Are you considering a marketing career with more purpose? Find out what it’s like to work in marketing in higher education.

We are pleased to announce that our second webinar in the professional service's series is dedicated to exploring the opportunities available for marketing professionals in higher education.

We hope to show you that there are roles in university marketing departments that you would never find elsewhere, and there will not only be opportunities within the central marketing team but in each school, department or commercial entity.

Join us for jobs.ac.uk’s free webinar and hear from the following marketing professionals who are currently working in universities across the UK. Listen to their stories, discover answers to your questions and find out why they love working in higher education:

Andrew Buckley – Director of Marketing and Communications, Durham University

Andrew joined Durham University in October 2019. He oversees the Marketing and Communications functions and is responsible for both building Durham’s global reputation as well as for supporting key University activities, including student recruitment, alumni relations and engagement with a broad set of stakeholders.

Andrew has over 35 years’ experience in marketing and communications, sales and business development, corporate strategy and general management, across both business-to-consumer (Stanley, Britvic, Seagram) and business-to-business (Merck, Sage, Make UK) environments. Andrew holds a BA in Modern Languages from Bristol University and an MBA from Cass Business School. He is a Non-Executive Director at NTW Solutions and Chair of the Ouseburn Trust.

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Katja Lamping – Director of Student Recruitment, University College London

Katja is the newly appointed Director of Student Recruitment at UCL. Before joining UCL Katja was at Study Group (Shanghai) where she worked for a number of US and Canadian universities. Prior to that she held student recruitment and marketing related roles at the British Council, SOAS, King’s College London and the University of Sydney so she has experience with the main recruitment markets. At UCL Katja and her team are responsible for student numbers/revenue. They visit schools and universities, engage with college counsellors, work hand in hand with the admissions team to feedback on market knowledge, work with faculties to understand their student recruitment needs, talk to students about life at UCL and work with agencies like the British Council, as well as with the government and funding bodies.

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Debbie Naylor – Events Manager, University of Birmingham

Debbie joined the University of Birmingham as an Events Manager in December 2016, within the Stakeholder Engagement Team in External Relations. Debbie works with a wide range of colleagues to deliver the university’s external events showcasing the work of the university. These events include: formal events for a wide range of audiences and community events for students, staff and members of our local community. Debbie has a background in Marketing and Events and Conference Management. Debbie particularly enjoys the collaborative elements of her role and seeing the event come to fruition from the planning stages. The aim of Debbie’s team is to deliver an excellent ‘First, Last and Lasting Impression’ of the University of Birmingham

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Sarah Dietrich – Business Development Manager, University of Warwick

Sarah has been with Warwick Conferences for many years, starting back in 2001 as an Event Manager looking after the Conference Park events. She was then given the opportunity to develop her role and become a Sales Manager for the Conference Park events. Sarah then took some time out of her career to have a family but was delighted to return over three and half years ago, to take a new role of Business Development Manager. With over 20 years in the industry, her expertise lie in building relationships, nurturing key clients and introducing new clients and events to the University of Warwick. Working within the University has enabled Sarah to try new roles and develop her career with the University.

This webinar takes place on Wednesday, 18 March at 12:00-13:00 GMT. Please complete the short form below to register – joining instructions will be emailed to you closer to the time.