Student Recruitment and Marketing Manager

Queen Mary University of London - External Relations

Placed On: 26th February 2026
Closes: 11th March 2026
Job Ref: 8975

About the Role

The Student Recruitment and Marketing Manager is responsible for the planning and delivery of the student recruitment and marketing plans for the School of Engineering and Materials Science, and keeping stakeholders informed about progress. With the support of a Senior Marketing and Communications Officer, the post holder will work towards meeting student recruitment targets through delivery of open days, offer holder days, conversion events, paid advertising campaigns and other student recruitment-related activities.

About You

We are looking for a self-motivated and experienced Marketing Manager who can hit the ground running as we look to meet ambitious student recruitment targets for September 2026 entry. Strong planning and organisational skills are a must. Stakeholder management and people skills are an important aspect of the role as you will be working with our central teams in external relations and the School, which is working hard to development an exciting portfolio of programmes at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. Using a data-orientated approach, the Student Recruitment and Marketing Manager is expected to identify opportunities and areas for improvement across the student journey, maximising both Schools' potential to increase student numbers.

About the School of Engineering and Materials Science

The School of Engineering and Materials Science provides outstanding degree programmes coupled with internationally leading research which is reflected in all our undergraduate programmes. Our taught postgraduate programmes are similarly first class and provide students with a fantastic opportunity to engage with cutting-edge research in: Bioengineering, Intelligent Transport, Sustainable Engineering and Engineering and Materials Education. Our extensive industrial connections provide graduates with excellent employability in stimulating and well-paid careers.

About Queen Mary

At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.

Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.

Our reformer heritage informs our conviction that great ideas can and should come from anywhere. It’s an approach that has brought results across the globe, from the communities of east London to the favelas of Rio de Janeiro.

We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

Benefits

We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and campus facilities.

Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.