Student Content Creator

Pay: £12.71 an hour  

Closing date: 11/10/2026 

Job description / duties 

Are you a current undergraduate University of Leeds student who is interested in creating social media content about your university experience? 

Working in collaboration with the Digital Communications Social Media team, who manage the central University of Leeds social media channels, you will become a part of a Student Content Creator Network helping to create social media content for the University. The Social Media team are expanding their student content creator network, looking for undergraduate students to help them create high-quality, student-led social media content that showcases authentic student experiences on the University’s TikTok, Instagram and YouTube channels. 

If interested in applying there are multiple steps to follow for this application so please read all of the information below on how to apply carefully. 

Main duties and responsibilities  

This role is varied and flexible - allowing you to prioritise your studies while earning money for documenting your university experience. The role may involve tasks such as creating Day in the Life TikToks, sharing advice and your own experience on YouTube and presenting vox pop videos. The role will evolve to suit your individual strengths and different content opportunities may arise due to audience interest and channel trends. 

• Your duties will include contributing content ideas to the team, attending ideation workshops and creating enriching student-led content on social media.  

• Following social media briefs carefully to create high quality student led social media content. 

• Attending training and workshops to grow your skillset. 

Qualifications and Skills 

Essential: 

• You must be a current undergraduate University of Leeds student.  

• Able to create impactful social media content. 

• Be comfortable speaking in front of the camera and featuring on university social channels. 

• Feel comfortable to share your university ‘story’. 

• You will have a passion for social media and enjoy making content for a diverse student audience.  

• Show an understanding and knowledge of social media trends and video-based content on YouTube, TikTok and Instagram. 

• You will be an enthusiastic individual who is able to confidently work individually to manage your own tasks and work as a part of a team.  

• Positive “can do” attitude with a creative flair and lots of ideas 

Desirable  

• Previous content creation experience. 

• Confidence using social media apps and editing apps. 

Relevant courses 

Any 

What will you gain from this role? 

• Hands-on, real-world work experience 

• Grow your skill set and your professional portfolio 

• Receive training and networking opportunities to strengthen your employability skills 

• Opportunity to connect with and meet other students as you will be part of a collaborative team 

Where, when and pay? 

Location: On and off campus 

Pay: £12.71 per hour 

The role’s hours will often be flexible to fit into your schedule. Occasional weekend or evening work may be requested to attend on-campus events and to capture content for social media. 

How you will be paid? 

This opportunity will be paid based on what you produce. You will work closely with the social media team to produce planned and proactive social media video content for TikTok, Instagram and YouTube.  

There will be a mix of content creation based on trends as well as meaningful storytelling that shares what it is to be a student at the University of Leeds. 

Content tasks will be listed and agreed, delivered, and then you'll get paid through Joblink after this has been completed based on the number of hours it has taken. 

 You will be paid for all of the work you do, including time spent on filming, editing and also any training and workshops you take part in. Please note that what content gets created and posted will be at the discretion of the central social media team. 

How and when to apply 

We will be accepting applications from Monday 14 September 2026 to Sunday 11 October 2026. This means that the application deadline will be at 11.59pm on Sunday 11 October.   

There are multiple steps to follow for this application so please read all of this information carefully. 

1. Please email the Social Media team at socialmedia@leeds.ac.uk with the following information:  

Please put ‘Application: Student Content Creator Network’ as the email subject line. 

• What is your full name? 

• What undergraduate course are you studying?  

• What year of your studies are you in?  

• Contact phone number: 

• Contact email address: 

• What part of your university experience would you be keen to share? 

• In a couple of sentences, demonstrate your knowledge of social media trends and video-based content on YouTube, TikTok and Instagram. 

• What is one example of how you have demonstrated your creative flair? 

• What previous content creation experience do you have? 

• What experience do you have using social media and video editing apps or tools? 

• Please share an example of when you have had to speak in front of a camera or do some public speaking.

2. You must also include a short video (30 seconds to two minutes max) in the email telling us a bit about yourself, the social media experience you have and what you think you could bring to the role of student content creator. You can either upload it to WeTransfer and include a download link in the email or upload the video to OneDrive if it is too large to attach to the email. 

3. You must also include a content creation task in your application and attach this to the email.  

Please pick one of the following content themes. There are a couple of suggestions for each theme but we’re happy for you to take the theme and run with it if you’ve got another idea. Feel free to use TikTok friendly trends. You must feature in and present the video. 

• Assessments – e.g study tips, study spots, student voxpops etc.  
• Welcome – e.g things to know about Leeds, getting around campus etc.   
• Societies – e.g reasons to join a society, come with me to… society etc.   

Estimated completion time – we recommend you spend no more than 1-2 hours on the content creation task.  

4. We will review your application and, if successful, we will invite you to an online interview on Microsoft Teams towards the end of October. 

5. If you are selected, you will have to complete some training sessions and then you will begin your position as a student content creator. 

To find out a bit more about the role: https://students.leeds.ac.uk/meet-people/doc/student-content-creators