Director of Admissions and Marketing

Director of Admissions and Marketing

My client, a prestigious and established organisation based near the city centre, Oxford has an exciting opportunity to join their team as Director of Admissions and Marketing.

This is a new position, and you’ll be joining the Leadership team with prime responsibility for driving student enrolment.

As an exceptional leader of people, you’ll lead and develop the commercial, creative and customer-orientated skills of the team whilst playing a pivotal role in building the community and reputation of the establishment brand.

The Role

• Work with senior leadership and regional colleagues to set the strategy for the establishment, covering admissions, brand, communications, digital marketing and research requirements
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of the market, competitors and audiences to maintain a commercial advantage and develop the establishment brand
• Oversee data integrity through CRM and compliance
• Focus activity on driving enquires, conversion through the CRM to efficiently maximise the enrolment pipeline and ensure user adoption across the team
• Develop external networks (feeder schools and agents etc.) to build awareness of the school, and being a key voice in defining the brand for the school
• Lead the development and execution of best practice throughout the entire family experience journey, working collaboratively across the organisaiton to ensure the team embraces your approach

The Ideal Candidate

• Significant leadership experience in admissions or marketing, within high-achieving educators
• Proven ability to manage admissions pipelines
• Demonstratable success in driving growth or stabilising recruitment
• Experience managing and developing teams, ideally within admissions, marketing and communications
• Background in competitive international recruitment markets and dealing with culturally diverse families is desirable

The Benefits

The successful candidate will join a friendly, welcoming and ambitious prestigious establishment.

You will be entitled to a salary of up to £75k, dependent on experience and a benefits package that includes 28 days holiday plus banks, cycle to work, season ticket loans, discounted gym membership and much more. They are eager to support with development for your skillset and career.

If this sounds like a role for you, please click apply, alternatively for more immediate assistance, please contact Max at Socrates Recruitment.

We look forward to hearing from you!