Head of Digital Communications and Planning

Department: External Relations
Salary: £58,949 – £65,823 per annum (Grade 7)
Reference: QMUL28170
Location: Mile End
Date posted: 20 October 2022
Closing date: 8 November 2022

Overview

About the Role

The Head of Digital Communications and Planning is a pivotal role within the Communications team responsible for: the leadership of Queen Mary’s brand identity (verbal and visual), our design, content and editorial functions; the management and development of our website; and the effective planning and evaluation of all communications activities. This role, and the teams that report to the role holder, are instrumental in all marketing and communications activities across the University, and serve both as an in-house service provider and the professional leads for web design/development, communications planning, brand management, content and editorial, and creative design. This role is part of the Communications leadership team.

About You

If you are an experienced communications leader, passionate about impactful marketing and communications, and impatient to make a difference, we look forward to receiving your application.

About the External Relations Directorate

The External Relations Directorate is responsible for the University’s external activities, including communications and marketing, student recruitment and admissions, international affairs and alumni relations and development.

About Queen Mary

At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.

Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.

We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

Benefits

We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and campus facilities including an on-site nursery at the Mile End campus.

The post is based at our Mile End campus in London. It is a full time, permanent appointment, with an immediate start date. The starting salary will be Grade 7, in the range of £58,949 – £65,823 per annum, inclusive of London Allowance.

Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Women, Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic groups as these groups are underrepresented at this level at Queen Mary.

Informal enquiries should be addressed to Dr Kristian Hibberd at [email protected].

To apply for the role, please contact Lucy McCulley at PRism Search ([email protected]).

The closing date for applications is 08 November 2022.

Interviews are expected to be held shortly thereafter.