Moving around the University of St Andrews

Published on 7 July 2025

After almost 6 years working for the Digital Communications team at the University of St Andrews, I’ve moved to a newly created Marketing team as a Digital Developer.

Although it was my first development job, I loved my time in the team with the colleagues I had and I’m grateful for the opportunities, knowledge and skills I gained. However, I felt it was time to move on and take on a new challenge.

I (and a few of my colleagues) were seconded for 6 months in November 2024 into a new team focusing on improving postgraduate taught (PGT) numbers for a number of courses. This led us to overhaul our PGT course pages which included a redesign of the template, updated information architecture, and improved content. See the difference for yourself!

• Old PGT course page
• Current PGT course page

My new colleagues were also implementing new marketing campaigns, targeted advertising, and launching new Executive Education short courses from the Business School.

All this work made a difference, and at the end of April 2025, along with hiring a Head of Marketing, our seconded team was being turned into St Andrews’ first dedicated marketing team!

Currently (as of when this post is published), my focus is creating an ‘all-in-one’ course template and keeping a technical eye over our course proofing process. I know the team will carry on doing great things and I’m glad to be part of it!