Social Media Assistant

Details


1110151


University of Staffordshire


30/03/2026


6 Months


37 hours per week Monday to Friday


Smart Casual

Pay


£14.71


£1.78

Description

Role
This role focuses on developing and coordinating original multimedia content to strengthen the University’s online presence for a targeted audience. You will be responsible for implementing campaigns to promote the University’s brand, fostering student conversations, and increasing engagement across key social media platforms to support recruitment efforts.

Duties and responsibilities

  • Planning, creating, and scheduling social media content in line with the University’s strategy and values to enhance the growth of the University's social media portfolio, reputation and reach.
  • Monitoring social media activity and play a key role in monitoring and measuring social media impact
  • Actively taking part in community engagement on forums speaking direct to students. These include The Student Room, Campus Connect and Reddit.
  • Supporting student engagement, channel growth and creative content.
  • Supporting recruitment by focusing on increasing engagement from student audiences. This includes working to enhance the performance of YouTube, TikTok and Instagram to reach a student audience.
  • Utilising skillsets to creatively grow conversations across social media. This may include using incentives, student-led content, or engagement features.

Skills and experience

  • Proven experience creating digital content, including videos, photos, and blogs.
  • Background working in a fast-paced, media-focused environment.
  • Experience collaborating with clients to ensure a shared vision and brief for creative output.
  • Educated to degree-level or equivalent qualification
 

Location
Stoke-on-Trent

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