Communications/Marketing Executive
Surbiton High School
Surbiton
- Expired
- Salary:
- Competitive
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- ASAP
- Apply by:
- 5 November 2018
Job overview
The Communications/Marketing Executive is a member of the Communications Team whose purpose is to support the Communications Team in ensuring high calibre communications are created and disseminated across key audience sectors.
You must be a creative, energetic and pro-active individual, happy to help out with all levels of work from database development to inputting ideas into the communications plan.
The successful candidate will be able to work with a variety of staff and be a credible ambassador for the School.
Key Responsibilities:
- Assist with the gathering, creation and editing of news stories for publication on the School website, social media and printed matter
- Assist with the implementation and development of the School’s Social Media Strategy alongside the Digital and Social Media Producer
- Assist with the production of printed materials; prospectuses, leaflets, newsletters
- Assist with preparations for key marketing events including Open Days, working closely with Admissions
- Manage the coordination of content and setting of digital newsletters
- Update and maintain entries on online directories and sites such as Mumsnet, Netmums, Good Schools Guide, ISC and source new ones where relevant etc
- Copywriting new stories for use in online and offline media
- Create and report on surveys as and when required to gain insights in the viewpoints of key audiences
- Contribute innovative and new ideas to the Communications Team
- To assist the Head of Communications
- Encouraging contributions of news from staff and pupils
- To work with the Head of Communications and Digital and Social Media Producer to maintain and develop the website
- Send news to key electronic commercial and educational websites as appropriate
- To support the Digitial and Social Media Producer to deliver a high end digital online presence, through SEO, Google Analytics analysis, Google my business pages, and social media platforms
- Help research a content plan for social media development.
- Regularly review other school’s activity and changes in the schools market
- Contribute to the development and implementation of the School Communication Strategy
- Support the Communications team and Head of Development to fulfil the remit of the Communications Department to meet the School’s Strategic objectives.
- Setting up surveys to aid understanding and direction of admissions and communications strategy
- Assistant in scheduling, planning social media and researching content strategy opportunities
- Development and management of innovative and creative content campaigns across multiple channels
The successful candidate will be likely to fit the following profile:
- Educated to degree level or similar, ideally with a Marketing degree, or CIM (or equivalent qualification)
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills and strong IT skills.
- Ability to build strong working relationships at all levels
- An ability to work both independently and as part of a team
- Good time management with the ability to work under pressure and prioritise as necessary
- Strong organisational and planning skills with the ability to prioritise a busy workload.
- A strong creative flair to develop new ideas and contribute to the Communications Plan.
- An understanding and appreciation of Independent education
- Experience of working with a wide range of digital media
- Excellent copywriting capabilities with the ability to quickly produce high quality work tailored to audiences
- Awareness of trends and best practice in digital communications and marketing
- Experience of monitoring, evaluation and analysis in a previous role
- Experience of CRM systems
- Experience of multi-channel marketing especially digital
Surbiton High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Please note that the School reserves the right to appoint at any stage during the recruitment process.
For any queries relating to the role or your application, please email recruitment@surbitonhigh.com
To Apply
Please apply online by clicking on the following:
https://unitedlearning.current-vacancies.com/Jobs/Advert/1426045?cid=1567
Closing Date: Interviews may be held on an ad hoc basis, so please submit your application asap. The final deadline will be 8:00 am, 5 November 2018.
Interviews to be held week commencing: 12 November 2018
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About Surbiton High School
- Surbiton High School
- 13-15 Surbiton Crescent, Kingston upon Thames
- Surrey
- KT1 2JT
- United Kingdom
Surbiton High School aims to inspire, encourage and empower its staff and pupils to be the very best they can be.
We are a school where a passion and energy abound, a school with a real heart and soul, where we look beyond the A* to offer a breadth of opportunity which allows every pupil to flourish and every staff member to develop and succeed.
Surbiton High School is a school “brimming with energy and joie de vivre.” (ISI Inspection Report). We pride ourselves on being an extraordinary community where people matter, results count and where a passion for excellence drives everything we do. We feed our pupils’ minds, but we also care passionately about their character development and happiness. Our approach to education means that Surbiton High School pupils achieve the very best exam results and are also compassionate, authentic young people with strong values, keen to make a positive difference in the world.
Our inspirational staff are dedicated to delivering a rich curriculum and programme of co-curricular activities which challenge our pupils to explore ideas for themselves. Whether engaged in learning in the classroom, or through musical, artistic, sporting, enterprise or charitable activities, our pupils are constantly encouraged to connect with the wider world and embrace new experiences to build their confidence. All staff are expected and encouraged to play a full part in the academic, co-curricular and pastoral life of the School.
At Surbiton High School, we aim to bring out the ‘Best in Everyone’, and this resonates in the investment that we make in our colleagues. We recognise the importance of continuous learning and training and the School has a senior member of staff dedicated to supporting continuing professional development. We have a comprehensive whole School and individual INSET programme in place, including support for School Direct trainees as well as Newly Qualified Teachers (in our role as a regional NQT induction centre).
We actively encourage our staff to continue to develop their own expertise in the classroom and support their professional development through coaching and mentoring alongside professional qualifications such as: NPQML, NPQSL and MA courses in educational leadership. The School has a clearly developed leadership structure, offering extensive opportunities for career development and progression, including Heads of Department (Including Deputies) and Heads of Year (including Deputies) as well as Co-ordinators with specific responsibilities such as: Gifted and Talented, Oxbridge, Duke of Edinburgh and Expeditions.
Surbiton High School has approximately 1600 pupils aged between 4 and 18. Our Preparatory Schools are divided into the Girls’ Preparatory School and Boys’ Preparatory School, and the Senior School is girls only from age 11 upwards.
We are looking for applicants who are passionate about inspiring, encouraging and empowering our pupils and working with us to become the number one school of choice in South West London.
Principal
Rebecca Glover
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