24 July 2016

Interview date:  04 August 2016

An exciting new role has been created to drive the promotion and profile raising of the University’s outstanding research activity globally.

The Senior Media Manager (Research Themes) will be responsible for developing a comprehensive media and communications strategy to deliver activities, initiatives and outputs that will support the University’s Research Strategy and its objectives.

The role will work with researchers across the University to develop communication strategies to enhance visibility of their work.  The Senior Media Manager will provide media advice and training for Early Career Researchers and will utilize blogs, social media and all online media and communications channels to target research stories and ensure maximum exposure.  This new role will also be responsible for creating content for the research website and researching and pitching research stories to media channels as part of the Media and Communications team.