Agreement for Digital Marketing Services (at home)

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    "description": "The need for universities to have a strong and consistent presence online has arguably never been more important. Additionally, much of the target audience is from the generation most likely to utilise social media, therefore having a presence on these and other digital platforms is crucial to university recruitment. \nConsideration periods are lengthy and vary from student to student.  Maintaining a continual advertising presence online ensures that students are aware of the brand or reminded about the University, whatever stage they are at in their consumer journey. The University has an \u0027always-on\u0027 digital marketing approach to ensure this, operating pulsing scheduling to upweight activity at key recruitment periods. We are looking to appoint an agency to work in partnership with us to plan, develop and deliver our digital marketing recruitment activity.\nWe are looking for an agency that can support University recruitment plans by developing and delivering, in partnership with student recruitment and marketing staff, an innovative digital advertising strategy to drive prospective student engagement and conversion from pre-applicant to enrolled student. The strategy should seek to support student recruitment targets by increasing student numbers and applications from underrepresented groups. It should also seek to support the retention of students by attracting those who share our brand values and fully understand the University offer prior to application or enrolment. The University brand was recently updated and has been used to help strengthen our digital presence online through consistent messaging and visuals. The University is therefore also seeking an agency that has experience in online brand awareness and building techniques who can support the communications of our brand values (student focused, community, courageous and inclusive).",
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      "features": "LJMU are conducting a multi-stage procurement process to establish an agreement for Digital Marketing Services. This procurement exercise is split into three stages:\n\u2022\tStage One - Selection - A questionnaire regarding capability which includes mandatory pass / fail criterion such as turnover, insurance etc. LJMU envisages shortlisting six bidders/ applicants to Stage Two - the ITT. Failure to be able to meet mandatory criteria will result in expulsion from this procurement process.\n\u2022\tStage Two - ITT - A document requesting contract specific detail and pricing. LJMU envisage shortlisting three companies to discovery stage - in the event of a tie break for the top three places, the lowest costed bid (s) will be the determining factor. The documents provided are indicative, of what shortlisted companies will receive , do not complete at stage one. \n\u2022\tStage Three - Discovery Stage - Those invited to this stage will be expected to be on an LJMU site for one day. The day will consist of a site tour, an exercise (to be provided on the day) , and clarification questions. Lunch and refreshments will be provided. The details for stage three are attached to the In-tend document set, this is for information only and only those shortlisted to stage three will receive a formal invitation and confirmation of venue and date."
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