MANCHESTER WORLDWIDE INSTITUTE OF HIGHER EDUCATION (SOUTH EAST ASIA) PTE. LTD.
Marketing & Admissions Lead – Postgraduate Programmes
MANCHESTER WORLDWIDE INSTITUTE OF HIGHER EDUCATION (SOUTH EAST ASIA) PTE. LTD. Marketing & Admissions Lead – Postgraduate Programmes
About the role
We are looking for a dynamic, digitally savvy and highly organised professional to support the growth of our postgraduate programmes across South East Asia. This is a hands-on role combining marketing, student recruitment, digital engagement, content and stakeholder engagement. The successful candidate will help build awareness and demand for our postgraduate programmes, develop engaging content and campaigns, nurture prospective students through the recruitment journey, and create opportunities to connect prospective students with the University, alumni and industry. The role is suited to someone who is commercially minded and digitally confident, but also creative and relationship-oriented. You should be comfortable developing a campaign, creating a LinkedIn post, following up with a prospective student, coordinating an information session and analysing what is working — while also thinking strategically about how to grow our programmes.
Key responsibilities
Develop and execute marketing campaigns to build awareness and demand for postgraduate programmes
Manage digital engagement across LinkedIn, email, social media and other relevant channels
Develop content calendars and create compelling content, including programme stories, student and alumni features, faculty insights and campaign content
Curate and translate academic and programme content into accessible and engaging communications for prospective students
Monitor digital performance and audience engagement, using insights to improve campaigns and content
Identify new digital channels, formats and approaches to reach relevant professional and student audiences
Support the development and execution of student recruitment and conversion strategies
Generate and nurture prospective student leads through digital campaigns, events, alumni networks and other channels
Engage prospective students and respond to enquiries, helping them understand programme value, structure and outcomes
Follow up systematically with prospective students throughout the recruitment journey
About you
Degree in Marketing, Communications, Business or a related field
5 to 8 years of relevant experience in marketing, student recruitment, digital marketing, sales, business development, events or stakeholder engagement
Digitally savvy, with a good understanding of social media, content marketing, email marketing and digital engagement
Strong writing and content creation skills, particularly for LinkedIn and other professional platforms
Commercially aware, with an understanding of lead generation, lead nurturing and conversion
Strong interpersonal skills and confidence engaging prospective students, alumni, professionals and senior stakeholders
Hands-on and resourceful, with the ability to take an idea from concept through to execution
Highly organised, proactive and able to manage multiple priorities
Comfortable working with data and using insights to improve marketing and recruitment activity
Strong event management and coordination skills