Marketing and Events Officer – HIACT

Managed from Newcastle University, the HI-ACT Hub is a £12M EPSRC/UKRI funded investment and the project comprises a consortium of 12 universities.  The Marketing and Events Officer will support the development, implementation and management of the Research Hub’s marketing plans and organise a number of high-quality events. For more information about the HI-ACT Hub, please visit: https://hi-act.ac.uk/. Key responsibilities: work with the Principal Investigators (PIs) and Project Manager to implement the marketing and events strategy; manage and coordinate events and engagement specific tasks and targets to meet project objectives and deadlines whilst working closely with PIs and Project Manager to ensure funders are kept informed of progress and changes as appropriate. This will include webinars, launches, conferences, industry workshops etc; working with partners to develop and deliver an integrated marketing and communications calendar in order to support key activities; content planning and copywriting for a wide range of stakeholders, including industry partners, academics and research and technology organisations (RTO)s; support maintaining project websites, newsletters and social media platforms; responsible for working with internal teams and external suppliers as appropriate to deliver digital and printed marketing materials; coordinate the administrative services for the assigned research project, working closely with other departments and services; use digital metrics to monitor success of marketing activities and campaigns and maintaining an up-to-date database of mailing list contacts; proactively receive, resolve and respond to enquiries received into the project, to ensure that an effective service and clear advice is provided to colleagues and stakeholders; support Steering Groups, Advisory Boards, and other formal bodies constituted to oversee project delivery within the areas of marketing and events; build and maintain relationships with project partners across multiple institutions and facilitate effective internal communications across project teams; maintain financial records, manage outputs and impacts and publicise project outcomes support Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) related activity across related projects as required.