Ms Sarah Foster
Department: Professional Services
Campus: Boltons Park
I lead the Marketing team which is responsible for supporting and helping to deliver marketing activity across the RVC from student recruitment to clinical services and research. My role includes working with my team to support the delivery of marketing plans and core marketing and communications including management of the intranet, website, social media, design and reputation management.
Sarah's marketing career began working in small agency doing B2B marketing for a range of high tech clients including Siemens Nixdorf, BPCS and Brann Software. From there she moved to work as a Campaign Manager for the then newly merged Lloyds TSB. After taking a short career break to go travelling in Africa, Sarah returned to work in technology marketing and events this time in small agency working with emerging ecommerce providers and creative industries. Sarah progressed to manage marketing and communications in an arts development agency managing multiple campaigns and projects with community organisations, local authorites and the Arts Council - after a very happy 6years there Sarah's career in arts marketing culminated with her taking up the post of Head of Marketing at the newly reopened Regency playhouse - The Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds. Sarah then moved to work on larger campaigns for Norfolk County Council including an LGA award winning programme to recruit foster carers. Sarah moved in HE marketing to work for the University of Bedfordshire where she led the Marketing Team for home and EU student recruitment and from there went to work as International Marketing Communications Officer. Sarah joined the RVC as Marketing Manager in 2015 and became Head of Marketing and Communications in 2017.