Overview
Digital Content Officer – Strand, London, WC2R 2LS
About us:
King’s Business School is a triple-accredited business school in the heart of London. It ranks amongst the top 10 business schools for research in the UK, based on the Research Excellence Framework 2021, and is consistently ranked in the top ten in the UK for business by the Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide, the Complete University Guide and the Times Higher Global University rankings.
The School advances world-leading education and research across four knowledge frontiers:
- Developing a modern workplace,
- Creating sustainable and socially responsible business
- Improving health and public services organisations
- Strengthening economic and financial systems.
It is the ninth faculty of King’s College London, leveraging interdisciplinary potential across the College. It drives pioneering thinking and engages the limitless energies of the city’s businesses, policy-makers, entrepreneurs and change-makers. King’s Business School puts its commitment to drive positive change at the heart of its life-changing research and “London as a classroom” experiential education.
About the role:
Are you a multimedia storyteller passionate about education, people, and community? We’re looking for someone who shares our vision for a more resilient and equitable business world.
As the ninth faculty of King’s College London, leveraging interdisciplinary potential across the College. It drives pioneering thinking and engages the limitless energies of the city’s businesses, policy-makers, entrepreneurs and change-makers. King’s Business School puts its commitment to drive positive change at the heart of its life-changing research and “London as a classroom” experiential education.
We are at an exciting stage in our growth and are looking for a Digital Content Officer to help us bring our vibrant campus and community to life across digital media as we approach our 10th anniversary.
Forming part of the Business School’s Communications team, The Digital Content Officer will plan, create and deliver high-quality and authentic multimedia digital content for use across web and social media platforms. This content will inspire and engage potential and current students and enhance the reputation and profile of King’s Business School to our key audiences and priority markets.
The Digital Content Officer will play a central role in bringing King’s Business School to life for prospective students and wider audiences, showcasing our commitment to responsible leadership, inclusive excellence and research-led education. The post holder will help communicate the distinctiveness of our community, the real-world impact of our teaching and research, and the opportunities available to ambitious, globally minded students who go on to make a meaningful difference in business and society.
A smaller proportion of time will support high-profile research and event activity and help build digital skills in the wider team by teaching colleagues how to use our AV equipment and to improve the quality of their multimedia content.
If you’re an experienced videographer or hold a degree or technical qualification that includes training in the use of professional standard video and audio equipment, have some experience of photography, and would enjoy working in a supportive environment to communicate our student experience, then this role is for you.
Your application must include a link to your portfolio and state the role you played in the recording and editing of each piece of content you submit.
This is a full time (35 hours per week) role, and you will be offered an indefinite contract
About you:
To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:
Essential criteria
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Strong video and photo shooting and editing skills, with the ability to deliver content to a professional standard and at pace.
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A thorough understanding of the fundamentals of DSLR or mirrorless cameras, lenses, lighting and sound, with a portfolio that demonstrates this.
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Excellent skills in Adobe Premiere Pro and Adobe Lightroom.
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Experience with motion graphics or 3D software such as Adobe After Effects.
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Strong organisational skills and experience planning and coordinating content across multiple activities, stakeholders and deadlines. This should include the ability to assess the resources and time required for a given project.
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An understanding of how different digital platforms and audiences require different content styles and formats.
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Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to communicate technical issues to non-specialist colleagues and students.
Desirable Criteria
- Experience creating student-facing or youth-focused content, ideally within higher education or a similar campaigning, policy or non-profit organisation. This is likely to have been gained through supporting research, events or thought-leadership content.
- Experience with graphic design tools such as Adobe Indesign and Adobe Photoshop or equivalent.
- Familiarity with analytics and performance data to inform and adapt content decisions.
Downloading a copy of our Job Description
Full details of the role and the skills, knowledge and experience required can be found in the Job Description document, provided at the bottom of the page. This document will provide information of what criteria will be assessed at each stage of the recruitment process.
Further Information
At King’s, we believe that the diversity of our community and a culture that is welcoming, open, inclusive and collaborative, are great strengths of the university.
The Equality Act of 2010 protects the rights of our students and staff and provides a framework to fulfil our duties to eliminate unlawful discrimination, harassment and victimisation and in addition, to advance equality of opportunity and foster good relations between those who share a protected characteristic and those who do not. At times, this will include balancing rights and beliefs that can feel in tension.
We are committed to free speech and to academic freedom, believing that our foundational purpose as a university, is to create spaces where a wide range of ideas, including ideas that are controversial, can be discussed and debated, and where members of our community can express lawful views without fear of intimidation, harassment or discrimination.
When engaging in the robust exchange of ideas, we ask that our community is mindful of our Dignity at King’s guidance.
We ask all candidates to submit a copy of their CV, and a supporting statement, detailing how they meet the essential criteria listed in the person specification section of the job description. If we receive a strong field of candidates, we may use the desirable criteria to choose our final shortlist, so please include your evidence against these where possible.
We reserve the right to close adverts early due to the volume of applications we receive. While the closing date may change, all adverts will close at 23:59 to allow sufficient time for applications to be submitted on that day.
We encourage you to apply at the earliest opportunity to avoid disappointment as once we have closed a vacancy you will be unable to submit your application.
To find out how our managers will review your application, please take a look at our ‘How we Recruit’ pages.
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