Marketing, Events and Employer Engagement Assistant
Contract type: Full time, Permanent
Work pattern: 37 hours per week, All year around;
Salary information: £23,000 - £25,000 per annum (assigned to the support staff pay scale; Range 7 - 14f);
Further information: There is an opportunity for PT or Flexible Working.
Are you a dynamic and creative marketing and project assistant professional looking to join a fast-growing school and sixth form focused on the media industry and creative education? Global Academy is currently expanding its team, and we want you to be a part of it!
We've recently undergone a period of tremendous growth, including internal promotions, launching new courses, and experiencing a surge in the student population. As such, we are seeking individuals who are passionate about careers-focused creative education and can bring their unique talents and experience to our team.
We’re currently looking for: Marketing, Events and Employer Engagement Assistant
In this full-time role, you will develop and assist in the delivery of marketing plans aimed at increasing student numbers with a focus on Admissions and Communications elements of the marketing strategy.
Additionally, you support the delivery of a busy schedule of media industry projects and events - including work experiences, trips, mentoring programmes and industry drop-ins as well as working with colleagues and media industry professionals to coordinate extracurricular and enrichment – such as our clubs and classes, EDI (Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion) days, media workshops, and other school events throughout the academic year.
This full-time position involves supporting the delivery of a diverse range of creative events, marketing campaigns, media industry projects, work experiences, enrichment activities, and more, ensuring that students receive valuable insights to kickstart their career in media.
About Global Academy
Welcome to Global Academy – a unique media school for Year 10 – 14 students in West London that prepares young people for a career in the creative media industry in partnership with Global - one of the world’s leading media and entertainment groups. Whether it be on-air, via global player or through their outdoor advertising – Global entertain and reach over 50 million individuals across the UK every week. We also work closely with UAL: London College of Communication. University of the Arts London (UAL) is a world-leading university for art and design (ranked second in the world for Art and Design in the 2021 QS World University Rankings®) and works right alongside the Global Academy team to deliver an amazing educational experience that will set students up for long-term success in the creative industries.
Why work for us?
Our vision is to practically educate our young people to be ready for life in the creative media sector, linking all education through our specialism in broadcast and digital media. Our school culture is driven by four key values that kickstart us for a career in the creative media industry: Thing BIG, Own It, Keep it Simple and Better Together. Our Global values are defined by four meaningful statements. They’re more than just words, they define what we do and how we do it, and they’re the values we expect to see in every single Globaller. By doing this, we aim to create inquisitive, confident and reflective students who can harness their creativity to progress their own well- being and that of others.
Global Academy is committed to the welfare of its staff and offers a strong CPD package which allows all staff to share ideas and best practice. Global Academy is a state-funded school based in Hayes with state of the art facilities including 8 radio studios, 3 TV Studios, an Esports Studio and industry standard editing suites - allowing our students to learn the skills needed to make it in the media and broadcast industry.
We work closely with our industry connections to ensure the skills we teach are the ones companies are looking for and our students leave the academy with a network of contacts along with the ability to progress into further education or employment.
Closing date: 27th September 2023