ADE Careers Officer

Overview

AD Education UK is a growing network of leading creative education institutes in the UK. The group’s institutions are united around strong values and sharing a vision for creativity and innovation within creative media education. With over 40 years of pioneering and sector-leading experience, our graduates can be found throughout the music, film, games and wider creative media sectors, winning prestigious awards and employed within the highest echelons of their respective creative fields.

Our market-leading portfolio of schools includes The Institute of Contemporary Music Performance (ICMP) and SAE Institute UK.

Role: ADE Careers Officer (Part-time)

Location: Leeds, Liverpool or Glasgow

Division: Careers and Industry

Salary: Grade 6, SP 25 - £26,495 per annum

Contract: Part time (hours) Permanent

SAE Institute was founded in 1976 and is a globally operating higher education provider focused on creating a talent pipeline for the creative media industries. Our network of campuses spans over 28 countries on six continents with more than 40 campuses. SAE Institute in Europe is part of the AD Education group of companies, delivering industry-focused creative education to more than 30,000 students.

SAE offers industry-focused Creative Media Degrees across eight subject areas – Audio, Content Creation & Online Marketing, Film, Game Art Animation, Games Programming, Music Business, Visual Effects, and Web Development.

ICMP (The Institute of Contemporary Music Performance) is a leading UK music school with campuses in London and in 2025 opening in Liverpool and Leeds. For over 35 years, ICMP has been at the forefront of contemporary music education, offering personalised, industry-focused training to help students thrive in the competitive music industry. ICMP delivers innovative undergraduate and postgraduate courses, including specialisations in Electronic Music Production, Live Event Management, and Music Marketing.

The Careers Officer is responsible for supporting AD Education UK students and recent graduates across all brands and campuses to successfully transition into professional work, higher study, or self-employment through leveraging relationships with the wider AD Education UK alumni community as well as with local, regional, and national graduate employers as directed by the Careers Manager and in liaison with the Artist and Creative Development Manager as appropriate.

They provide administrative assistance to the department across a range of areas and work closely with the Careers Manager to contribute towards and leverage overall Graduate Outcomes, employer engagement and industry engagement strategies to help AD Education UK students and recent graduates successfully transition into professional, sustainable employment in line with Graduate Outcomes targets.

Administrative

• Provide administrative and logistical support to the Careers Manager and Artist and Creative Development Manager across all departmental events and initiatives, including in-curriculum and extracurricular events and project funding initiatives.
• Advertise student and graduate opportunities using multimedia methods of promotion including social media, email, and the Careers+ jobs board.
• Monitoring the departmental inbox dealing with routine and non-standard queries, including those which require an understanding of information outside the immediate work area and knowing who else to involve.
• Liaise with the Creative Assistant to ensure that promotional collateral is provided to Marketing team for scheduling promotion across platforms.
• Conducting research as required into key areas related to careers & industry to develop targeted resources ( for international students, self-employed freelancers and those meeting Access & Participation criteria)

Student and Graduate Engagement

• Develop engagement with students and alumni across all Careers & Industry Team activity, with a specific focus on final year students and recent graduates (0-18 months after graduation) on relevant targeted activity in line with the department's Graduate Outcome strategy, communicating with student and alumni…