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Marketing and Event Assistant (Student Placement)
£22,623 p.a. pro rata
This is a 13 month fixed term student placement opportunity.
Please note that this role is only open to NTU students. Applications from those not a current student at NTU will not be considered.
About the Role
Are you ready to bring your creativity and organisation skills to a dynamic team? As our Marketing and Events Assistant, you’ll play a key role in shaping and promoting NTU Enterprise’s exciting activities, helping students, graduates, and entrepreneurs thrive.
What you’ll do:
* Lead social media and email marketing to attract students and graduates, as well as regional businesses, to our enterprise programmes and events.
* Craft engaging content, including short videos, promotional materials, and digital updates, to showcase NTU Enterprise’s offer.
* Help plan, promote, and run events that inspire innovation, from campus workshops to regional networking opportunities.
* Develop partnerships with student societies and alumni to expand engagement and grow our enterprise community.
* Attend events, like Open Days, to spread the word about NTU Enterprise and connect with budding entrepreneurs.
* Work collaboratively with the NTU Enterprise team to monitor performance, gather feedback, and continually improve how we support our participants.
This role is your chance to hone your marketing and events expertise while making a real impact on the entrepreneurial landscape at NTU and beyond. If you’re enthusiastic, creative, and ready to learn, we’d love to hear from you!
For more details, please take a look at the role profile. We'll still consider applications even if you don't meet every single one of the requirements, so don't be put off if you don't match them perfectly.
Interview date: From Wednesday 23rd April 2025
About Us
NTU prides itself on providing our students with excellent placement experiences. Our placements give you hands on experience, allowing you to develop your knowledge and skills. You can help shape our services to make a real difference. See NTU from a different point of view and join us for your placement.
Join us on this incredible journey and unlock your potential!
What is NTU Enterprise?
NTU Enterprise is Nottingham Trent University’s hub for innovation and entrepreneurship. We empower students, graduates, and local entrepreneurs to turn their ideas into successful ventures through expert support, workshops, and inspiring events. Based in the award-winning Dryden Enterprise Centre, we’re at the heart of NTU’s enterprise and entrepreneurial community.
For any informal queries about the role or the team, please contact Katrina Starkie (Space and Community Manager) at katrina.starkie@ntu.ac.uk.
Don't take our word for it...
Here's what our current placement student, Isabelle, had to say:
"I have had such an amazing experience working with NTU Enterprise, the team has made me feel so welcomed and confident in what I do here. Everyday is a new opportunity and something different, I also love having an impact of students by helping inspire them to achieve their entrepreneurial goals, through our social media and events. All in all it is an amazing placement and I will be extremely sad to leave at the end of it, however so grateful for the experience! "
For more student placement opportunities visit our Jobs Portal or InPlace.
Join Us
* Hybrid working - we encourage and offer a mixture of office working and working from home. You're empowered to define how you work best for the benefits of your stakeholders.
* Flexibility - take ownership over how you get your work done. We're open to different working patterns and approaches.
* 25 days annual leave, plus statutory bank holidays and 5 university closure days pro rata.
* Salary Sacrifice Retirement Savings Plan with life assurance and income protection. Available to colleagues who choose to opt out of the contractual pension scheme. Minimum colleague contributions of 0% matched with minimum NTU contributions of 8%.
* Range of health and wellbeing services, voluntary benefits, discounts, and savings for all colleagues.
* Access to a wealth of formal and informal professional development opportunities to develop your skills and advance your career.
* And a whole lot more
Come and be part of our success. Apply today.
Safe and Inclusive
At NTU, we continue to build an inclusive culture that encourages, supports and celebrates the diverse voices and experiences of our students and colleagues. We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring and we encourage people from underrepresented communities and backgrounds to apply to join our team.
This position is only open to post/undergraduate students of Nottingham Trent University where a work placement is required of the course. Applications from overseas students currently studying on a Tier 4 visa will be considered alongside other applications.
Please note that this role is only open to NTU students. Applications from those not a current student at NTU will not be considered.
Please note that unfortunately, this role has been assessed as ineligible for sponsorship under the UK Visas & Immigration points-based immigration system. However, applications are welcome from candidates who do not currently have the right to work in the UK, but who would be eligible to obtain a valid visa via another route. Please consult the Home Office website for further information.
Please note that this role is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (1974) and successful applicants will be asked to declare any unspent criminal convictions.