Head of Marketing

The opportunity

UAL Online is an exciting new division established to bring creative arts education to a global audience. We are launching new fully online degree courses starting from the 2024/25 academic year and are excited to announce an exceptional opportunity for a Head of Marketing to lead on the development of our online student marketing strategy for this new venture.

As the Head of Marketing for UAL Online, you will be entrusted with the pivotal task of setting the marketing strategy for this new unit, focusing on elevating awareness of our online degree portfolio and for generating leads through strategic, data-driven and cost-effective initiatives. Collaboration with the Head of Recruitment will be key to driving conversions from leads to enrolments, ensuring a seamless customer journey reflective of our high-quality learning experiences.

We're seeking a self-starter who can drive and develop this role alongside the growth of our UAL Online unit. At this early stage in the unit’s development, we’re looking for someone who is as passionate about advancing a positive team culture and establishing strong relationships with stakeholders, as they are skilled at creating and implementing strategic marketing plans.

About you

The ideal candidate will be a strategic marketing professional with a strong background in agile and data-driven marketing strategies, including digital marketing skills across various channels such as social media, content and email marketing, SEO, SEM, and paid advertising.

You should have a track record of setting and achieving KPIs and targets, as well as experience in integrated communications for sales funnels and collaborating with sales/recruitment teams for customer acquisition.

Additionally, knowledge of operational, transformational, and change leadership is crucial, along with the ability to scale marketing operations, develop teams, manage agencies, and leverage technology for data-driven decision-making.

If you possess a proven track record of achieving tangible results, we would welcome your application to spearhead our marketing efforts and contribute to the future success of this emerging unit.

What we offer

To recognise the hard work of our staff and their contributions, we provide a wide range of benefits – please check our careers site/Canvas for further information as conditions and exclusions apply:

▪ at least 31 days of annual leave in addition to bank holidays.

▪ equal parental leave offering up to 6 months full pay for maternity and paternity.

▪ 2 days of paid volunteering leave for a UK registered charity.

▪ generous defined benefit pension schemes (LGPS/TPS}.

▪ discounts including gyms, nursery and private healthcare insurance.

▪ learning and development opportunities including free Short Courses.

▪ season ticket loan, cycle to work scheme, free counselling and more!

We are UAL

University of the Arts London (UAL) offers an extensive range of courses in art, design, fashion, communication and performing arts. We are a collegiate University spread across London with six Colleges, four Institutes and five Research Centres. UAL also has two subsidiary companies, delivering specialist activities – UAL Short Courses Ltd, and UAL Arts Temps Ltd.

We’re made up of all types of people, coming together in London, the world’s creative capital. We are designers, artists, performers, thinkers, researchers and makers. Our students, staff and graduates form a global network of creatives, entrepreneurs and leaders. Together, our ideas change the world. Because the world needs creativity.

We are ranked highly across the board. We are ranked first for specialist art and design, second in the world for Art and Design in the 2023 QS World University Rankings (for the fifth year in a row), ranked fifth in sustainability and two of our colleges were rated in the top three fashion schools in the world. 

Our culture

We have become one of the world’s most international Universities, welcoming over 22,000 students and 6,000 staff from 130 countries. And, as a global university, staff and students learn from different cultures and perspectives, which leads to new conversations and innovative work. At our very core, everything we do seeks to challenge the status quo by driving social purpose and standing up for what matters.

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds including those who may feel underrepresented in the workforce due to their socioeconomic circumstances such as those from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (B.A.M.E.) backgrounds. We aim to be a university where everyone can be themselves and are supported to reach their full potential.

With our commitment to inclusion and diversity, we are proud to be a Race Equality Charter (REC) member to help us reduce barriers that negatively impacts B.A.M.E. staff, a Stonewall Diversity Champion to ensure all LGBTQ+ people are valued at work, a Disability Confident Scheme Committed employer and member of the Business Disability Forum which help us to improve the lives of disabled people in the workplace.