Future Student Brand Manager
| Posting date: | 19 March 2026 |
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| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 16 April 2026 |
| Location: | Preston, Lancashire |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 2 days per week |
| Company: | University of Lancashire |
| Job type: | Temporary |
| Job reference: | 0162-26 |
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:
We’re looking for an ambitious and creative Future Student Brand Manager to lead the University’s marketing strategy for prospective students.
You will play a pivotal role in ensuring the University stands out as a first-choice destination for future students. You will develop and deliver high‑impact marketing strategies that strengthen our brand, elevate our position in a competitive sector, and help us achieve our student recruitment targets taking a robust data-informed approach.
A core part of the role involves building strong relationships with Academic Schools, External Relations teams, admissions and internal creative teams, ensuring a joined‑up and effective approach to student recruitment.
About you:
You’ll have significant Marketing experience with a successful track record of delivering within defined timescales, along with experience of planning and delivering marketing campaigns. The successful candidate will be able to effectively lead a team and will have excellent communication skills.
You will need to have an undergraduate degree in Marketing or a relevant area, or equivalent experiential learning, along with a professional Marketing qualification or a willingness to work towards.
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:
We’re looking for an ambitious and creative Future Student Brand Manager to lead the University’s marketing strategy for prospective students.
You will play a pivotal role in ensuring the University stands out as a first-choice destination for future students. You will develop and deliver high‑impact marketing strategies that strengthen our brand, elevate our position in a competitive sector, and help us achieve our student recruitment targets taking a robust data-informed approach.
A core part of the role involves building strong relationships with Academic Schools, External Relations teams, admissions and internal creative teams, ensuring a joined‑up and effective approach to student recruitment.
About you:
You’ll have significant Marketing experience with a successful track record of delivering within defined timescales, along with experience of planning and delivering marketing campaigns. The successful candidate will be able to effectively lead a team and will have excellent communication skills.
You will need to have an undergraduate degree in Marketing or a relevant area, or equivalent experiential learning, along with a professional Marketing qualification or a willingness to work towards.
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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