Placement Student (Marketing and Comms)

Salary: £26,707 per annum

Newcastle University is a great place to work, with excellent benefits. We have a generous holiday package; plus the opportunity to buy more, great pension schemes and a number of health and wellbeing initiatives to support you.

Closing Date: 29 March 2026

The Role

If you are a penultimate-year Newcastle University student looking for a year-long placement in a vibrant and busy marketing and communications team, we want to hear from you.

Following a major philanthropic donation of £1.2m over 5 years to advance the University’s enterprise and entrepreneurship offer, we are looking for a creative and ambitious student to support marketing and communications activities for the Rob Wood Enterprising Future Academy, the Careers Service and the Student Life team.

You will support the promotion of a range of projects and initiatives that:

• Prepare students for changing labour market environments and offer alternative perspectives on their career options.
• Support more students and recent graduates to consider self-employment/starting their own business.

We need an articulate and motivated student to work independently, and as part of a team, to ensure that services and events are effectively communicated to a wide range of students, graduates, academics and businesses.

We’re looking for an enthusiastic content creator - confident in front of a camera, with an interest in video editing and experience in graphic design - to capture and edit engaging student-led content for Instagram, blogs, newsletters and more.

You’ll have an eagerness to learn new skills, strong attention to detail, a flair for writing engaging copy, and will be an adept communicator who excels at planning and organising.

During your placement, you will gain experience in content creation, social media management, design, video editing, analytics, market research and so much more, all of which will support your future career.

You must be registered as a Newcastle University undergraduate student in 2026/2027, having completed the penultimate year of your undergraduate degree, in any discipline, by the placement start date of August/September 2026.

Interviews will take place on w/c 20 April 2026.


Any questions, please email Tom Coyle, Project Coordinator (Student Communications): [email protected]

Key Accountabilities

• Work within the Marketing & Comms team to provide marketing support to all teams including the Rob Wood Enterprising Futures Academy, the Careers Service and the Student Life team
• Generate new content for social media, blogs, newsletters, and the Student Noticeboard
• Design and create visual graphics in line with brand guidelines using Adobe Creative Suite software & Canva (for social media, print materials, merchandise etc)
• Management of Instagram accounts including community management and keeping up-to-date with new social media trends
• Plan and create engaging social media content for Instagram (in particular, Instagram stories and Reels)
• Lead on the reporting of monthly social media statistics
• Support the planning, promotion and delivery of regular events across the Rob Wood Enterprising Futures Academy, the Careers Service and the Student Life team
• Contribute new ideas, driven by user demand, for student-facing activities
• Conduct independent market research projects
• Undertake general tasks and duties as directed by your line manager,

The Person (Essential)

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• Strong team player, with ability to work alone when necessary
• Strong verbal and written communication skills e.g. proposals, reports and presentations
• Able to deal with a variety of people in a professional manner
• Use of Office IT systems including Word and PowerPoint, databases and web/internet
• Excellent understanding of social media, in particular, Instagram
• Good copywriting skills
• Excellent planning and organisational skills
• Excellent time management and ability to use initiative where appropriate
• Experience with design software, in particular, Adobe InDesign and Canva

Attributes and Behaviour

• Must have a ‘creative flare’
• Excellent attention to detail
• Social media savvy, comfortable in front of and behind the camera
• Flexible approach to work
• Works collaboratively with others, plays a positive role in teams and establishes and grows relationships across the organisation where different skills, expertise and opinions are valued
• Manages time and resources by prioritising and organising effectively

Qualifications

• You must have recently completed the penultimate year of your undergraduate degree at Newcastle University, in any subject discipline, by the placement start date of August/September 2026 to be eligible for this role.

Newcastle University is a global University where everyone is treated with dignity and respect. As a University of Sanctuary, we aim to provide a welcoming place of safety for all, offering opportunities to people fleeing violence and persecution.

We are committed to being a fully inclusive university which actively recruits, supports and retains colleagues from all sectors of society. We value diversity as well as celebrate, support and thrive on the contributions of all of our employees and the communities they represent. We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from individuals who can complement our existing teams, we believe that success is built on having teams whose backgrounds and experiences reflect the diversity of our university and student population.

At Newcastle University we hold a Gold Athena Swan award in recognition of our good employment practices for the advancement of gender equality. We also hold a Race Equality Charter Bronze award in recognition of our work towards tackling race inequality in higher education REC. We are a Disability Confident employer and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role as part of the offer and interview scheme.

In addition, we are a member of the Euraxess initiative supporting researchers in Europe.

Requisition ID: 29144