Marketing Manager

Job Introduction

We are currently recruiting a Marketing Manager at the Bader International Study Centre. At this elite university campus, located at Herstmonceux Castle in East Sussex on a 600 acre estate, you’ll develop and deliver a marketing strategy for catering services in a university and commercial environment.

The campus houses 200 resident students from Queen’s University in Canada, as well as seeing 30,000 visitors each year it also operates hospitality and events (which includes weddings and conferences), a student lounge bar and a prestigious Castle tea room.

Role Responsibility

​Develop and deliver a marketing strategy for catering services in a commercial environment. This will include a digital roadmap involving the deployment of apps and use of social media platforms to increase footfall and customer connectivity with onsite food services.

The opportunity will focus on driving commercial and retail opportunities to grow sales for commercial catering services. Gathering local customer insight as well as using industry trends to continually develop our food offers onsite will be key part of the role.

The Ideal Candidate

• Experience within a Marketing role, with evidence of successful campaigns and strategies
• Demonstrable experience or knowledge of the food retail/casual dining market
• Organised and methodical, able to multi task and plan and prioritise work accordingly and under pressure
• Strong experience of digital platforms and social media
• Demonstrates good inter-personal skills and develops relationships based on mutual respect and professionalism

Package Description

As part of our commitment to improving the quality of life for our employees, Sodexo offers a Flexible Benefits Scheme, allowing you to tailor a reward package to suit your needs but includes a technology scheme, private dental insurance, travel insurance, gym membership, Gourmet card, private medical insurance and the ability to purchase or sell annual leave. We also have a Sodexo Discount scheme, which offers employees and their friends and family the opportunity to benefit from over 1,200 discounts from top retailers both online and in-store.

About the Company

In the UK and Ireland, Sodexo employs some 36,000 employees to deliver integrated facilities management services to clients at over 2,000 locations in the energy, corporate, healthcare, education, leisure, defence and justice sectors. With an annual turnover of over £1bn, we provide everything from catering, cleaning and reception to security, laboratory and grounds maintenance services, enabling our clients to focus on their core business.

At Sodexo we are committed to a leading role in promoting equality opportunities and valuing diversity and inclusion. We seek to create a work environment based on mutual respect for all individuals, building a culture that appreciates and values the experiences and skills brought by each person to benefit our organisation and work hard to ensure that all people, whatever their race, colour, sex, gender identity  disability, nationality, national or ethnic origin, religion or belief, marital/partnership or family status, sexual orientation, age, social class, educational background, employment status, working pattern, are welcome to and included within our organisation. 

We’re a Disability Confident Leader employer. We’re committed to changing attitudes towards disability, and making sure disabled people have the chance to fulfil their aspirations.

We are building on our support to the Armed Forces community through the development of specific pathways within our recruitment process to  support ex-forces personnel and reservists, those applying for jobs with us who meet the ideal candidate criteria for the role advertised are guaranteed to progress to the selection process.

Sodexo and our clients are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults within a regulated activity. Certain roles will require applicants to undergo screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and/ or Disclosure Scotland.