All Locations
Studland House (Bournemouth - Lansdowne)
All Departments
Professional, Managerial and Support Services
Advertising Salary
Salary from £34,132 - £39,355 per annum (pro rata) with progression opportunities to £42,882
Vacancy Type
Permanent
Professional and Support
Closing Date
10 Sep 2025
Basis
Full Time

About the role

The CRM and Marketing Automation Manager leads the strategic development and optimisation of the Marketing and Communications (M&C) CRM and marketing technology platforms across the full prospective student and alumni lifecycle. The role is central to enhancing audience engagement by delivering targeted, personalised and data-driven communications, ensuring our platforms deliver maximum value in support of student recruitment and conversion, and long-term relationship management.

The postholder will serve as the senior technical and strategic lead for CRM and marketing automation platforms within M&C, providing business intelligence, campaign insights, and audience targeting strategies that underpin effective multi-channel communications and deliver user experience excellence. The postholder will ensure these systems are fully integrated within our customer journey and work collaboratively with the Digital Platform team on the development roadmap and overall user experience as well as acting as the main link contact with IT & Digital colleagues on CRM matters.

The postholder will be the platform owner for:

• CRM: Microsoft Dynamics (Student Recruitment) and Alumni & Fundraising CRM
• Marketing Platforms, including: Gecko, Peer-to-Peer enagement (e.g. The Ambassador Platform, Unibuddy or similar), Live Assistant for Dynamics, Dotdigital etc

THIS POSITION IS OPEN TO BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY STAFF AND AGENCY STAFF CURRENTLY WORKING AT BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY ONLY.

About the department

Our Marketing & Communications department is made up of experts in student recruitment, design, digital, PR, market research and more, all of whom work to support BU’s strategic plan.  We work with senior stakeholders to influence recruitment targets and support the university in shaping our portfolio to optimise recruitment.  We embed effective internal communications activity throughout the University to ensure academic and professional services staff are well equipped and informed.

About us

Bournemouth University’s vision is worldwide recognition as a leading university for inspiring learning, advancing knowledge and enriching society through the fusion of education, research and practice. Our highly skilled and creative workforce is comprised of individuals drawn from a broad cross section of the globe, who reflect a variety of backgrounds, talents, perspectives and experiences that help to build our global learning community.

BU values and is committed to an inclusive working environment.  We seek a diverse community through attracting, developing and retaining staff from different backgrounds to contribute to inspirational learning, advancing knowledge and enriching society.  To support and enable our staff to achieve a balance between work and their personal lives, we will also consider proposals for flexible working or job share arrangements.  

A job description for this position is available at the top of this page. If you require this in a different format, please contact us at [email protected].

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