June 26, 2015

MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER – Toi Whakaari: NZ Drama School 

Toi Whakaari: NZ Drama School is New Zealand’s leading specialist tertiary education provider for the performing arts.  

We are looking for a talented marketing and communications practitioner to help us grow the school in an increasingly competitive environment.  

The main focus for the successful candidate will be on student recruitment – growing the number of enquiries the school receives as well as the number of applications and ensuring that every course is over-subscribed. In addition the Marcomms Manager will co-ordinate and oversee production marketing and publicity, co-ordinate all online and social media activity and contribute to raising the school’s profile in all of the communities in which it exists. 

This is a reconfigured role reflecting the increased importance the school places on marketing, promotions and communications. 

Toi Whakaari takes an “all school” approach to communications, especially online and social media. One of the key responsibilities for the successful candidate will be to co-ordinate all those efforts and upskill all staff and students so that their efforts are time-efficient but still effective at meeting the goals of the school. 

Required attributes: 

• Strategic and creative marketing and communications planning ability
• Creative and professional writing skills – able to write for a range of markets
• Skills at building and maintaining personal relationships and connections
• Strong leadership skills and the ability to motivate and influence others
• Excellent judgement
• The ability to handle high pressure and deadlines, and the stamina, creativity and perseverance to achieve high quality results within limited budgets and timeframes
• A capacity to innovate and appreciate and support innovation around them
• The ability to deal with a wide range of people and situations with charm and good humour, and get results
• An appreciation of Te Ao Māori. 

A detailed Position Description is available for download here. 

Please send letter of application and CV to recruitment@toiwhakaari.ac.nz 

Closing date for applications: 9am 9 July 2015.

Applicants must be entitled to live and work in New Zealand.