Student Recruitment Content Coordinator

Vacancy ID
 

10136

College/Service
 
Academic Development and Services

Department/Team
 
Student Marketing and Recruitment

Location
 
UAL – High Holborn, London UK

Grade
 
Grade 4

Salary
 
£38,359 to £47,109 per annum

Contract
 

Permanent

Hours
 

Full time – 35 hours per week

Apply by
 

17 September 2023 23:55

Interviews
 
Interviews – day
Interviews – month
Interviews – year
27 September 2023

Job description
 
Student Recruitment Content Coordinator_G4_JDPS_2023.pdf – 111KB


Additional document/s
 
Generic Candidate Information Pack Sept 2021.pdf – 1194KB

The opportunity

This role provides the opportunity to:

• Work in the content team to help produce and source effective multi-channel student marketing, recruitment and admissions content.
• Manage content projects from conception to completion ensuring outcomes are measured and reported against agreed aims.
• Research, collate, commission, write, edit and proofread copy and source images for the website, print publications and other student marketing and recruitment content, as required.
• Lead on course page governance, including updating our course page editorial guidance and other process documents as required and liaising with our Quality team and course teams to communicate and implement these changes.
• Manage the University-wide course page governance editorial team, including planning, chairing, presenting and circulating notes from meetings.
• Collaborate with College Web Managers, Admissions, the Digital team and the Quality team to optimise course pages and other webpages for student experience, ensuring all updates are compliant with CMA guidelines and in line with best practice for writing for the web.
• Edit content produced by other teams and departments, ensuring that it meets UAL content guidelines for voice, tone, and style.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders and build strong working relationships with agencies and freelancers.
• Review and improve how we use content to address objectives.

 

About you

The post-holder shall have:

• A degree level qualification in marketing, communication, journalism or a relevant field.
• Excellent copywriting skills and the ability to explain complex information in simple language.
• Understanding of best practice when writing for the web, including Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) principles.
• Working knowledge of best practice in User Experience and Content Design.
• Working knowledge of CMA and QAA guidelines.
• Working knowledge of Adobe Creative Cloud, including Photoshop, InDesign and Premiere Pro (Desirable).
• Experience working in a content or editorial position that has required a knowledge of both traditional and digital content principles and techniques. 
• Experience of working in the higher education sector.
• Experience of developing and delivering multi-channel creative content, including asset gathering, design, film, photography and copywriting.
• Experience of managing creative marketing and communication projects.
• Knowledge of website Content Management Systems (CMS).
• Experience of working with external agencies and creative suppliers.
• Proven ability to work independently without direct supervision.
• Experience of using strong interpersonal skills to build internal and external networks and develop highly effective working relationships inside and outside the organisation.

If you have any queries you may contact our Recruitment Team via email on [email protected] .

 

We are UAL

University of the Arts London (UAL) offers an extensive range of courses in art, design, fashion, communication and performing arts. UAL is ranked second in the world for Art and Design in the 2023 QS World University Rankings. The University is made up of 6 renowned Colleges: Camberwell College of Arts, Central Saint Martins, Chelsea College of Arts, London College of Communication, London College of Fashion and Wimbledon College of Arts.

In 2022, we launched our new 10-year strategy, ‘The world needs creativity’. Our strategy has three Guiding Policies. We identified the challenges and opportunities that are most important to UAL and our future and the guiding policies are our response to each of these issues in turn. Creativity is a skill vital across the economy and society. In today’s knowledge economy, this will become increasingly so.

To give our students the skills they need, we must change the way we teach and deliver a rich and rewarding student experience. By doing so, in partnership with our staff and students, we will ensure our students are equipped to work in sectors beyond the creative industries. Our students will have the careers they want, the economy will have the creative skills it needs, and we will build a better world.

Our culture

UAL is home to a diverse body of over 6,000 academic, professional and technical staff who support more than 21,000 students from 130 countries. We are proud of our international student and staff community and are committed to ensuring that the University offers an inclusive and supportive environment for everyone.

We are a proud Stonewall Diversity Champion and in 2022 achieved a Gold Award in the Stonewall Workplace Equality Index, helping us to ensure all LGBTQ+ people are valued and included at work. We are a member of the Race Equality Charter (REC), to help us reduce barriers that negatively impact Black, Asian and minority ethnic staff and students. We are a Disability Confident Scheme Committed employer and a member of the Business Disability Forum, which help us to recruit, retain, develop and improve the lives of disabled people in the workplace.

