Senior Lecturer in Marketing Management

Cardiff School of Management (CSM) is one of five schools at Cardiff Metropolitan University. Based on the Llandaff Campus and in our state-of-the-art facility near to the heart of the capital city we offer a wide range of programmes at undergraduate and postgraduate level and play a central role in delivering the ambitions of the University's Strategic Plan (Strategy 2030).

CSM is an ambitious, accredited provider of Business and Management education. State-of-the-art facilities on the Llandaff Campus provide an encouraging and creative learning environment, showcasing the School as a leading centre in the UK for Accounting, Economics and Finance; Business, Management and Law; Marketing and Strategy; and Tourism, Hospitality and Events Management.

In 2024, the School became the first University in Wales and just the third in the UK to receive the Business School Impact System (BSIS) label from the European Foundation for Management Development for the positive economic impact the School has on the Cardiff Capital Region.

The School is proud of the role it plays in delivering programmes around the world. With around 10,000 students studying management programmes at our international TNE partners, the School makes a positive difference to the life chances of students and communities around the globe.

The Marketing and Strategy Department in the Cardiff School of Management is seeking to appoint two motivated and enthusiastic academics at the Senior Lecturer level in Marketing Management (both are permanent; one FTE and one 0.5FTE).

A key component of the successful applicant's role will be to work with the Marketing Management team and to support new areas of interest and new curriculum developments including social media, digital analytics, AI, and global marketing. A specialism relating to any of our named programmes at undergraduate and postgraduate level would be an advantage, particularly in relation to Fashion Marketing, Fashion Buying, Brand Management and Digital Marketing.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

You will be required to make a significant contribution to the delivery of our taught portfolio contributing to the delivery of the undergraduate suite of programmes and postgraduate programmes. Depending on your experience you may also be involved in our Foundation, BA Business Management or MBA all of which have marketing pathways.

Enthusiastic about student-centred pedagogy, you will contribute to education delivery, including programme management as required, across the range of programmes. You will also make a significant contribution to graduate outcomes, and professional engagement with relevant internal and external organisations, at a regional, national and international level.

You will be expected to contribute to the research profile of the department and to meet the qualitative and quantitative requirements for submission to the next Research Excellence Framework.

What We Are Looking For

You will be an enthusiastic and friendly professional with excellent communication and interpersonal skills coupled with a commitment to providing an excellent student experience. An established or promising research profile in the field of Marketing Management or related area, and teaching experience on relevant programmes is essential.

- An in-depth level of knowledge relevant to the subject and professional area.
- A strong understanding of pedagogy.
- Ability to lead research/innovation and scholarly activity.
- Ability to design and develop teaching and/or research programmes and the provision of learning support.
- Ability to design teaching and learning material and employ appropriate assessment methods.
- Ability to lead on identified areas for improvement and to use initiative and problem-solving skills to improve performance.
- Ability to communicate and disseminate complex and conceptual ideas in a variety of ways – presentations at conferences, reports on findings, publications, feedback etc.
- Experience of HE teaching or equivalent.
- Experience of providing academic leadership and first line support/mentoring for other colleagues.
- A good honours degree and a Doctoral qualification.
- Ability to achieve Fellow Status as part of the Higher Education Academy's Professional Recognition scheme, within agreed timescales (as soon as is practicably possible and definitely within three years of commencement of employment).