.

What the school offers its staff

In return we can offer you the opportunity to work with motivated students, the full support of a dedicated and committed team of staff, a supportive induction programme and ongoing professional development, plus the opportunity to work in a developing academy in a beautiful area of the South West. We seek to significantly invest in developing all of our staff. Having joined the Midsomer Norton Schools’ Partnership in September 2021, we are part of a Trust which is often considered the ‘market leader’ in the South West for school improvement. The successful candidate will benefit from Trust wide opportunities, such as early careers induction, CPD and working with colleagues across Trust schools.

Having sustained another "Outstanding" set of results in Summer 2026, and following on from our Ofsted visit in May 2024 where we were judged as a strong ‘Good’ in all areas, Buckler’s Mead Academy is going from strength to strength.

• Staff benefits include free on-site parking, membership of Local Government Pension Scheme and access for all staff to the Employee Assistance Programme “Health Assured”, which is a telephone based advice, information and counselling service.
• A selection of meals, snacks and drinks is available for staff to purchase at lunch and break times.

Buckler’s Mead Academy is a highly inclusive academy, serving the east of Yeovil, Somerset. Our vision as an academy is “an inspiring education for all”. We believe that all members of our community should be given the opportunity to be happy, to achieve, participate and become successful. Our job as professionals is to ensure this happens. All our staff sign up to these aspirations and play a full role in contributing to this vision through inclusive teaching. We seek to recruit dedicated and talented staff, highly committed to making a difference.

Commitment to safeguarding

Buckler's Mead is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children. We have a duty of care and the right to take reasonable action, ensuring the welfare and safety of pupils. If staff have cause for concern that a child is subject to any form of abuse, we will follow child protection procedures and inform Children’s Services. Buckler’s Mead meets statutory requirements relating to Disclosure & Barring Service – all staff and volunteers who work with Buckler’s Mead Academy who meet the ‘regulated activity test’ (Freedoms Act 2012) are required to undergo an enhanced DBS check prior to employment.