Marketing and Content Assistant
| Posting date: | 07 July 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £26,257 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 27 July 2025 |
| Location: | Exeter, Devon |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 2 days per week |
| Company: | University of Exeter |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | GBP 7793 |
Summary
Job Summary – The Commercial Marketing team at the University are looking for a graduate to step into this varied and creative role and support the promotion of the services offered by the Commercial, Residential and Campus Services (CRC) teams at the University of Exeter. In addition to supporting these three areas, there will also be a requirement to undertake work for other areas within CRC, including the Estate Patrol and Facilities Operations teams. You will do this through the delivery of innovative and creative marketing campaigns, designed to provide opportunities for the teams within CRC to generate income and enhance the student experience. This role is part of the Graduate Business Partnership (GBP) scheme and offers a full-time contract (36.5 hours per week) until July 2027. You will be based in Hope Hall on Streatham Campus in Exeter with the option for some remote working. For more information on the GBP scheme, please visit www.exeter.ac.uk/internships.
About You – You should be a graduate who is able to write quality content, has video creation and editing skills, a good eye for photography for use on social media, great IT skills including Excel and PowerPoint, and has excellent attention to detail. You should have strong data gathering and analysis skills, planning skills including creating project or content calendars, the ability to manage a variety of projects at the same time, and the ability to organise and prioritise own workload. You should have an interest in pursuing a marketing career, be action-oriented and creative nature, with the ability to manage several activities simultaneously, and be tech savvy ideally with ideas to bring to the team. You should be upbeat, friendly and generally enjoy working with people, be confident and happy to work proactively with a range of people, often acting on own initiative, and be able and willing to be flexible and adaptable to change, even with little notice. You should have a natural curiosity in and excellent knowledge of social media platforms, especially TikTok and Instagram, have an understanding of best practice and trends in social media, and a basic understanding/willingness to self-train on how to extract and use statistics from social media, to improve performance. You should have experience of using social media, ideally but not essentially for a business, group or organisation, an experience of video creation and editing, experience with Adobe InDesign, Photoshop and basic video editing would be an advantage but is not essential.
The Benefits to You - You will have access to a wide range of benefits, rewards and recognition from the University, including a generous pension, a holiday allowance of 39 days per year, Totum Card (student discount) and Salary Exchange Schemes (such as the Cycle to Work Scheme, and discounted membership to the university's sports facilities). The University offers extensive support to staff, including a structured Professional Development Review and Wellbeing Service plus 1:1 support from the Internships Team. You will be offered a ‘How to Make the Most of Your Internship’ guide, bespoke mentoring, and career consultancy opportunities.
Application Closing Date: 27 July 2025
Interviews: w/c 11 August 2025
For further information please email internships@exeter.ac.uk
GBP Scheme Requirements
To be eligible to apply and undertake a GBP role the graduate must meet all of the following criteria:
*To undertake a graduate role through the GBP scheme, you must have either achieved your degree or be in your final year at any UK-based university.
*You must have graduated in the UK within the last 3 years of your most recent degree (we will consider extenuating circumstances of potential applicants that may have prevented them from undertaking a graduate role within 3 years of graduation).
*The University of Exeter is committed to developing an environment which promotes equality of opportunity, values diversity and inclusivity.
*At the time of starting employment, the successful candidate must have permission to work in the UK and evidence must be provided in advance of the appointment. Candidates should continue to have permission for the duration of the GBP contract. This includes British citizens, individuals with an EU Pre-Settlement or EU-Settlement Status; and those with a Graduate Route Visa.
*All graduates need to reside in the UK whilst undertaking this role.
How to apply
Please apply by completing the Internship Application Form (downloadable here: https://bit.ly/3AEthv7), following instructions on the form and returning it to The Internships Team at internships@exeter.ac.uk as an email attachment by the closing date: 27/07/2025. We do not accept CVs so please make sure you send a completed application form.
About You – You should be a graduate who is able to write quality content, has video creation and editing skills, a good eye for photography for use on social media, great IT skills including Excel and PowerPoint, and has excellent attention to detail. You should have strong data gathering and analysis skills, planning skills including creating project or content calendars, the ability to manage a variety of projects at the same time, and the ability to organise and prioritise own workload. You should have an interest in pursuing a marketing career, be action-oriented and creative nature, with the ability to manage several activities simultaneously, and be tech savvy ideally with ideas to bring to the team. You should be upbeat, friendly and generally enjoy working with people, be confident and happy to work proactively with a range of people, often acting on own initiative, and be able and willing to be flexible and adaptable to change, even with little notice. You should have a natural curiosity in and excellent knowledge of social media platforms, especially TikTok and Instagram, have an understanding of best practice and trends in social media, and a basic understanding/willingness to self-train on how to extract and use statistics from social media, to improve performance. You should have experience of using social media, ideally but not essentially for a business, group or organisation, an experience of video creation and editing, experience with Adobe InDesign, Photoshop and basic video editing would be an advantage but is not essential.
The Benefits to You - You will have access to a wide range of benefits, rewards and recognition from the University, including a generous pension, a holiday allowance of 39 days per year, Totum Card (student discount) and Salary Exchange Schemes (such as the Cycle to Work Scheme, and discounted membership to the university's sports facilities). The University offers extensive support to staff, including a structured Professional Development Review and Wellbeing Service plus 1:1 support from the Internships Team. You will be offered a ‘How to Make the Most of Your Internship’ guide, bespoke mentoring, and career consultancy opportunities.
Application Closing Date: 27 July 2025
Interviews: w/c 11 August 2025
For further information please email internships@exeter.ac.uk
GBP Scheme Requirements
To be eligible to apply and undertake a GBP role the graduate must meet all of the following criteria:
*To undertake a graduate role through the GBP scheme, you must have either achieved your degree or be in your final year at any UK-based university.
*You must have graduated in the UK within the last 3 years of your most recent degree (we will consider extenuating circumstances of potential applicants that may have prevented them from undertaking a graduate role within 3 years of graduation).
*The University of Exeter is committed to developing an environment which promotes equality of opportunity, values diversity and inclusivity.
*At the time of starting employment, the successful candidate must have permission to work in the UK and evidence must be provided in advance of the appointment. Candidates should continue to have permission for the duration of the GBP contract. This includes British citizens, individuals with an EU Pre-Settlement or EU-Settlement Status; and those with a Graduate Route Visa.
*All graduates need to reside in the UK whilst undertaking this role.
How to apply
Please apply by completing the Internship Application Form (downloadable here: https://bit.ly/3AEthv7), following instructions on the form and returning it to The Internships Team at internships@exeter.ac.uk as an email attachment by the closing date: 27/07/2025. We do not accept CVs so please make sure you send a completed application form.
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