Social and Digital Media Officer

Full time (35 hours p/w) and open-ended. Relocation assistance will be provided where appropriate.

The University of Glasgow has been changing the world for more than 574 years, and we are one of the world's top 100 universities, ranked 12^th in the world in the Times Higher Education (THE) World Impact Rankings 2024, demonstrating that we are not only one of the best universities in the United Kingdom, but one of the best universities for the world. Our people have always been at the forefront of innovation, and our past achievements inspire our current world changers.

This is a great opportunity for a Social and Digital Media Officer to join the University’s External Relations.

Working closely with colleagues within Marketing and Communications and from across the wider University, this is an exciting and creative role to help implement a Social and Digital Media communications plan and strategy at the University of Glasgow.

You will work within the Marketing and Communications team within External Relations, helping to develop our central social media channels and contribute to a range of digital outputs and campaigns to raise our profile and grow our audiences (e.g. prospective and current students and staff, partners and funders) and engagement at local, national and international level. This will include the curation of content and the production of creative assets, video (including TikToks and Instagram Reels), imagery, graphics, text and audio on the central UofG social channels. The role will also involve contributing to the development of our digital content strategy and providing support to colleagues who manage localised social media accounts across the University.

You will also support and maintain excellent relationships with University professional Services, and the four student bodies including the Student Representative Council, the four Colleges and other student, alumni and academic bodies.

As part of your cover letter, please also include your social media portfolio. This should showcase screenshots of previous social media posts that demonstrate your creativity and storytelling and/or have achieved impressive engagement results.

As part of Team UofG you will be a member of a world changing, inclusive community, which values ambition, excellence, integrity and curiosity.

As a valued member of our team, you can expect:

1 A warm welcoming and engaging organisational culture, where your talents are developed and nurtured, and success is celebrated and shared.

2 An excellent employment package with generous terms and conditions including 41 days of leave for full time staff, pension - pensions handbook https://www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/payandpensions/pensions/, benefits and discount packages.

3 A flexible approach to working.

4 A commitment to support your health and wellbeing, including a free 6-month UofG Sport membership for all new staff joining the University  https://www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/staff/healthwellbeing/.

We believe that we can only reach our full potential through the talents of all. Equality, diversity and inclusion are at the heart of our values. Applications are particularly welcome from across our communities and in particular people from the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) community, and other protected characteristics who are under-represented within the University. Read more on how the University promotes and embeds all aspects of equality and diversity within our community https://www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/humanresources/equalitydiversity/.

We endorse the principles of Athena Swan https://www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/humanresources/equalitydiversity/athenaswan/ and hold bronze, silver and gold awards across the University.

We are investing in our organisation, and we will invest in you too. Please visit our website for more information.     

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