Web Content Officer
| Posting date: | 06 March 2026 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 15 March 2026 |
| Location: | Preston, Lancashire |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 2 days per week |
| Company: | University of Lancashire |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 088-26 |
Summary
When you work for the University of Lancashire, you’ll be part of a thriving community of talent that’s united in a common commitment to transform lives. We do this by delivering an outstanding educational experience and creating prosperity and opportunity in the communities we serve. Whatever your role, you’ll be playing a vital part in helping us achieve our vision.
About the role:
Based within the marketing team, this role plays a key part in maintaining and developing the University’s website, our primary recruitment tool and a critical channel for engaging prospective students. The postholder will be responsible for creating, updating and managing high-quality, user-focused web content, working closely with colleagues across the University to ensure information is accurate, accessible and aligned with recruitment and brand objectives.
About you:
You will have experience of managing and editing content within a content management system and have previous experience working within Marketing or Communications. You will be an excellent communicator, have strong organisational skills, attention to detail and IT skills.
An undergraduate degree in Journalism, Marketing, English or relevant subject or equivalent experiential learning is required for this role.
Use of AI in applications: We want to understand your genuine interest in the role and artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application. However, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience and the written elements of your application should accurately reflect your own communication style. Applications that rely too heavily on AI tools can appear generic and lack the detail we need to assess your skills and experience.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
About the role:
Based within the marketing team, this role plays a key part in maintaining and developing the University’s website, our primary recruitment tool and a critical channel for engaging prospective students. The postholder will be responsible for creating, updating and managing high-quality, user-focused web content, working closely with colleagues across the University to ensure information is accurate, accessible and aligned with recruitment and brand objectives.
About you:
You will have experience of managing and editing content within a content management system and have previous experience working within Marketing or Communications. You will be an excellent communicator, have strong organisational skills, attention to detail and IT skills.
An undergraduate degree in Journalism, Marketing, English or relevant subject or equivalent experiential learning is required for this role.
Use of AI in applications: We want to understand your genuine interest in the role and artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application. However, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience and the written elements of your application should accurately reflect your own communication style. Applications that rely too heavily on AI tools can appear generic and lack the detail we need to assess your skills and experience.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
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