Student Recruitment Advertising Assistant (B1341

Student Recruitment Advertising Assistant (B1341)

Are you ready to launch your career in advertising and marketing?

Take your first step into the world of advertising and marketing with a role that offers real responsibility, professional development, and the opportunity to work alongside experienced specialists in a dynamic university environment. Based in a beautiful location, you'll play a key role in attracting future students and shaping their journey.

About the role:

As Student Recruitment Advertising Assistant, you'll join a specialist Student Recruitment team within the University's Marketing and Communications Directorate. Working closely with the Advertising Manager, you'll help deliver creative and effective recruitment campaigns that inspire prospective students and support them throughout their journey to university.

This is an excellent opportunity for a motivated individual looking to build a career in advertising and marketing.

• Contribute to the planning, delivery and ongoing development of applicant-focused campaigns.
• Support wider brand and subject-level marketing activity.
• Gain valuable hands‑on experience and play an important role in attracting a diverse range of students from across the UK.
• Support the delivery of a range of multi‑channel recruitment campaigns designed to engage and convert enquiries into application, through a strong understanding of the prospective student journey.
• Help monitor market trends, conduct competitor research, and identify opportunities to enhance campaign performance.
• Work closely with the Student Recruitment Advertising Manager to support campaign planning, reporting and evaluation, combining marketing, project management and analytical skills.
• Help ensure campaigns are delivered effectively, providing valuable insights that inform future activity and contribute to the University's student recruitment objectives, working with internal stakeholders and external media agency partners.

For more information on Marketing and Communications please visit our dedicated webpage at

For this role, you will need to be on site 3 days a week. Although we can accommodate working from home for this role, flexibility to be on‑site will be expected due to business needs.

For an informal discussion to find out more about the role then please contact Emma Knowles: by email at

We’re currently unable to sponsor this role under the Skilled Worker visa route. However, we welcome applicants who already have the right to work in the UK, including those on visa routes we can accept (e.g. Graduate visas).

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Company:
University of Plymouth

Salary: £25,804 - £26,093

Hours:

Full-time

Location:

Plymouth, PL4 8AA

Working pattern:
Hybrid - 2 days remote

Job type:
Permanent

Posting date: 10 Aug 2026

Closing date: 23 Aug 2026