Lecturer in Marketing

Location: Bay Campus, Swansea

Closing Date: 5 August 2024

Interview Date: 4 September 2024

Informal Enquiries

• Professor Sarah Nicholls sarah.nicholls@swansea.ac.uk
• Professor Paul Jones W.P.Jones@Swansea.ac.uk

ABOUT THE ROLE

The Marketing & Tourism Group within the School of Management is seeking an engaged and enthusiastic individual who has the potential to provide world-leading, marketing-related contributions to the work of one or more of SoM’s research centres. Extensive academic and professional experience in the theory and practice of marketing will be essential in order to make an effective contribution to the development, delivery and growth of our BSc and MSc programmes in Marketing. Interest and expertise in digital marketing is required.

The School of Management is a top 50 UK Business School for Research Excellence. In 2015, the School relocated to the University’s Bay Campus. As well as providing facilities for teaching and research to over 2,000 students and 150 members of staff, Bay Campus is a hub for industry collaboration, hosting organisations including The Bevan Commission and AgorIP.

Offering undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Accounting and Finance, Business Management, and (Strategic) Marketing, and a BSc in International Tourism Management, the School has established links to industry and partner institutions all over the world. Each undergraduate course provides students the option to undertake a year in industry or study abroad for a year at a partner university in countries including Australia, Denmark, Hong Kong and the USA.

Alongside teaching, the School also houses various research centres including The Centre for Visitor Economy Research (CVER); Digital Futures for Sustainable Business & Society; The Hawkes Centre for Empirical Finance; People and Organisation; Swansea iLab; and, the Welsh Economy Labour Markets Evaluation Research Centre (WELMERC).

WELSH LANGUAGE SKILLS

The Welsh language level required for this role is Level 1 - A little. The role holder will be able to pronounce Welsh words, answer the phone in Welsh (good morning/afternoon) and use very basic everyday words and phrases (thank you, please etc.). Level 1 can be reached by completing a 1 hour course.

The University is a proud bilingual institution, our Welsh Language Strategy outlines our aspiration to promote the language and enable our staff to engage with the language as an additional workplace skill and as a gateway to new cultural and social opportunities. Applications are welcome in Welsh and will not be treated less favourably than those submitted in English. Welsh speakers have the right to an interview in Welsh. Applicants for a role where Welsh skills are essential are expected to present their application in Welsh and will be interviewed in Welsh, if shortlisted.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Applications for this role will take the format of a CV submission and cover letter.

Your application materials should include: evidence of the highest qualification achieved in marketing; a detailed 5-year research agenda; and, a statement of teaching experience and philosophy.

Please review the relevant programme websites for information about the marketing modules currently offered and indicate those modules to which you feel best prepared to contribute in your application. Enquiries regarding the importance/relevance of specific areas of teaching/research emphasis are encouraged.

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