Web Projects Executive at Manchester Metropolitan University

Creative Boom Ltd.; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 31,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Leave entitlement

Travel loan

Wellbeing platform

Life insurance

Campus facilities access

Enhanced parental leave

Top pension

Hybrid work

Job summary

Manchester Metropolitan University is hiring a Web Projects Executive to join its digital marketing function and help develop the university's websites and content management systems. The role sits in a specialist digital team within the central marketing department, which runs the in-house digital marketing service, develops the web estate and produces campaigns and content.

The role involves scoping requirements, liaising with developers, managing the sprint process, and testing before

Qualifications

• Experience in product management and agile methods.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and meet deadlines.
• Turning business requirements into a product backlog and roadmap.
• Understanding of user-centred design and digital estates.

Responsibilities

• Scope requirements and liaise with developers through the full product lifecycle.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to understand performance and improve user experience.
• Administer the content management system and support multiple websites.
• Support user research, major content overhauls and agency relationships.

Skills

Product management

Agile methodologies

Stakeholder engagement

Backlog prioritisation

User-centred design

Data analysis

Technical liaison

Tools

CMS

Job description

The role

Manchester Metropolitan University is hiring a Web Projects Executive to join its digital marketing function and help develop the university's websites and content management systems. The role sits in a specialist digital team within the central marketing department, which runs the in-house digital marketing service, develops the web estate and produces campaigns and content. It works closely with creative, digital, marketing, international and research marketing teams across the university.

What you'll do

• Support the web estate through the full product lifecycle: scope requirements, liaise with developers, manage the sprint process and test before release
• Work with stakeholders, content owners and technical specialists to understand how the web estate is performing and come up with ideas to improve the user experience
• Handle day-to-day tasks, including answering colleagues' queries, administering the content management system and working with the teams that own individual websites
• Support team-wide initiatives such as user research and major content overhauls
• Manage relationships with partner agencies

About you

• An understanding of product management skills, including agile methods, stakeholder engagement, and developing and prioritising product backlogs
• Able to manage competing priorities and deliver to agreed timescales
• Able to work with a range of stakeholders to turn business requirements into a product roadmap and backlog
• An understanding of user-centred design and of the tools and approaches used to build a digital estate around user needs
• Comfortable analysing data and user feedback to find opportunities for improvement
• Able to work with technical specialists, turning business and user needs into packages of work
• Ideally you already work in digital, are on a digital product management path, work in agency account management, or are a technical specialist looking for a change

What's on offer

• 25 days' leave plus Christmas closure and bank holidays, with five extra days after five years' service
• Travel loan
• Wellbeing platform
• Life insurance
• Access to campus facilities
• Enhanced parental leave
• High-quality guaranteed pension
• Hybrid working between the central Manchester campus and home
• Support for flexible working, including tailored schedules, to be discussed with your line manager

The details

• Salary: £31,236 – £34,610 (Grade 6)
• Contract: permanent, 35 hours a week
• Location: Manchester All Saints Campus; hybrid, split between campus and home
• Closing date: 18 October 2026; interviews in the week commencing 2 November
• Reference: eArcu-9557