Planning and Evaluation Manager

The opportunity

We believe the world needs creativity. At the core of our 10-year strategy is a commitment to making the world a better place through our collective creative endeavour. We are now seeking a talented Planning and Evaluation Manager as part of a new UAL-wide communications function. 

The role of Planning and Evaluation Manager will be key in working across the department to support colleagues with sequencing messages for our audiences with a shared planning processes and supporting the evaluation of our activity.  

The successful candidate will work closely with UAL-wide and College Communication teams to plan communications and engagement activity with all of our key audiences championing UAL and College brands, vision and values as UAL-wide communications strategy. The role will be responsible for setting and maintaining a shared planning grid for the department, evaluating key campaign activity across the department, fostering a culture of evaluation with colleagues and designing and implementing an evaluation toolkit for colleagues across the department to work with. 

You will be part of a larger UAL-wide communications function of professional communicators including media relations, PR, brand, strategy, audience insight, creative, content, social media and digital communications. You will be line managed by the Senior Strategy and Insights Manager and part of the Brand and Strategy team.  

Your profile

We are looking for a Planning and Evaluation specialist that is excited about the critical role that communications planning and evaluation can play for our audiences. The new Strategy and Insights team is going to be a critical part of the new Communications department so we are looking for a candidate who is excited about the task of establishing a new role in the department and will bring energy and enthusiasm to this task. We are looking for a candidate that has extensive experience in communications planning, campaign evaluation and project management. Collaboration will be crucial in the success of this role and so strong communication and presentation skills as well as an ability to talk through complex data in a clear and concise way will be important.

We are UAL

University of the Arts London (UAL) generates and inspires the creativity the world needs for a better future. Since 1842, our colleges have been defining creative education. With curiosity, imagination and intent we make work which creates lasting change for people and our planet. London is core to who we are, a place where we meet and share ideas with people from different backgrounds and cultures.

Our creative network influences learning, culture, industry and society on a global scale. Our academics and practitioners deliver creative education and inspire new ways of thinking through research and innovation. We work with students at every level from pre-degree and short courses to postgraduate and online learning, enabling them to build the careers they want. Together, we are a community of makers, thinkers, pioneers and storytellers redesigning the future.

As a University we are ranked second in the world for Art and Design. We are formed of 6 Colleges with unique histories and identities: Camberwell College of Arts, Central Saint Martins, Chelsea College of Arts, London College of Communication, London College of Fashion and Wimbledon College of Arts. UAL also has 4 Institutes, 5 Research Centres, 1 Pre-Degree School and 2 subsidiary companies delivering specialist activities.

Application process

We operate a fair and open anonymous selection process. Thus, you will need to create an account and submit an application through our job board. As part of this, you will need to provide a supporting statement/answer some competency questions to demonstrate your suitability. Our recruitment process involves: Application, Shortlisting, Interview and Assessment, Offer, Onboarding.

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