Vacancy ID
 

10136

College/Service
 
Academic Development and Services

Department/Team
 
Student Marketing and Recruitment

Location
 
UAL – High Holborn, London UK

Grade
 
Grade 4

Salary
 
£38,359 to £47,109 per annum

Contract
 

Permanent

Hours
 

Full time – 35 hours per week

Apply by
 

17 September 2023 23:55

Interviews
 
Interviews – day
Interviews – month
Interviews – year
27 September 2023

Job description
 
Student Recruitment Content Coordinator_G4_JDPS_2023.pdf – 111KB


Additional document/s
 
Generic Candidate Information Pack Sept 2021.pdf – 1194KB

The opportunity

This role provides the opportunity to:

• Work in the content team to help produce and source effective multi-channel student marketing, recruitment and admissions content.
• Manage content projects from conception to completion ensuring outcomes are measured and reported against agreed aims.
• Research, collate, commission, write, edit and proofread copy and source images for the website, print publications and other student marketing and recruitment content, as required.
• Lead on course page governance, including updating our course page editorial guidance and other process documents as required and liaising with our Quality team and course teams to communicate and implement these changes.
• Manage the University-wide course page governance editorial team, including planning, chairing, presenting and circulating notes from meetings.
• Collaborate with College Web Managers, Admissions, the Digital team and the Quality team to optimise course pages and other webpages for student experience, ensuring all updates are compliant with CMA guidelines and in line with best practice for writing for the web.
• Edit content produced by other teams and departments, ensuring that it meets UAL content guidelines for voice, tone, and style.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders and build strong working relationships with agencies and freelancers.
• Review and improve how we use content to address objectives.

 

About you

The post-holder shall have:

• A degree level qualification in marketing, communication, journalism or a relevant field.
• Excellent copywriting skills and the ability to explain complex information in simple language.
• Understanding of best practice when writing for the web, including Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) principles.
• Working knowledge of best practice in User Experience and Content Design.
• Working knowledge of CMA and QAA guidelines.
• Working knowledge of Adobe Creative Cloud, including Photoshop, InDesign and Premiere Pro (Desirable).
• Experience working in a content or editorial position that has required a knowledge of both traditional and digital content principles and techniques. 
• Experience of working in the higher education sector.
• Experience of developing and delivering multi-channel creative content, including asset gathering, design, film, photography and copywriting.
• Experience of managing creative marketing and communication projects.
• Knowledge of website Content Management Systems (CMS).
• Experience of working with external agencies and creative suppliers.
• Proven ability to work independently without direct supervision.
• Experience of using strong interpersonal skills to build internal and external networks and develop highly effective working relationships inside and outside the organisation.

If you have any queries you may contact our Recruitment Team via email on [email protected] .

 

We are UAL

University of the Arts London (UAL) offers an extensive range of courses in art, design, fashion, communication and performing arts. UAL is ranked second in the world for Art and Design in the 2023 QS World University Rankings. The University is made up of 6 renowned Colleges: Camberwell College of Arts, Central Saint Martins, Chelsea College of Arts, London College of Communication, London College of Fashion and Wimbledon College of Arts.

In 2022, we launched our new 10-year strategy, ‘The world needs creativity’. Our strategy has three Guiding Policies. We identified the challenges and opportunities that are most important to UAL and our future and the guiding policies are our response to each of these issues in turn. Creativity is a skill vital across the economy and society. In today’s knowledge economy, this will become increasingly so.

To give our students the skills they need, we must change the way we teach and deliver a rich and rewarding student experience. By doing so, in partnership with our staff and students, we will ensure our students are equipped to work in sectors beyond the creative industries. Our students will have the careers they want, the economy will have the creative skills it needs, and we will build a better world.

Our culture

UAL is home to a diverse body of over 6,000 academic, professional and technical staff who support more than 21,000 students from 130 countries. We are proud of our international student and staff community and are committed to ensuring that the University offers an inclusive and supportive environment for everyone.

We are a proud Stonewall Diversity Champion and in 2022 achieved a Gold Award in the Stonewall Workplace Equality Index, helping us to ensure all LGBTQ+ people are valued and included at work. We are a member of the Race Equality Charter (REC), to help us reduce barriers that negatively impact Black, Asian and minority ethnic staff and students. We are a Disability Confident Scheme Committed employer and a member of the Business Disability Forum, which help us to recruit, retain, develop and improve the lives of disabled people in the workplace.