Marketing Officer

Plymouth, England, United Kingdom

7/31/2025

Salary: Band 3 - starting salary £18,013 (FTE £25,733) Hours: 0.7 FTE (25.9 hours per week) Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract (contract due to cease 12 June 2026) Closing date: Thursday 14 August 2025 at 11:59pm*

Arts University Plymouth (AUP) is looking to appoint a Marketing Officer to join our Brand & Communications team. In this role you will join a creative, integral and impactful team within Arts University Plymouth, delivering digital content and social media.

Arts University Plymouth is the UKs newest specialist arts university and a national leader in creative education. Named University of the Year for South West England in both 2024 and 2025 at the Whatuni Student Choice Awards, and ranked second in the UK for student satisfaction by Times Higher Education in 2024, we are proud to be consistently rated the top-scoring arts university in the UK in the National Student Survey since 2022.

Founded in 1856 as the Plymouth Drawing School, weve evolved over nearly 170 years to become an award-winning hub of creative innovation and interdisciplinary practice. Our city-centre campuses offer over 13,000 square metres of professional studios and workshops, with open access to specialist facilities spanning materials, media and digital technologies.

In order to showcase our students, staff and events effectively, we anticipate that this role will be predominantly based on-campus with some homeworking possible each week.

About You

• Youll be a bright and ambitious team player, with real energy and enthusiasm. Youll be results driven and analytical, with great attention to detail.
• Youll work with the Brand and Digital Marketing Manager and the wider Brand & Communications Team to develop & implement high quality marketing campaigns to increase the visibility & reach of university & contribute to achieving strategic objectives.
• Youll develop, propose and manage digital marketing campaigns, utilising a range of techniques including paid search, SEO and PPC to improve the visibility and reputation of Arts University Plymouth, as well as identifying best possible opportunities for local, national and international publicity, negotiating competitive rates and overseeing the planning, design and placement of planned and ad-hoc advertising.
  
  

About The Role

• You will support the Brand & Digital Marketing Manager, and the wider Brand, Recruitment and Admissions Team and our university staff to ensure marketing messaging is consistent, accurate and reflective of our brand guidelines and tone of voice.
• You will collaborate, innovate and try new ways to reach our audiences and to help us achieve our university targets for student success and growth.
  
  

In Return Youll Get

• 17.5 (FTE 25) days annual leave per annum, plus bank holidays
• Access to a supportive Employee Assistance Programme
• Enrolment onto a Local Government Pension scheme
• Additional benefits such as a cycle to work scheme and discounted bus tickets
  
  

Safeguarding and Compliance All appointments are subject to a DBS check , and you will be required to provide appropriate documentation as part of the onboarding process. Right to Work Applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK . We are currently unable to offer visa sponsorship. Proof of Right to Work will be required before an offer of employment is made. How to Apply To apply, please complete the online application form . Please note that we are unable to accept CVs in place of a completed application.

• We encourage early applications, as the advert may close prior to the listed closing date due to high levels of interest. Please apply early to avoid disappointment.
  
  

If you are interested in the role and would like to find out more, please refer to the role profile or alternatively, feel free to contact Lauren Taverner Brown, Head of Communications & Marketing, Arts University Plymouth has a strong commitment to the safeguarding & welfare of young people & vulnerable adults. A satisfactory DBS disclosure at Enhanced Level will be required from successful candidates as a condition of appointment. We celebrate equality, diversity and difference, and welcome candidates from all communities. In the event that the University has employees eligible for redeployment at the time of shortlisting, for example due to the end of a fixed term contract, these candidates may be entitled to a priority interview. Creative Education for a Changing World

Arts University Plymouth will set a vision towards 2030 based upon sustainable growth, solution focused teaching and research, and a commitment to impactful social justice and ecological change through its people, culture and place. Our strategy Creative Education for a Changing World will ensure that our work is energised and designed to meet the ambitions of its students and staff while acknowledging the shifting realm of creativity through new technologies and the workplaces of tomorrow.

Our strategy is built upon three pillars, Creative Endeavour, Sustainable Futures, and People & Place. Through this, we have set a critical path towards a holistic and embedded pedagogical approach under the title Teaching for our Time, that will guide all of our creative endeavours. We believe that authenticity, fulfilment and kindness are indexical qualities in the process of thinking, making and living. Strategic Vision

Our vision for Arts University Plymouth is a new kind of arts university for the 21st century, preparing graduates who are uniquely placed to provide creative solutions to the complex global challenges of our times.

We will champion our people, place and pedagogy at the heart of our mission, delivering sustainable growth and impactful change in terms of creative economies, civic engagement and cultural ambition in Plymouth and the wider region.

We will enhance our reputation as a catalyst for individual, societal and ecological transformation, delivering innovative and distinctive learning, teaching and research through its interdisciplinary ecosystem of materials, processes, technologies and knowledge exchange. Why Plymouth?

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