Details
1121452
Liverpool John Moores University
04/01/2027
Other - See Job
20hrs per week. 4th January 2027 to 16 Dec 2027
Smart Casual
Pay
£13.53
£1.63
Description
Role
********** Ringfenced to LJMU Graduates (within the last 2 years) ************
Are you a recent graduate with a passion for content creation, social media and storytelling?
We're looking for a creative and enthusiastic Content Creator Intern to help showcase the exciting student experience, industry partnerships, cutting-edge research and graduate success stories across LJMU's Engineering, Built Environment, Computer Science and Mathematics communities.
Working alongside the Recruitment Marketing Manager, you'll create engaging digital content for prospective students, current students and external audiences. No two days are the same. One day you could be filming in a robotics lab, the next interviewing students, covering a graduation event, creating TikTok-style videos, or capturing content at an Open Day.
Duties and responsibilities
What you'll do
- Create engaging social media content including photography, videography, reels, short-form video, podcasts and interviews.
- Capture student, graduate and staff stories that bring our schools to life.
- Support recruitment campaigns, Open Days, Applicant Days and outreach activity.
- Showcase industry partnerships, placements, research projects and career opportunities.
- Cover events and produce highlight content across a range of digital channels
- Monitor social media trends and help identify new content opportunities.
Create engaging multimedia content including:
- Photography
- Videography
- Short-form video
- Reels
- Podcasts
- Interviews
Ensure content aligns with LJMU brand guidelines and communications objectives.
- Monitor social media trends, platform developments and emerging content formats.
- Research competitor Higher Education Institution social media activity and digital marketing campaigns.
- Update and maintain content planning and scheduling systems. Student Experience and School Engagement
Capture content from activities including:
- Guest lectures
- Industry visits
- Field trips
- Student projects
- Graduate exhibitions
- Research showcases
- Competitions
- Awards ceremonies
- Society activities
- Graduation events
Work with academics, professional services staff and students to identify content opportunities.
- Promote student belonging, inclusion, wellbeing initiatives and extra curricular activities
- Support schools in celebrating student achievements and successes throughout the academic year.
- Outreach and Widening Participation
- Attend and document outreach activities in schools and colleges (up to six events per academic calendar year).
- Create content promoting Engineering, Built Environment, Computer Science and Mathematics careers to prospective learners.
- Capture impact stories from outreach participants and community engagement activities.
- Support widening participation initiatives through age-appropriate digital content and storytelling.
- Assist with promoting pathways into higher education and professional careers. Industry, Research and External Engagement
- Showcase employer partnerships, placement opportunities and collaborative projects.
- Produce content highlighting graduate employability and career pathways.
- Create profiles of industry partners, visiting speakers, alumni and mentors.
- Support the promotion of research, innovation and knowledge exchange activities.
- Translate complex research activity into engaging content for external audiences.
- Produce researcher profiles, impact stories and short-form research-focused content.
- Event Coverage
Plan and deliver digital content coverage for a range of events. The below list gives a rough indication of the types and numbers of these types of events.
- Open Days (3 per academic year)
- Applicant Days (3 per academic year)
- Outreach activities (6 per academic year)
- Employer events (2 per academic year)
- School celebrations (2 per academic year)
- Research showcases (2 per academic year)
- Graduation events (2 per academic year)
Conduct interviews with students, staff, alumni and external stakeholders.
- Produce post-event summaries, highlight reels and promotional content.
Skills and experience
Essential
- Experience of creating content for social media and digital platforms.
- Experience of photography, videography and video editing.
- Technically skilled in video content production
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Experience interviewing and engaging with a variety of stakeholders.
- Ability to manage multiple activities and deadlines simultaneously.
- Confidence when working with students, staff, schools, colleges and external partners.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a wider marketing and recruitmentteam.
Desirable
- Experience of content creation within higher education.
- Knowledge of Engineering, Built Environment, Computer Science or Mathematics disciplines.
- Experience supporting student recruitment or outreach activities.
- Understanding of widening participation initiatives.
- Experience of podcast production.
- Graphic design skills.
- Experience using analytics and engagement reporting tools.
- Experience creating content aimed at young audiences and prospective students
Location
LJMU
Additional information
********** Ringfenced to LJMU Graduates (within the last 2 years) ************
Applications closes on Monday 9th November 2026.
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