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Marketing Assistant (Higher Education)

About the Role

This role supports the delivery of marketing strategies (and associated campaigns) for Luminate’s HE brands (Leeds Conservatoire and University Centre Leeds), working closely with marketing and student recruitment professionals from across the department.

This role provides generalist marketing support, delivering on delegated projects, producing briefs and post-campaign reports, conducting research, and coordinating colleagues both inside and outside the department.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early depending on the level of interest and number of applications we receive, so an early application is advised.

What You Will Do

To support the Marketing Strategy team with non-digital content creation/curation, desk research and insight to help deliver strategic marketing activity across our two HE institutions.
To help manage the institutions’ enquiries via email, CRM and social media channels, with the Digital Marketing Assistant ensuring every enquirer receives excellent customer service and timely, accurate responses.
To assist with the production of marketing collateral both on and offline, identifying imagery, creating copy and liaising with staff, students and suppliers.
To assist in proofreading and sense-checking marketing collateral (print and digital) ensuring grammar and spelling are correct and tone of voice and key messaging are appropriately used.
To help with any design work needed for non-digital collateral, including prospectus, leaflets and out of home advertising.
To support the Marketing Strategy team with administration, including finance admin, merchandise and other supplier orders.
Any other reasonable duties commensurate with the level of the post, which may be required from time to time including assisting with on- and off-campus recruitment events such as open days and UCAS fairs.

About You

Excellent copywriting/editing skills, with ability to consistently produce accurate, concise and grammatically-correct written content tailored to purpose.
Excellent communication skills, with ability to communicate effectively with both external customers and internal colleagues.
Experience of working within a marketing environment is preferred.
Commitment to providing excellent customer service.
Good organisational skills.
Able to think and work creatively and proactively.
Drive to continually improve processes.

Benefits

There are plenty of benefits available to our staff members, here are just a few:

Generous Annual leave entitlement - If you work full time, you'll get at least 39 days holiday plus bank holidays. This includes closure days at Christmas (pro rata for part time staff).
- Support Staff 39 days
- Academic 44 days
- Senior Management 44 days
Excellent Pension schemes
- Teachers’ Pension Scheme
- Local Government Pension Scheme
Memberships and discounts - employees can sign up to various membership cards and discount schemes such as TOTUM card (formerly NUS card).
Travel and commuting - discounted travel available through Metro card, Northern Rail, First Bus, Arriva Bus and Cycle to work schemes.
Learning and development opportunities - including staff development days
Employee wellbeing initiatives
Flexible and hybrid working opportunities - this will vary depending on role requirements

About Us

Luminate Education Group is a collective of education providers based in Yorkshire with one clear purpose: to make a positive difference to people’s lives through genuinely transformative education and training.

We offer a wide range of job vacancies across our business support functions - Finance, Human Resources, ITSS, Marketing, Communications, Executive Support, Estates and Food Services. Our large size and diverse range of member organisations means there are always exciting opportunities to progress.

As an education provider, we are committed to lifelong learning and investing in our workforce, and you’ll have access to a broad variety of training and professional development designed to help you continually develop and grow.

Join us on the journey to being the best that we can collectively be for our students, apprentices, staff and our stakeholders.

Luminate Education Group consists of; Harrogate College (HC), Keighley College (KC), Leeds City College (LCC), Leeds Conservatoire (LC), University Centre Leeds, Leeds Sixth Form College and Yorkshire Centre for Training & Development.

SAFEGUARDING

At Luminate Education Group we are committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all our students including children, young people, and vulnerable adults. We expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow the Safer Recruitment requirements and best practice as set out within Keeping Children Safe in Education statutory guidance. All successful applicants will be required to complete mandatory pre-employment checks which include an enhanced DBS check, online checks and must have two satisfactory references. Please be aware that it is a criminal offence to apply for this post if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity in connection to children.

EQUALITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in recruitment is key to our Group’s values. We are dedicated to fostering a workplace that embraces equality, diversity and inclusion in all its forms, where every candidate is treated with fairness, respect, and equity. Our recruitment processes are designed to ensure equal opportunities, remove bias, and promote a diverse talent pool. We continually assess and improve our practices to ensure that every individual, regardless of background, has an equal chance to succeed. By championing EDI, we aim to create a workforce that reflects the richness of our communities and drives innovation through diverse perspectives. To find out more about what our commitment to EDI means to us please Click here to learn more about our EDI objectives.

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