Job Introduction
Marketing Executive - Canterbury
Location: University of Kent, Canterbury
Bring ideas to life. Engage students. Make an impact.
We’re looking for a creative, commercially minded Marketing Executive to help shape and deliver exciting marketing activity across a vibrant university campus at the University of Kent in Canterbury.
This is a varied, hands-on role where you’ll create campaigns, develop engaging digital communications, support events and promotions, and work closely with students and key stakeholders to understand what really makes your audience tick.
You’ll use creativity, insight and data to increase participation, drive sales and create a fantastic food and hospitality experience for students and staff across campus.
What you’ll be doing
As our Marketing Executive, you’ll help develop, coordinate and deliver a tailored marketing plan for the campus.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Planning and delivering marketing campaigns and promotions to increase sales, participation and engagement
- Creating engaging social media and digital communications
- Working with students and customers to gather insights and identify new opportunities
- Supporting the launch and promotion of food concepts and pop-ups, including third-party high street brands
- Creating campaigns around key university moments including Freshers, Open Days, Applicant Days and Graduation
- Supporting menu launches, hospitality promotions and campus events
- Building strong relationships with the Students’ Union, student societies, postgraduate and international student communities
- Coordinating surveys, focus groups and other feedback initiatives
- Producing creative marketing materials using tools such as Canva
- Monitoring campaign performance and identifying opportunities to improve results
- Measuring key indicators including sales, average transaction value, participation and customer satisfaction
- Reporting on marketing activity and demonstrating the impact and ROI of campaigns
- Working closely with operational teams, the client and wider stakeholders to deliver great results
Who you are
We’re looking for someone who combines creativity with commercial thinking and enjoys turning ideas into engaging, results-driven campaigns.
You’ll bring:
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Strong numerical and analytical abilities
- Confidence using social media channels to communicate and engage with different audiences
- The ability to analyse information and turn insights into action
- Good knowledge of marketing planning and creative tools, including Canva
- A commercial mindset and an understanding of how to measure campaign performance
- Excellent organisation and planning skills
- The confidence to build positive relationships with a wide range of stakeholders
- A proactive and collaborative can-do attitude
- High standards and a passion for delivering quality work
A Marketing or Communications-related degree would be desirable but isn’t essential.
What’s in it for you?
We want to make sure you’re rewarded for all your hard work. Our comprehensive benefits package includes:
- Free meals
- Contributory pension scheme
- Career development through our Career Pathways and MyLearning programmes
- Quick access to a Digital GP for you and your immediate family, alongside wider healthcare benefits
- Exclusive travel discounts with TUI, Expedia, Booking.com and many more
- Discounts on your food shopping with Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Morrisons and other retailers
- Up to 44% off cinema tickets
- Cash rewards to spend across a wide range of brands
- Free wellness, mindfulness and exercise classes
- The opportunity to share selected discounts and offers with friends and family
Ready to bring your ideas to campus?
If you’re a creative Marketing Executive who loves social media, events and campaigns and enjoys connecting with different audiences, this is a fantastic opportunity to develop your career in a fast-paced university environment.
You’ll have the opportunity to see your ideas come to life, measure the impact of your campaigns and make a genuine difference to the student experience.
Apply today and bring your creativity, energy and commercial thinking to our team at the University of Kent in Canterbury.
About Us
Part of Compass Group UK&I, Chartwells is the leading provider of catering and support services to the education sector. For over a quarter of a century Chartwells has been focusing on helping those in education to build strong bodies, sharp minds and lead long healthy lives. Every week, Chartwells serves millions of nutritious and delicious meals to pupils and students in primary and secondary schools, academies, independent schools, colleges and universities across the UK.
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Compass Group UK&I is committed to fostering an environment where every individual can truly be themselves at work and has equal opportunities to advance in their careers. We strive to build a culture that respects and celebrates the unique talents, beliefs, backgrounds, and abilities of all our team members. We want our colleagues to feel valued, empowered to reach their full potential, and to thrive - because diversity is our strength!