Salary range: £26,942 - £29,959
FTE: 1.0 (35 hours per week)
Term: Open
Closing date: 2 May 2025
The University’s award-winning Conferencing & Events team is responsible for the promotion and operation of the dedicated conferencing facilities within the Technology & Innovation Centre (TIC), Strathclyde’s flagship events venue, as well as the delivery of University corporate events and hospitality.
In academic year 2023/24, almost 47,000 delegates attended over 600 events hosted in TIC. Strathclyde’s commercial conferencing activity generated income in excess of £2.7M, returning a surplus of more than £600K to the University and helping to drive strategic collaboration between academia, research, and industry.
Working within the Business Development team, the Sales & Marketing Co-ordinator plays a critical role in the promotion and delivery of commercial conferencing and event activity, providing effective administrative support to the commercial Conferencing & Events team generally, and to the Business Development function specifically.

Their duties include (but are not limited to):

• Responding to all new enquiries promptly, professionally and consistently, and taking small to medium-sized bookings to contract and handover.
• Overseeing the building’s Occupant Room Use policy.
• Implementing a range of sales & marketing activities across web, social media and offline content.
• Compiling monthly performance data, including customer feedback.
• Other activities supportive of effective business development and event delivery, such as supporting best use of software solutions and industry/sectoral benchmarking.
• Contributing to the ongoing development of the business and its product offering.
• Providing operational support for event delivery in TIC and elsewhere on campus.

The role is essential in driving commercial revenue and delivering first-class customer experience that the University’s Conferencing & Events team has developed over more than 10 years. It will appeal to a motivated, energetic individual with experience of selling, marketing and delivering conferencing and events activity, who has an eye for detail and thrives in a fast-paced, customer-focused environment.
Interviews are scheduled to take place on 16 May 2025.
For informal enquiries, please contact Gordon Hodge, Head of Conferencing & Events at gordon.hodge@strath.ac.uk

• Responding to all new enquiries promptly, professionally and consistently, and taking small to medium-sized bookings to contract and handover.
• Overseeing the building’s Occupant Room Use policy.
• Implementing a range of sales & marketing activities across web, social media and offline content.
• Compiling monthly performance data, including customer feedback.
• Other activities supportive of effective business development and event delivery, such as supporting best use of software solutions and industry/sectoral benchmarking.
• Contributing to the ongoing development of the business and its product offering.
• Providing operational support for event delivery in TIC and elsewhere on campus