Multimedia Content Officer

University of Sunderland; Sunderland; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading university in the UK is seeking an experienced digital content professional to join its Content and Web team. This role involves managing digital assets, enhancing the digital customer experience, and producing high-quality content for various campaigns. The ideal candidate will have strong digital marketing skills and experience in a complex organisation. Benefits include generous leave, a pension scheme, and health well-being packages.

Benefits

36 days of annual leave

Pension scheme enrollment

Health and well-being benefits

Discounted fitness membership

Online discounts at retailers

Qualifications

• Experience of line management and task delegation.
• Excellent digital marketing content production skills.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work across complex organisations.

Responsibilities

• Manage and delegate tasks within the Content and Web team.
• Produce and maintain digital content across various channels.
• Enhance the digital customer experience.

Skills

Digital marketing content production

Excellent communication

Line management experience

Job description

Overview

The Content and Web team is a vibrant, hardworking team who play a vital role in producing, maintaining and publishing digital content for a variety of digital channels and integrated campaigns, producing outstanding assets from videos to graphics to insightful articles. The team primarily focus on maintaining and improving the content on the corporate website and for SEO, working with multiple stakeholders across the university. The team play a pivotal role in continuously improving the digital customer experience. The role of digital content in marketing and communications has never been more significant, and this is an exciting time to join a team of digital and marketing professionals in a highly competitive sector. The team is based within the External Relations service and works very closely with Marketing, Communications, Home Student Recruitment, International Office and other Faculties and Services to externally showcase our offer to prospective students and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Experience of line management and task delegation / reporting
• Excellent digital marketing content production skills and experience
• Excellent communication skills and experience of working across complex organisations with a variety of customers and stakeholders
• A passion for content marketing

About the University

The University of Sunderland offers life-changing opportunities for 27,500 students across its campuses in Sunderland, London, Hong Kong, and through global partnerships with learning institutions in 19 countries. We\'re proud to be a top 30 UK university (Guardian University Guide 2024), with top-quality facilities, inclusive culture, and our vibrant, ever-changing city.

Our University is in an exciting phase of its development with a new vision and redefined strategic ambitions designed to take advantage of the ever-changing higher education landscape at home and overseas.

Our commitment to staff

Our University is not just a place of academic excellence, but also a community that embraces inclusivity and support. We value our staff and offer a rewarding package that goes beyond just salary. At the University of Sunderland, we prioritise not only your professional growth but also your happiness and well-being.

Benefits

• Enjoy a generous annual leave entitlement of 36 days, along with an additional 5 closure days over the Christmas break and 8 Bank Holidays.
• Enrolment into our pension scheme, ensuring your financial security for the future.
• Access to our "My Lifestyle Benefits Platform", with online discounts at hundreds of retailers and exclusive schemes for discounted car, bike, or technology purchases.
• Health and well-being benefits including discounted private medical insurance, health cash plans, and financial well-being guidance.
• Discounted CitySpace Fitness membership for maintaining an active lifestyle.

Equality, diversity & inclusion

We strongly believe that an inclusive university, where a diverse range of individuals feel valued and have equal opportunity to get into work and reach their potential, is good for our staff, students, university, and society. Our work on equality, diversity and inclusivity has never been more important. We believe inclusivity is an essential value at the heart of what we do, and we want all our staff to be part of that journey with us. Our recent staff survey conducted in 2023 showed that 97% of our staff believed that we were committed to achieving an inclusive university.