Eltham College - Editorial Content and Marketing Officer

South East London
Eltham College
Eltham College Salary Scale
Full-time

Summary

The Editorial Content and Marketing Officer will be responsible for creating editorial copy that articulates, celebrates and promotes the schools’ exceptional, diverse offering, they will develop campaigns aimed at engaging key audiences

Detail

Job Title: Editorial Content and Marketing Officer

Hours of Work: Full time (37.5 hours per week) - Occasional evening and weekend working required

Reports to: Director of Marketing and Communications

The Headmaster and CEO Eltham College Family of Schools is seeking to appoint an inspirational and highly professional Editorial Content and Marketing Officer. The Marketing and Communications team exists to support the vision, aims and strategic objectives of the Eltham College Family of Schools and ensure that ours are the schools of first choice in southeast London/north Kent. Our core objective is to build the schools' reputation and profile, raising awareness and interest to drive pupil recruitment and income, communicating clear, authentic and motivating brand identity and benefits to our defined target audience. We aim to foster high levels of engagement with all stakeholders, including current and prospective parents, students, staff, our local community, and education influencers by implementing an effective, targeted, two-way communications strategy.

Our mission is to deliver inspiring visuals, content and communications of exemplary quality that people talk about: our activity is designed to attract, delight and engage our audiences. We aim to be ‘of-the-moment’ and engaging, our activity highly relevant and forward-thinking, charismatic and characterful, warm and responsive, reaching and speaking to our audience in the right places, at the right time and in the right voice.

Postholder role: The postholder loves working with words and champions brand storytelling and messaging across the Family of Schools. Creating editorial copy that articulates, celebrates and promotes the schools’ exceptional, diverse offering, they will develop campaigns aimed at engaging key audiences, both internal and external. Working closely with the Design and Visual Content Officer, they will plan, co-ordinate, develop, produce and deliver highly engaging website, marketing, PR and events content for digital and print to support student recruitment, audience engagement and brand messaging. The postholder will also act as central co-ordinator of any events run by the Marketing and Communications team.

Eltham College is a highly successful independent day school in south-east London, educating boys and girls aged 7 to 18 across both Junior and Senior Schools. The College has grown considerably over recent years: there are now over 800 students in the Senior School and around 260 pupils in the Junior School and places are heavily oversubscribed. Since 2020, girls have been able to join Years 3 and 7, mirroring the Sixth Form which has been coeducational for over 45 years. The school places an equal emphasis on academic, pastoral and co-curricular excellence and has an outstanding reputation in all three areas as well as for the friendly, unpretentious nature of daily life.

A highly competitive salary is available, together with a clear programme of staff development and opportunities for promotion. Accommodation may also be available.

Application closing date: 8am on Thursday 15 May 2025

Interviews to take place on Thursday 22 May 2025

(Suitable candidates may be interviewed before the closing date and Eltham College reserves the right to withdraw the position if an early appointment is made).

We welcome applications from all parts of our community as we aspire to attract staff that match the social and cultural diversity of our student intake. Candidates will be assessed against relevant criteria only (i.e. skills, qualifications, abilities, experience).

Eltham College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Applicants undergo enhanced child protection screening relevant to the post, including checks with past employers and the DBS.