Marketing & Communications Officer – Interim NEW

St. Helens, Merseyside
Reed Specialist Recruitment

Marketing & Communications Officer

Interim role – Based St Helens

You’ll play a key role in supporting the Marketing team, delivering innovative, multi-channel campaigns that drive engagement and support recruitment, while collaborating across the further education business to ensure messages are fresh, relevant, and impactful.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Bring marketing campaigns to life across digital, print, events, and PR
• Create engaging content, from prospectuses and case studies to social media campaigns
• Support the planning, production, and delivery of high-quality marketing materials
• Help manage and update content on the business website
• Work closely with curriculum teams to ensure our messaging is accurate, consistent, and compelling
• Support the planning and delivery of events and measure their success
• Conduct market research and competitor analysis to keep us ahead of the curve
• Use data and insights to evaluate performance and continually improve campaigns
• Play an active role in the day-to-day energy of a busy marketing team
• Manage social media channels for both business sites, supporting all social media campaigns across both sites
• Adhoc marketing projects to support the Head of Marketing & Communications

Skills Required:

• Must have previous experience having worked in a marketing or communications role
• Strong copywriting skills and attention to detail
• Experience of writing to high quality publications, marketing collateral and publicity material
• Confidence using social media and digital platforms
• The ability to build strong relationships with a range of stakeholders
• A proactive, organised approach to managing projects and deadlines
• Able to commit to a rolling contract month by month

Desirable:

• Experience in the education or higher education sector
• Skills in digital media, video, or audio content creation

Hourly rate 22ph- 25ph, 36 hours per week, preferably 5 days in office on site, 2-3 months possibly ongoing.