Job Description

Location

Egham

Salary

41,374 per annum - including London Allowance

Post Type

Full Time

Hours per Week

35

Weeks per Year

52

Closing Date

23.59 hours GMT on Monday 27 October 2025

Reference

1025-261

Right to work:

Please note that it will not be possible for the University to issue a Certificate of Sponsorship to the successful candidate for this position. Therefore, the appointable candidate will need to be eligible to work in the UK or have leave to remain in the UK and associated right to work for the duration of their employment with the University, in accordance with the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006.

Full-Time, Permanent

The role:

The Industry Engagement Manager is a key part of the MarComms team, working closely with the Head of Marketing & Communications and wider Access Programmes teams (Enterprise & Commercialisation and Pilots & Prototypes), to deliver the engagement, outreach and community network events activities for an ambitious UK R&D and innovation programme.

About the

CoSTAR National Lab

The CoSTAR National Lab is the largest ever investment in creative industries R&D by UKRI. A 51.1m programme led by Royal Holloway, University of London to develop a National R&D Lab to ensure the UK's screen and performance sectors have the innovation, infrastructure, skills, and expertise needed to compete globally. The National R&D Lab will place Equality, Diversity, and Environmental Sustainability at the heart of all we do: from our team culture to the research programmes we run, to how we collaborate with partners.


Our Lab will include dedicated Stage and Studio space at Pinewood Studios, advanced creative computing technologies including AI, virtual production, and 5G systems. Our consortium brings together world-leading research teams at Royal Holloway, University of Surrey, Abertay University; and National Film & Television School. Our industry partners include BT and Disguise, whose systems power some of the world's biggest live shows.

What You Will Be Doing:

To build connections with SME's / companies, Arts, Culture & Tech sector organisations and industry specialists and develop a network of outreach contacts and event opportunities to facilitate collaboration and promote the work of the CoSTAR National Lab To focus on building communities of interest around our piloting, business incubation, acceleration, enterprise and growth activity, to unlock further value and drive wider impact To research, curate and deliver community and network events online, hybrid and in-person and promote and support core CoSTAR National Lab activities

You should apply if you:

Enjoy working in a creative, inclusive and dynamic team to help generate new engagement, outreach and community events ideas to promote the CoSTAR National Lab and CoSTAR Access Programmes activity Have a positive 'can do' and solution-focussed approach with the ability to multi-task different projects and priorities as well as working well as part of a team Would enjoy the challenge and buzz of working for the new CoSTAR National Lab in R&D for the Creative Industries with world-leading partners Show a keen interest in emerging technologies, research and innovation

This is a full-time, permanent role available from November 2025. This post is based in Egham, Surrey, but with expectation of also working at the CoSTAR National Lab which is opening at Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire in 2026.


Equity, Diversity and Inclusion is a priority for CoSTAR. As such, we actively welcome applicants from all backgrounds and are especially keen to recruit people from groups currently under-represented in creative technology including women, non-binary and disabled people and ethnic minority/ global majority candidates.


For an informal discussion about the post, please contact Sarah Brown: s.brown@rhul.ac.uk


In return we offer a highly competitive rewards and benefits package including:

Generous annual leave entitlement Training and Development opportunities Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution Various schemes including Cycle to Work, Season Ticket Loans and help with the cost of Eyesight testing Free parking

For queries on the application process the Human Resources Department can be contacted by email at: recruitment@rhul.ac.uk


Please quote the reference:

1025-261

Closing Date:

23:59, 27 October 2025

Interviews:

In person interviews will take place w/c 27 October / 3 November 2025. Applicants should download interview instructions from the Royal Holloway recruitment website. Shortlisted candidates will be required to undertake a test of their engagement, outreach and/or events management skills as part of the interview process.





The university has adopted hybrid working for some roles therefore some remote working may be possible for this role.

Royal Holloway is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI), and encourages applications from all people regardless of age, disability, gender, marital status, parental status, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or trans status or history. More information on our structures and initiatives around EDI, including information on staff diversity networks, can be found on our

Equality and Diversity Intranet page

.



Share: