Lecturer in Digital and Data Driven Marketing

Digital & Data Driven Marketing

Location:  Highfield Campus
Salary:   £33,314 to £40,931 per annum
Full Time Permanent
Closing Date:  Tuesday 21 February 2023
Interview Date:   To be confirmed
Reference:  1977022TR-R

Southampton Business School

Applications will be considered from 0.6FTE and above

Inspire a new generation of entrepreneurs and leaders in Marketing 

There are few better places to launch an influential, long-term career. This is your chance to develop future-defining expertise at the cutting edge of contemporary business and marketing thought. Working at the heart of a thriving academic community with a worldwide reputation, you will have every opportunity to progress your professional profile and research interests. At the same time, you will be shaping the next generation of business leaders.

Southampton Business School at the University of Southampton is one of the UK’s top business schools. With a truly distinctive multidisciplinary approach, we prepare ambitious future business leaders who want to change business and society for the better. Our world-class and cutting-edge research shapes future business practices and solves problems for businesses, organisations and governments. Over the past year we have strengthened our links with leading businesses and organisations internationally and in the local community. Our experts are from a diverse range of business fields who impart an integrated enterprise strategy that supports both our research impact and students’ experiential learning.  

The Department of Digital and Data Driven Marketing brings together internationally renowned academics who undertake research into, and teach, a wide range of Digital and Data Driven Marketing -related topics. The Department is supported by the research centre: Centre for Marketing Research, where staff are actively engaged in cross-disciplinary research.

About you

As a lecturer, you will teach at an undergraduate and postgraduate level and act as a leader and ambassador for us across management and engagement activities. Whether developing your own teaching approaches, acting as dissertation supervisor to your students or contributing to the effective administration of our department, you will enjoy scope to innovate and make a significant impact. You will be involved in the school or departmental management and enterprise or other engagement activities.

You will play a central role in furthering the research at the Digital and Data Driven Marketing department.  You will bring a strong professional reputation to the role and will demonstrate the ability to produce world-class research for publication in leading academic journals.  We are especially interested in applicants with interest and expertise in marketing analytics, communications, and digital marketing.

For an informal discussion about the post, please contact Professor Jaywant Singh, Head of Digital & Data Driven Marketing +44 (0)23 8059 4481 or email: j.singh@soton.ac.uk    

What we can offer you

We recognise that this may be your first role in an academic institution.   Through our Centre for Higher Educational Practice, we promote academic professional learning for every member of University staff.  We actively support educators through either a taught programme (Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice) or a portfolio based approach (Professional Recognition of Educator Practice).

Committed to supporting our teaching and research community we are open to a flexible working approach.  With an understanding that there is a need to be on campus for teaching duties we are open to a hybrid approach.  We give full consideration to applicants that wish to work flexibly including part-time and those who have taken a career break. Proud to be a founding signatory of the Athena Swan gender equality charter we hold an institutional Silver award.

As well as additional benefits that will make your life easier, such as a generous holiday allowance and additional university closure days. We will support your long-term future too, with access to the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS), subsidised health and fitness facilities and a range of discounts.  

As a university we aim to create an inclusive environment that attracts, supports and retains the best students and staff from diverse backgrounds and experiences from across the world. We are proactive in fostering a culture of inclusion, respect and equality of opportunity. We believe that we can only truly meet our objectives if we are reflective of society, so we are passionate about creating a working environment in which you are free to bring your whole self to work.

To find out more about Southampton Business School, https://talentedu.com/sbs/ 

We are interested in applications from individuals from 0.6 FTE and above. 

For applicants interested in a Part Time role, please note: this role is unlikely to support a Certificate of Sponsorship with a part time salary amount (a Certificate of Sponsorship is required to obtain a Skilled Worker visa to work in the UK).

You should submit your completed online application form at https://jobs.soton.ac.uk. The application deadline will be midnight on the closing date stated above. If you need any assistance, please call Holly Shergold (Recruitment Team) on +44 (0) 23 8059 2750, or email recruitment@soton.ac.uk. Please quote reference 1977022TR-R on all correspondence.