Social Media Coordinator

Working in the Marketing, Content and Brand team within the marketing and external relations directorate, you will join a dynamic, and hard-working team playing a pivotal role in producing social media content for the University of Greenwich. 

Your primary responsibilities will involve planning and executing our social media posts across all our channels (TikTok, Instagram, X formerly known as Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn). You will ensure our content aligns with our brand and effectively reflects our ethos and values. Additionally, you'll be tasked with enhancing our corporate reputation, promoting student recruitment, services, and facilities.

We are looking for someone who is passionate about content creation and social media and has experience managing social media accounts for a large company. As well as being able to write engaging copy for our channels, you will have the skill and experience to film and edit ‘reel’ type videos for our Instagram and TikTok channels. We’re looking for someone who has their finger on the pulse on social media trends and who enjoys consuming social media content in their spare time.  

As you will be working with a range of stakeholders at all levels of the university to advise and support on social media requirements, a can-do attitude, organisational skills, and professionalism is a must.

You will be responsible for creating User Generated Content, sourcing stories from our current students to show what student life is like at the University of Greenwich through video content for our TikTok and Instagram channels. 

The ideal candidate for this position will be up to date in the latest advancements within the social media landscape with a creative flair. You will have excellent interpersonal skills, and experience working with sites such as Canva and be able to create assets for our channels. You will also have worked with social media management platform tools (i.e. Orlo, Hootsuite etc.), and be able to film and edit videos for TikTok and Reels either with the in-app tools or other available apps. 

For an informal discussion about the post please contact Faye Murphy on f.a.murphy@greenwich.ac.uk 

Should you have any recruitment related queries please contact the People Directorate Operations Team on peopleoperationsmer@gre.ac.uk 

Further details of the fantastic benefits and what we offer can be found here: Our benefits - what we offer | Jobs and careers | University of Greenwich and information on the university’s working principles: Working Principles and Guidelines | Documents | University of Greenwich

To apply, please click the ‘Apply’ button above to visit the University of Greenwich vacancies page and complete all details, including the supporting statements (please note attached CVs and personal statements will not be seen by the recruitment panel at the application stage). 

We are looking for people who can help us deliver our mission of transforming lives through inspired teaching and research, through our values.

We are committed to building a strong, diverse workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We particularly encourage applications from [protected characteristic(s)], who are currently under-represented within the University of Greenwich at these levels/within these areas.

We do this through taking positive action such as encouraging applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, disabled and LGBT+ people.

Advert information