Marketing Manager, Future Students

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We welcome committed, talented, and hardworking individuals who believe in our values and share our drive to achieve meaningful impact. Our community of more than 5,100 colleagues work in close partnership every day to bring about positive change - regionally, nationally, and globally. Build a role with purpose in an environment designed to unlock your potential. Be part of Manchester Met. Be Manchester Met proud. Let's transform lives together.

About the role:

Working closely with the Senior Marketing Manager, you will support the coordination and delivery of strategic projects and cross-team initiatives, ensuring momentum, visibility and effective collaboration across multiple teams and stakeholders.

Typically, you will:

Coordinate and support the delivery of strategic and operational projects across the Future Students and Marketing teams, ensuring progress is maintained across multiple workstreams and stakeholders

Lead and oversee cross-team initiatives, providing project coordination, operational oversight and stakeholder management to support successful delivery

Support the management team with reporting, data analysis and insight generation, creating dashboards and performance reports that inform planning and decision-making

Support the planning and coordination of recruitment, campaign and conversion activity, helping ensure alignment across Digital, Recruitment and Admissions teams

Identify and implement opportunities to improve operational processes, workflows, systems and ways of working across the department

Lead or support key projects and initiatives such as AI enablement, reporting and dashboard development, SEO delivery, process improvement and recruitment planning activity

About you:

A highly organised and proactive professional with strong project coordination and operational delivery experience

Skilled at managing multiple priorities and stakeholders, with the ability to keep complex projects moving forward in a fast-paced environment

Confident working with data, reporting and performance insights, with the ability to translate information into meaningful actions and recommendations

An excellent communicator and relationship builder, able to work effectively across teams and influence a wide range of stakeholders

A solutions-focused and adaptable individual who enjoys improving processes, driving efficiencies and supporting organisational change

Experienced in coordinating projects involving multiple teams, with experience in marketing, student recruitment, higher education or a similar operational environment being desirable

About the Future Students team:

The Future Students team holds responsibility for all future students marketing activity and plans including Foundation, UG, PGT, PGR, UG-PG, International. Working with Faculties to align marketing strategy, implementing creative and impactful plans to support their priorities.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic team providing the opportunity to work in a forward-thinking and well supported environment.

Working at Manchester Metropolitan:

Based in central Manchester, you will enjoy a generous annual leave allowance 35 days, (plus Christmas Closure, plus Bank Holidays) a fantastic pension scheme, access to retail discounts and Employee Assistance Program, cycle to work scheme, plus many more rewards and benefits.

To apply:

Please attach your CV and covering letter, detailing how you meet the person specification to the online portal. For informal enquiries about the position, please contact Emma Porter on e.porter@mmu.ac.uk

Manchester Metropolitan University is committed to supporting the rights, responsibilities, dignity, health and wellbeing of staff and students through our commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion.

We promote applications from all sections of the community, irrespective of background, belief, or identity, recognising the benefits that a diverse organisation can bring. We particularly encourage applications from Black and Minority Ethnic candidates, who we recognise are underrepresented in this area.

Hybrid working is offered for this role, where you will be able to work a proportion of time on campus and a proportion remotely. We recognise the benefits and importance of an environment that supports flexible working and are open to conversations throughout the application process.

Manchester Metropolitan University is committed to creating an intentionally inclusive culture of belonging that promotes equity and celebrates diversity. We understand the importance of having a diverse workforce and the benefits it can bring to ensuring diversity of thought and innovation in everything we do. We, therefore, encourage applications from people from ethnic minority groups, disabled people and people who identify as LGBTQIA

Details

Location:

Other

Faculty / Function:

External Relations

Salary:

Grade 8 (£41,064 to £47,389)

Closing Date:

12 July 2026

Contract Type:

Fixed Term

Contract Length:

12 Months

Contracted Hours per week:

37

Benefits

35 days leave + Christmas closure + Bank holidays

Travel loan

Wellbeing platform

Life insurance

Access to Campus Facilities

Enhanced parental leave

High-quality guaranteed pension

Meet the recruiter

Mark Linstead

M.Linstead@mmu.ac.uk