Placement Student

1 week ago


Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom Newcastle University Full time

Salary:
£23,144 per annum

Newcastle University is a great place to work, with excellent benefits.

We have a generous holiday package; plus the opportunity to buy more, great pension schemes and a number of health and wellbeing initiatives to support you.


Closing Date: 01 March 2024

The Role


If you are a penultimate-year Newcastle University student looking for a year-long placement in a vibrant and busy marketing and communications team, we want to hear from you.


The Student Life team are looking for a creative and ambitious student, to provide marketing and comms support to the Careers Service, within the wider Student Life team.


Newcastle University Careers Service provides opportunities for students and graduates to explore their future career options, and our placement student plays a key role in promoting our services to their peers.


We need an articulate, creative, motivated, and resilient colleague to work independently, and as part of a team, to communicate with a wide range of students, graduates, academics, and businesses.

You'll have an eagerness to learn new skills, have brilliant attention to detail, a flair for writing engaging copy, and will be an adept communicator who excels at planning and organising.

You'll also be an enthusiastic content creator and have experience in graphic design with an interest in video editing.


During your time with us, you'll gain a range of experience, including content creation, social media management, design, video editing, analytics, market research and so much more which will stand you in good stead for your future.


The Careers Service Placement Student will provide marketing and comms support to the Careers Service, within the wider Student Life team.

They will be responsible for our growing Instagram account, and ensuring our products, services and events are effectively communicated to our key stakeholders.


We're looking for a creative and ambitious student, who is confident in front of a camera, to capture engaging student-led content for Instagram, blogs, newsletters and more.

Interviews will take place on Tuesday 19 March 2024.

Key Accountabilities
Work within the Marketing & Comms team to provide marketing support to all teams across the Careers Service
Generate new content for social media, blogs, newsletters, and the student noticeboard
Design and create visual graphics in line with brand guidelines using Adobe Creative Suite software & Canva (for social media, print materials, merchandise etc)
Plan and create engaging social media content for Instagram (In particular, Instagram stories and Reels)
Lead on the reporting of monthly social media statistics
Contribute new ideas, driven by user demand, for Careers Service activities
Undertake general tasks and duties as directed by your line manager
Conduct independent market research projects

The Person

Knowledge, Skills and Experience
Strong team player, with ability to work alone when necessary
Strong verbal and written communication skills e.g. proposals, reports and presentations
Able to deal with a variety of people in a professional manner
Use of office IT systems including Word and PowerPoint, databases and web/internet
Excellent understanding of social media, in particular, Instagram
Good copywriting skills
Excellent planning and organisational skills
Excellent time management and ability to use initiative where appropriate
Experience with design software, in particular, Adobe InDesign and Canva
Attributes and Behaviour
Must have a 'creative flare'
Excellent attention to detail
Social media savvy
Flexible approach to work
Works collaboratively with others, plays a positive role in teams and establishes and grows relationships across the organisation where different skills, expertise and opinions are valued
Manages time and resources by prioritising and organising effectively

Qualifications:

Newcastle University is a global University where everyone is treated with dignity and respect.

As a University of Sanctuary, we aim to provide a welcoming place of safety for all, offering opportunities to people fleeing violence and persecution.


At Newcastle University we hold a silver Athena Swan award in recognition of our good employment practices for the advancement of gender equality.

We also hold a Race Equality Charter Bronze award in recognition of our work towards tackling race inequality in higher education REC.

We are a Disability Confident employer and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role as part of the offer and interview scheme.

In addition, we are a member of the Euraxess initiative supporting researchers in Europe.

Requisition ID: 26699

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