Brand and Communications Manager

Warwick Business School is looking for a talented Brand & Communications Manager to join its fast-paced and target-driven Communications and Marketing team.

It’s an exciting and broad remit with varied responsibilities and the opportunity to get creative.

As the brand manager you will help to define brand strategy that aligns with our goals and values, and deliver campaigns that continue to grow our global reputation and build engagement. As brand guardian you’ll ensure our visual and verbal identity guidelines are upheld and remain relevant.

As a communications professional you will lead on all things brand and comms with internal and external stakeholders, in support of our ambitious 2030 strategy.

You will lead the Brand & Comms team of communications officers and in-house designers, ensuring projects are planned, managed, tracked and delivered on time and within budget.

You will also join the Crisis Communications team, advising on best practice and creating and disseminating communications in the event of a serious incident or crisis situation.

You’ll be working alongside fantastic colleagues who are experts in their various fields including Digital Marketing (website, film, social), Press and PR, and Programme Marketing. Across the Section we work together with Recruitment & Business Development colleagues to grow the WBS reputation and to meet our ambitious student recruitment targets.

A passionate brand and communications professional, you’ll bring significant experience of working in a complex and large organisation.

You will be an excellent and creative communicator with the ability to negotiate, influence and build strong working relationships with multiple internal and external stakeholders.

You and your immediate team will be an important conduit for both internal and external stakeholders - delivering solutions to their brand and communications needs either directly or with the support of colleagues across the wider Section - so the ability to build effective relationships and understand the business and priorities of the School will be key.

The role also requires working collaboratively with external creative agencies and suppliers and proven success here is essential.

You will possess a can-do attitude to getting work done, the ability to multi-task, prioritise and time plan effectively, and the intuitive understanding of what it takes to deliver a wide-ranging programme of brand and comms activity.

Strong organisational skills, including the ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously and the resilience to juggle a large and varied workload is essential. The ability to write well and persuasively, with accuracy and attention to detail, and, most importantly to think creatively is also essential.

Warwick Business School (WBS), part of the University of Warwick, is a world-class business school at the heart of a world-class University, challenging assumptions and championing business as a force for good. We operate out of a world-class campus situated in the heart of England, as well as our London base at The Shard, the city’s most iconic building located in the vibrant neighbourhood that is the London Bridge Quarter.

WBS is an elite, research-led, triple-accredited business school with a broad portfolio of highly ranked, world-class programmes. From the pioneering research we undertake, to the students we help to shape, we are for the Change Makers who will impact the world for the better.

Our vision is to be Europe’s leading University-based business school, developing transformational ideas and people that shape how we do business. We are seeking the following role to join us and play a part in our future success.

Born in the 60s with a mindset of boldness, imagination and collaboration, the University of Warwick is a world-leading research-intensive university with the highest academic and research standards. We’re one of the world’s top universities, ranked 67th in the world and 10th in the UK*, with 92% of our research assessed to be ‘world leading or internationally excellent’**.

You’ll be joining a diverse, innovative and globally connected community committed to igniting real world progress. Here at Warwick, we offer you opportunities to follow your ambitions as long as you bring the energy and determination to succeed.

• QS World University Rankings 2024

** Research Excellence Framework 2021

For informal enquiries, please contact Hannah Reese via email: Hannah.reese@wbs.ac.uk.

To apply please complete your essential personal details and attach a CV and cover letter by the closing date of 7 January 2024. Please ensure your CV includes your most recent employment experience along with any additional relevant experience and education history. Your cover letter should detail how you meet the essential and desirable criteria for this post.

The interviews will be held on a date to be confirmed.

We will provide you with a great range of benefits, which include an attractive pension scheme, 30 days holiday plus Christmas closure, excellent learning and development opportunities, and savings on a wide range of products and services. We offer a generous maternity/paternity/adoption/parental leave policy, and onsite childcare facilities.

We are proud to say that we are a Living Wage employer.

Warwick is committed to building an organisation of mutual respect and dignity, promoting a welcoming, diverse, and inclusive working and learning environment. We recognise that everyone is different in a variety of visible and non-visible ways, and that those differences are to be recognised, respected, and valued. Where possible, we go beyond legislation to provide a place where everyone can thrive, supporting all staff to achieve their full potential. We aspire to remove economic, social, and cultural barriers that may otherwise prevent people from succeeding.

We therefore welcome and encourage applications from all communities regardless of culture, background, age, disability, sex/gender, gender identity or expression, ethnicity, religion/belief, or sexual or romantic orientation.

The University currently holds a Race Equality Charter Bronze Award, Athena Swan Sliver Award and a Disability Smart Bronze Award. The University of Warwick is also one of the six founder institutions of the EUTOPIA European University Alliance.

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