King's College London

About Us

King’s College London’s mission is to achieve excellence in education and research, using our knowledge with purpose since 1829 for the benefit of society. Our thriving and an award-winning External Communications team plays a key role in helping the University achieve its mission. Effective communication, particularly through our social media channels, is crucial to achieving our ambitious vision. 

About The Role

We are seeking a proactive and creative Social Media and Content Officer to support our social media strategy and content creation. You will support the Social Media Manager to manage the University's main social media channels, including Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, Bluesky, YouTube and X. You’ll be instrumental in developing our research presence on TikTok and YouTube through creative, innovative and responsible content.

Working alongside the Social Media Manager, you will help develop and implement strategic social media campaigns to promote our research and internal initiatives. Your objective will be to ensure these campaigns support the University's objectives and vision while effectively engaging and building a strong connection with our online community. A key part of your role will be to stay on top of the latest trends, creating reactive content that keeps our channels fresh, relevant and engaging.

This is a full time post (35 hours per week), and you will be offered a fixed term contact for 12 months.

About You

To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:

Essential criteria

1. Experience of personally creating engaging, multimedia content for digital channels including video, photography and infographics.

2. Experience of creating and maintaining social media channels, within a professional communications/marketing context.

3. Can demonstrate how to simplify complex information into clear and engaging content for social media.

4. Experience of using data analytics or insights to track and inform progress across platforms.

5. Experience of using editing software such as, Adobe suite, Canva and CapCut.

6. Demonstrable ability to prioritise workloads, use initiative and manage deadlines.

7. A self-starter, with a strong ability to communicate and collaborate efficiently within a team.

Desirable criteria

1. Educated to degree level or equivalent experience.
2. Knowledge of social media in a higher education landscape
3. Demonstrable commitment to maintaining up-to-date knowledge on emerging social media channels and trends in audience behaviour.
4. Knowledge of social media listening tools to monitor reputation and overall sentiment of our channels.

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

We pride ourselves on being inclusive and welcoming. We embrace diversity and want everyone to feel that they belong and are connected to others in our community. 

We are committed to working with our staff and unions on these and other issues, to continue to support our people and to develop a diverse and inclusive culture at King's.

As part of this commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion and through this appointment process, it is our aim to develop candidate pools that include applicants from all backgrounds and communities.

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 advert. 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.

To find out how our managers will review your application, please take a look at our ‘How we Recruit’ pages.