Marketing Officer - Publications & Communications

Exeter and North Devon College; EUA; Teletrabalho; USD 40 000 - 51 000; Tempo integral

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

Generous holiday allowance

Enhanced pension contributions

Employee benefits package

Resumo da oferta

North Devon College is seeking a proactive Marketing and Communications professional to own and deliver engaging news, publications and communications for students, parents and staff. You’ll research, write, edit and publish clear content, shape messages for events and achievements, and manage briefs end-to-end.

You’ll interview students, craft press releases and parent emails, coordinate course guides, and build cross-college relationships to move projects forward with high standards and

Qualificações

• Excellent copywriting and editorial skills.
• Sharp eye for detail.
• Ability to adapt writing for different audiences and channels.
• Proofreading to a high standard.
• Experience managing publications and communication projects from start to finish.
• Ownership mindset, relationship-building, proactive storytelling, and project coordination.

Responsabilidades

• Take day-to-day ownership of our news, student and parent/carer communications and key College publications.
• Research, write, edit and deliver content that is clear, accurate and engaging.
• Help shape how we communicate important College news, events and achievements, ensuring the right messages reach the right people at the right time.
• Interview students about their success, write press releases, produce parent emails, manage course guides from brief to print, or coordinate communications for major College events.
• Build relationships across the College, proactively uncover great stories, challenge and improve briefs, coordinate colleagues and suppliers, and keep projects moving.
• Understand the goals of communication, identify target audiences, and produce high-standard content that meets our standards.

Conhecimentos

Copywriting

Editorial skills

Attention to detail

Audience adaptation

Proofreading

Publications management

Project coordination

Relationship building

Storytelling

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Job Description

Position: Permanent

Location: Exeter and North Devon College

Overview

If you love finding a great story, have a way with words and an eye for detail, this brand-new role in our Marketing and Communications team could be for you.

This isn't a role where you simply wait for content to land in your inbox. You'll be out there finding the stories, achievements and opportunities that showcase what makes North Devon College special, turning them into engaging news, publications and communications that connect with our audiences.

Responsibilities

• Take day-to-day ownership of our news, student and parent/carer communications and key College publications.
• Research, write, edit and deliver content that is clear, accurate and engaging.
• Help shape how we communicate important College news, events and achievements, ensuring the right messages reach the right people at the right time.
• Interview students about their success, write press releases, produce parent emails, manage course guides from brief to print, or coordinate communications for major College events.
• Build relationships across the College, proactively uncover great stories, challenge and improve briefs, coordinate colleagues and suppliers, and keep projects moving.
• Understand the goals of communication, identify target audiences, and produce high-standard content that meets our standards.

Required Skills and Qualities

• Excellent copywriting and editorial skills.
• Sharp eye for detail.
• Ability to adapt writing for different audiences and channels.
• Proofreading to a high standard.
• Experience managing publications and communication projects from start to finish.
• Ownership mindset, relationship-building, proactive storytelling, and project coordination.

What We Offer

High standards, autonomy, and the opportunity to make a real impact. Join a friendly, ambitious Marketing and Communications team at an exciting time for North Devon College. Bring forward ideas, shape our communications, and tell stories that build our reputation and inspire future students.

Benefits include a generous holiday allowance, enhanced pension contributions, and a wide range of additional employee benefits.

Equal Opportunity and Safeguarding

Everyone's welcome to apply regardless of personal characteristics, including race, age, gender, religion, ability, disability, or sexuality. We are committed to safeguarding and welfare of our students and follow safer recruitment statutory guidance. Successful applicants will need to complete pre-employment checks, including an enhanced DBS check and references. All posts are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. For more details, refer to the relevant government guidance.

If you love finding a great story, have a way with words and an eye for detail, this brand-new role in our Marketing and Communications team could be for you.

This isn't a role where you simply wait for content to land in your inbox. You'll be out there finding the stories, achievements and opportunities that showcase what makes North Devon College special, turning them into engaging news, publications and communications that connect with our audiences.

You will take day-to-day ownership of our news, student and parent/carer communications and key College publications - researching, writing, editing and delivering content that is clear, accurate and engaging. You'll also help shape how we communicate important College news, events and achievements, ensuring the right messages reach the right people at the right time.

One day you might be interviewing a student about their success; the next, writing a press release, producing a parent email, managing a course guide from brief to print, or coordinating communications for a major College event.

We're looking for someone with excellent copywriting and editorial skills, a sharp eye for detail and the ability to turn information into compelling content. You'll be confident adapting your writing for different audiences and channels, proofreading to a high standard and managing publications and communications projects from start to finish.

Most importantly, you'll take ownership. You'll build relationships across the College, proactively uncover great stories, challenge and improve briefs, coordinate colleagues and suppliers, and keep projects moving. You'll understand what we're trying to achieve, who we need to reach and how to communicate effectively, while ensuring everything we publish meets our high standards.

In return? High standards, real autonomy and the opportunity to make a true impact. You'll join a friendly, ambitious Marketing and Communications team at an exciting time for North Devon College, with the freedom to bring forward ideas, shape our communications and help tell the stories that build our reputation and inspire future students.

You will also benefit from a generous holiday allowance, enhanced pension contributions and a wide range of additional employee benefits.

If you're a natural storyteller, passionate about great writing and ready to take ownership of communications that make a difference, we'd love to hear from you.

This is a fully office-based role at our Barnstaple campus.