Marketing and Audience Manager

• Marketing and Communication  

• Develop audience building strategies across marketing and communication 

• Manage and coach a small team to support UQ’s core social media channels 

• Strengthen your interpersonal & communication skills in a collaborative environment 

• Full-time, fixed term parental leave contract through to February 2024

About This Opportunity 

The Marketing and Audience Manager will lead and coordinate UQ’s marketing strategies, targeting priority audiences by championing innovation and new opportunities. 

You will play a key role in developing, implementing and evaluating marketing plans across the University to build social and content activities while leading a small team with oversight of UQ’s Social Media Roadmap. 

Key responsibilities will include: 

• Manage and coach a small team, including a social media specialist and student storytellers to support UQ’s core social media channels. 

• Develop audience building strategies across marketing and communication. 

• Oversee the planning, development, implementation and effective delivery of content, social and marketing activities in response to briefs. 

About You 

• Proven track record of developing and executing marketing strategies that connect and engage new audiences. 

• Extensive expertise in developing, implementing and evaluating large-scale integrated marketing and social content campaigns. 

• A solid understanding of metrics measurement across various platforms in the acquisition pipeline. 

• Strong interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills and a proven ability to influence large teams of professional staff to meet key performance indicators in a complex organisation. 

• Experience working in a fast paced, high-profile organisation dealing within a proactive and reactive communications environment. 

The successful candidate may be required to complete background checks including, criminal history and education checks.

About The University of Queensland (UQ) 

For more than a century, UQ has educated and worked with outstanding people to deliver unparalleled teaching, learning and research excellence that creates positive change globally. Join a community where excellence is at the core of our culture, contributions are valued and a range of benefits and rewards are available, such as: 

• 26 weeks paid parental leave or 14 weeks paid primary caregiver leave 

• Annual salary increases in line with our enterprise agreement 

• 17.5% annual leave loading 

• Health and wellness discounts – fitness passport access, free yearly flu vaccinations, discounted health insurance, and access to our Employee Assistance Program for staff and their immediate family 

• On campus childcare options 

• Cheap parking (from just $5.75 a day) 

• Salary packaging options 

Want to Apply?  

Should you wish to apply, please attach the following documents to your application: 

• Cover letter addressing the ‘About You’ section above  

• Resume  

For more information about this opportunity, please contact Jody Hart at [email protected] .   

For application queries, please contact [email protected] stating the job reference number (below) in the subject line.  

Applications close Tuesday, 23 January at 11.00pm AEST (Job Reference Number – R-33946) 

 At UQ, our strength lies in our diverse colleagues. We’re dedicated to equity, diversity, and inclusion , fostering an environment that mirrors our wider community. We’re committed to attracting, retaining, and promoting diverse talent. Reach out to [email protected] for accessibility support or adjustments. 

If you are a current employee (including casual staff and HDR scholars) or hold an unpaid/affiliate appointment, please login to your staff Workday account and visit the internal careers board to apply for this opportunity. Please do NOT apply via the external job board.