Post Overview & Purpose:
Are you creative, organised and energised by bringing people together and creating
memorable experiences?
We’re looking for an exceptional person to join St Mark’s and lead how we tell our story,
celebrate our community and create experiences that families remember.
This is not a typical school marketing role. Bring our school to life.✨
One day you might be filming lessons and creating social media content. The next you
could be coordinating our Open Evening, producing graduation materials, designing
displays across school or organising the logistics and paperwork for educational visits
and residential trips.
You’ll play a central role in shaping the experience of children, families and visitors helping create a school environment people want to be part of.
If you love variety, thrive on organisation and enjoy turning ideas into reality, we would love to hear from you.
Purpose of the Role:
The Marketing, Events & School Experiences Coordinator is responsible for shaping how St Mark’s communicates, celebrates and connects with its community.
The postholder will lead school communications, digital engagement, events, publications and educational visit coordination to ensure pupils, families and visitors experience the very best of St Mark’s.
Working closely with SLT and operational teams, the role combines creativity, organisation and project management to deliver exceptional experiences and strengthen the school’s reputation.
Core Focus: Marketing & Communications
Our vibrant faith-based learning community has incredible stories to share daily. You will be at the forefront of capturing and sharing these moments.
Strategy: Deliver the school’s communications and marketing plan.
Social Media: Manage social media platforms and maintain a consistent online presence.
Content Creation: Create engaging content including photography, reels and video.
Planning: Develop and maintain a structured communications calendar.
Publications: Produce newsletters and targeted communications in line with GDPR.
Digital Presence: Maintain and update website content including statutory and promotional information.
Analysis: Monitor engagement metrics and recommend improvements.
Campaigns: Support pupil recruitment and admissions campaigns.
Events & School Experiences
You will lead the end-to-end planning and delivery of milestone moments that bring our
community together, including:
- Open Days and Open Evenings
- Transition and admissions events
- Parent events and celebrations
- Performances and showcases
- Proms and Graduation ceremonies
- Whole-school events and enrichment activities
Operational Delivery Responsibilities:
- Logistics: Comprehensive event planning, scheduling, venue setup, and vendor
coordination.
- Publicity: Managing promotional timelines, communications, and guest
invitations.
- Media Capture: Ensuring high-quality photography and media capture are
executed live during school showcases.
- Evaluation: Carrying out rigorous event reviews, budget tracking, and
performance evaluations.
Educational Visits & Trips
Take absolute responsibility for the complete end-to-end administration and
coordination of all educational visits across the school calendar.
- End-to-End Coordination: Manage all educational visits and trips from initial
operational proposal through to completion.
- Timeline Management: Keep trip leaders on schedule regarding administrative
approval milestones.
- Compliance & Paperwork: Ensure all educational visits paperwork is completed
accurately and submitted on time.
- Risk Assessments (RA): Coordinate and quality assure Risk Assessments and
safety documentation.
- Parent Communication: Formulate parental information packs, consent trails,
and localized communication plans.
- Safeguarding Metrics: Maintain precise records to verify staffing ratios,
compliance parameters, and medical details are met.
- Optimisation: Develop new internal tracking systems and processes to improve
efficiency across all school excursions.
Design & Commercial Activity
- Visual Identity: Maintain school branding guidelines, designing bespoke internal
brochures, posters, and print publications.
- Visual Storytelling: Create engaging displays across the physical school
corridors to enhance the visitor experience from the moment they cross the
threshold.
- Commercial Opportunities: Promote school lettings, multi-use spaces, and
community enterprise openings.
- Commercial Conversion: Act as a creative point of contact for external hire
enquiries and tour bookings.
- Data Intelligence: Produce comprehensive quarterly reports evaluating data
trends across communication channels, venue bookings, and trip attendances.
Qualifications and Experience
Essential:
Experience in:
- Marketing, communications, events or project coordination.
- Managing multiple priorities and strict deadlines
- Coordinating complex administrative processes.
- Producing professional written communications.
Desirable:
Experience in:
- Working within an educational sector
- Coordinating educational visits or school trips.
- Using EVOLVE or equivalent compliance systems.
- Direct background in photography, video editing, or content creation.
- Advanced proficiency using Canva, Adobe Creative Suite, or website CMS platforms.
Person Specification - Knowledge and Skills
Essential:
- Exceptional organisational skills and meticulous attention to detail.
- Excellent written and verbal communication style.
- Confident project management capabilities from concept to final delivery.
- Strong multi-stakeholder collaboration skills.
- High baseline digital literacy across modern applications.
Desirable:
- Deep operational understanding of educational visits and risk assessment parameters.
- Fluid knowledge of safeguarding standards and general GDPR parameters.
- Strategic understanding of audience engagement and marketing metrics.
Personal Qualities:
- Creative, proactive, highly organised, and thoroughly dependable.
- Remains calm under pressure, positive, and forward-looking.
- Solutions-focused mindset with flexibility around key evening events and
- timelines.
- Natural relationship builder passionate about creating exceptional experiences.
Why Join St. Mark's?
A Unique Workplace Culture: We believe that we offer and provide an education that we
are proud of, but we need our message to shine! By joining our administration team,
you will become a cornerstone of our school community and will enhance the lives of
everyone.
Strong Christian Ethos: Love, service, and belonging are lived daily across our whole
school. We treat each other with respect.
Investment in People: This is a busy job, but we will support you in any training you
require to be the best you can be.
A Welcoming Community: Our pupils are polite, engaged, and highly appreciative of the
admin team.
Employee Rewards & Benefits
- Pension Scheme: Secure membership within the highly sought-after Local
Government Pension Scheme.
- Employee Assistance: 24/7 access to free, completely confidential counselling and
occupational health support.
- Secure Parking: Convenient, dedicated, and complimentary on-site parking spaces
for staff.
- Generous Leave: You will have all of the school holidays off.
Safeguarding & Application Process
Our Safeguarding Commitment
St Mark’s School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children
and young people. The successful candidate will be required to undergo an enhanced
DBS check alongside all appropriate pre-employment background verification routines.
How To Apply:
We are searching for a systematic, highly driven, and creative colleague who takes
absolute pride in their craftsmanship. If this sounds like your perfect opportunity, please
apply via the details below.
- Application Submission: Submit forms directly to the office or by email to:
[email protected]
- Supporting Statement: Ensure your statement clearly references how your
background balances the creative design components with the complex
administrative tracking requirements of this unique post.
Pay: £28,792.00-£31,022.00 per year
Benefits:
- Free parking
- On-site parking
Work Location: In person
