Senior Marketing Events Executive

Contract type: Fixed term (November 2025 - Cover required for a member of staff on leave/absence such as maternity/lSickness or career break)

This role will be based on the University campus, with scope for it to be undertaken in a hybrid manner. We are open to discussing flexible working arrangements.

Are you experienced in organising and managing large scale events? Do you want to use your knowledge and experience to successfully deliver University-wide open days and recruitment events to support undergraduate and postgraduate student recruitment?

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced events professional to join our busy Student Recruitment Marketing team on a fixed term basis. As Senior Marketing Events Executive, the role will focus on the delivery of undergraduate and postgraduate recruitment event activity.

Reporting to the Senior Marketing Events Manager and working as part of the wider student recruitment marketing team, you will be responsible supporting the delivery of an annual programme of recruitment events and activities to engage and inspire a diverse range of prospective students from across the world.

The role will focus on the delivery of recruitment event activity (campus based, virtual and hybrid) for all cohorts (undergraduate and postgraduate), including University-wide open days, campus tours, offer holder days, and subject conversion events.

You will have experience of planning and delivering a range of events including virtual and large-scale physical events. Flexibility and excellent organisation, communication and stakeholder management skills are essential for the role, with a strong focus on the customer experience.

You will be enthusiastic and proactive with the ability to develop relationships with a wide range of stakeholders.

This is a matrix team and will require you to work collaboratively and interchangeably with other marketing colleagues, adapting and sharing resources depending on changing strategic focus and areas of opportunity.

This role supports key targets and metrics around, size and shape of learners, campaign performance, brand and reputation measures and income generation.

The nature of the role means that there will be a requirement for occasional weekend and evening working.

Please note that due to Home Office visa requirements, this role may only be suitable for first-time Skilled Worker visa applicants if they are eligible for salary concessions. For more information please visit: www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa For research and academic posts, we will consider eligibility under the Global Talent visa. For more information please visit: www.gov.uk/global-talent

What we offer in return

• 26 days holiday plus 16 Bank Holidays/days that the University is closed by custom (including Christmas) – that’s 42 days a year!
• Generous pension scheme options plus life assurance.
• Health and Wellbeing: Discounted staff membership options at The Edge, our state-of-the-art Campus gym, with a pool, sauna, climbing wall, cycle circuit, and sports halls.
• Personal Development: Access to courses run by our Organisational Development & Professional Learning team, and self-development courses including languages, Creative Writing, Wellbeing Therapies and much more.
• Access to on-site childcare, shopping discounts and travel schemes are also available.

And much more!

To explore the post further or for any queries you may have, please contact:

Kate Sotheby-Jones, Senior Marketing Events Manager

Email: k.sotheby-jones@leeds.ac.uk

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