Academic Enterprise Communications Co-ordinator

The opportunity

This post is part of the Central AE team which manages and supports the various business units that make up Academic Enterprise. The main aim of this role is to co-ordinate the departmental internal communications and raise awareness and promote AE at a university level. This will be achieved by using a variety of digital communications channels, including: the AE intranet and webpages pages, monthly newsletters, interviews and a podcast. Creativity is important here as you will be the thought leader for this area.  

You will also manage the development and maintenance of the Academic Enterprise intranet pages as well as the Business section of the UAL website. Monitoring Google Analytics for the various web pages and providing feedback to the AE Management Team will be key.

The department is in the middle of introducing a new Academic Enterprise Marketing and Sales System. You will support the project team with rewriting and updating content for the UAL Short Courses Ltd. Pages. Once the system is in place, you will work with the UAL Short Courses Ltd. Marketing Managers on the maintenance and content refresh of these pages and support them with other projects as they arise.

While based in Academic Enterprise the post holder will also need to link closely with the University’s Department of Communications and External Affairs and the four college-based External Relations departments.

About you

You will have a first degree in a humanities or Communications/Marketing subject and have demonstrable working experience in external and/or internal communications, ideally in a multi-brand private or public environment.

You count copywriting and content writing for the web among your strengths. You enjoy and excel at effective communication using oral, written and visual communication tools and methods. You will have an interest in the arts and the creative industries and let that shine through in the work that you do. Ideally, you will have a strong eye for graphic design and experience of producing visual or audio communication content (infographics, podcasts, etc.) You are able to plan and prioritise your own work and work collaboratively with a team scattered across the University by providing support and assistance where needed.