Marketing and Communications Manager

 

Main characteristics

Location

Ipswich, Suffolk

Company

eduFOCUS

Salary

£35000/annum

Employment type

Permanent

Category

Marketing

Job summary

Marketing and Communications Lead Do you have a passion for creating, developing, implementing and managing marketing and communications? eduFOCUS has an excellent opportunity for a Marketing and Communications Lead to join our growing, vibrant, and friendly team. This position will support the growing business and client base for EVOLVE, our market leading cloud-based management system used by more than 20,000 schools and colleges across the UK and beyond. The position will be based at our Woodbridge, Suffolk office.
As our Marketing and Communications Lead, you will be the mastermind behind all things marketing and comms. You will be responsible for getting the word out about our incredible services, planning exciting events, and ensuring our message is heard loud and clear by everyone who needs to hear it. The Marketing and Communication Lead is a pivotal role within the business, and as well as leading on all things marketing you will have the opportunity to contribute to the business overall growth strategy as a member of our Leadership Team.
Duties include:
* Develop, manage and review a compelling and impactful marketing strategy that supports the business strategic goals.
* Lead on the business communication strategy to support the short, medium and long term aims of the business.
* Develop a powerful and sustainable content management strategy across web and social media sites, as well as off-line platforms.
* Manage and protect the corporate image, logo and house style.
* Plan, develop, create and implement advertising and promotional campaigns for print, web and social media.
* Ensure that all communications maintain a professional approach.
* Manage company website to ensure that it remains fit for purpose and maximises impact.
* Provide support and cover for colleagues.
* Provide reports/updates to Office Manager as required.
To succeed in this role, you will need to be a creative and strategic thinker with a knack for making people smile. You'll be the kind of person who can whip up a killer social media post in no time and write copy that makes even the most cynical of readers crack a smile. You will need previous experience in the entire process of creating digital marketing materials for new and existing customers and markets. Technical skills to create relevant and interesting marketing material via tools such as Adobe Indesign and Illustrator. Take the initiative and pro-actively identify tasks requiring attention. Work well in a small team, communicate with colleagues at all levels and would make a positive contribution to our relaxed, but hard-working office environment. Have a friendly can do approach and a sense of humour.
This is a full-time, permanent role. In return we are offering a competitive salary of £35,000 per annum including 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays. Hours are Monday to Friday, 35 hours per week.
You must live within commutable distance of Woodbridge as the role is office based.
If you have all the relevant skills and experience and think that you might be the right fit for eduFOCUS and this position, then we would love to hear from you. Simply send us your CV and a letter of applicationin one document. The cover letter needs to include details why you think you would be suitable for the role and why it is of interest. We will not consider any application that does not include a cover letter with your CVs.
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