Local Marketing Executive - 12-Month FTC

The Role

We`re looking for a Local Marketing Executive to join our Marketing team at Unite Students.

Working closely with the Campaign Marketing Manager and city teams, you`ll help plan and deliver local marketing activity across our priority cities and properties, with a focus on new builds and asset management initiatives. From coordinating local campaigns and events to supporting Student Union partnerships and content creation, you`ll play a key role in driving local engagement and supporting commercial performance.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the delivery of local marketing campaigns across key cities and properties.
• Work with city teams to gather property USPs, local insights and event opportunities.
• Coordinate local marketing activity including open days, housing fairs and Student Union partnerships.
• Create scalable local marketing templates and brief creative assets to the design team.
• Support localised email and social activity alongside wider campaign plans.
• Help manage local marketing plans for priority challenge cities.
• Monitor campaign performance and identify opportunities to improve engagement and lead generation.
• Support team administration, including managing the marketing inbox and raising purchase orders.

What We`re Looking For

• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Organised, proactive and able to manage multiple projects effectively.
• A collaborative approach with the ability to work across different teams and external partners.
• Good attention to detail and confidence coordinating marketing activity and data.
• Positive, adaptable and eager to learn and develop.
• A team player who thrives in a fast-paced environment and shares our One Team mentality.

Why Join Us?

At Unite Students, you`ll be part of a collaborative and supportive team where your ideas are valued. This is a great opportunity to gain hands-on experience across exciting local campaigns and contribute to meaningful marketing activity that connects with students across the UK.

What You`ll Get in Return

• A discretionary annual bonus so you can share in the company`s success
• 25 days` paid holiday and an annual holiday buying scheme, with 5 additional days awarded for long service
• A generous pension scheme - employer contributions between 5% and 11% depending on how much you save
• Various benefits to support your health and wellbeing including a Healthcare Cash Plan, an Employee Assistance Programme, a Wellbeing platform and a Gym benefit that you can share with your family and friends
• Enhanced Family Leave including 18 weeks full pay for birthing parents and 4 weeks for non-birthing parents
• Lots of other great benefits including an annual ShareSave scheme, Employee Life Assurance, a discounts portal and more!

About Unite Students

Founded in 1991, Unite Students is the UK`s leading provider of purpose-built student accommodation. You can find us in 23 leading university towns and cities, with 70,000 students calling US home! We are driven by our values, culture, and a commitment to develop diverse and inclusive teams, filled with positive energy and new ideas.

Instinctive inclusion. We know that to create and maintain a happy healthy organisation, we have to work hard to ensure inclusion isn`t just what we do but who we are.

People make Unite Students. Employees, students and neighbours all contribute to building environments where we can all thrive.

Room for Everyone

We`re proud to be an employer that embraces individuality, and we`re passionate about building inclusive teams. We focus on creating a collaborative culture where you can be you, where your voice is heard, and where you can truly belong. We take great pride in being rated Gold Investors in People and are constantly striving to provide the highest standard of learning and development opportunities and professional pathways for our people. Building a home for success, for both our employees and students, requires exceptional people with a passion for creating room for everyone, doing what`s right, keeping US safe, and raising the bar. Join us as we build better experiences for students that live with us.

We are US.