Digital Content Producer (Video)

Role type: Full time, Fixed Term (until 31/03/2027)

Closing date: 8 September 2025 at 23:59

Are you a talented social media video producer with a passion for storytelling, culture and heritage? We’re looking for a Digital Content Producer to translate the viral social presence of The Museum of English Rural Life (The MERL) into short-form video, and to bring the rich history and iconic treasures of Reading Museum to life.

Working across both museums under the Arts Council-funded partnership, Museums Partnership Reading (MPR), you’ll lead on the development of our TikTok and Instagram content and play a key role within the partnership’s digital engagement.

You will have:

• An imaginative and thoughtful approach to identifying themes for content creation
• Strong knowledge of using video and audio equipment to create high-quality content
• Experience of producing social video with strong engagement
• Strong understanding of internet culture, with a demonstrable track record of creating engaging, impactful and appropriate video content that lands with its audience
• The ability to measure social media performance, produce reports for stakeholders, and use data to inform strategy

This role is fixed term until 31/03/2027

Interviews will be held: 17 September 2025

Informal Contact:

Contact Name: Joe Vaughan
Contact Job Title: Marketing Manager
Contact Email address: joe.vaughan@reading.ac.uk

The University is committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce, supports the gender equality Athena SWAN Charter and the Race Equality Charter, and champions LGBT+ equality. We are a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2). Applications for job-share, part-time and flexible working arrangements are welcomed and will be considered in line with business needs.

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