The Role

Are you a creative storyteller with a passion for digital media? Join the Sheffield Students’ Union as our new Digital Content Creator and help put student life in the spotlight.

In this fast paced, exciting role, you’ll oversee the creation and curation of engaging content for our digital platforms. You’ll generate fresh content ideas, and capture and produce high-quality, videography and photography. You’ll manage and develop our social channels; planning, scheduling, and reviewing content to constantly evolve our approach. Working closely with our Marketing Coordinator, Graphic Designer, and other staff and students, you’ll showcase our diverse offer and the experiences of our student community. You’ll support others to create great content and grow their understanding of social media best practice.

We’re looking for someone with creative visual skills and flair and a great grasp of producing impactful social media. Your approach will be organised, proactive, personable and agile, and you’ll have a passion for the work of Sheffield Students’ Union.

In return we can offer you opportunities to develop your skills through related training, flexible working arrangements, and a friendly, progressive, vibrant working environment. You’ll be joining a small, agile, inclusive team who value fun, creativity, and impact in all they deliver.

This is your opportunity to join a forward-thinking department at the heart of student life in Sheffield. Help bring our platforms to life with creative, engaging, student centric content.

Please Note: As part of your application please share any content, portfolios, or channels which showcases your work!

Key Duties Include:

• Developing and producing creative, original, and engaging content ideas in response to varied briefs.
• Capture and edit high quality video and photo content for use across our channels.
• Use creative/editing platforms effectively and efficiently to produce attractive and timely content.
• Plan and populate the SUs social calendar, and have fresh, relevant, and engaging content.
• Monitor, collaborate with, and provide guidance for sub brand channels.
• Recruit, coordinate, and support student content creators to produce authentic content from a student perspective.
• Support our Student Officers, alongside other student leaders and members, to be highly visible across our channels.

Application process

Submit your application by clicking apply and completing our application form outlining and relevant skills, experience and why you are interested in the role
Following the closing date stated on our job adverts, applications will be shortlisted against the criteria outlined in the person specification and job description.

View/Download Social Media Coordinator - Job Description & Personal Specification

We will contact you by email to let you know whether or not you have been shortlisted to participate in the next stage of the selection process.

If you have any questions about the role, application process or working for Students' Union then please don't hesitate to get touch su-people@sheffield.ac.uk

Use of AI in applications

At the Students’ Union we recognise the potential benefits of AI during the recruitment process, however we encourage candidates to consider how they use AI to support them, should they choose to do so. The recruitment process is designed for both parties to assess whether the role is a good fit. It is therefore important that candidates are providing personalised applications based on their own knowledge, skills and experiences rather than copying and pasting answers generated by AI tools or relying on automated personalisation. AI tools can help to structure your thoughts, improve clarity in responses and may help you to do some generic preparation in terms of things like types of interview questions that you may be asked. Over-reliance on AI tools, however, may lead to additional challenges during the recruitment process or being hired into a role that you don’t enjoy and/or feel that you can’t perform your best in

Location: Sheffield Students' Union

Contract Type: Fixed Term (2 years)

Salary: £26,791 per annum (Grade B1)

Specific Hours: 35hrs per week

Closing Date: Sunday 6th September 2026

In-person Interviews/Assessment Date:
Week Commencing Monday 14th September 2026

Start Date: As soon as possible