Student Casual – Student Content Creator – External Relations – Grade 3 – 906836

University of Birmingham; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 17,220,000 - 20,664,000; Part time

Job summary

The University of Birmingham, via Worklink, is seeking Student Content Creators to develop content for Chinese social media and university channels. This part-time role (15-20 hours/week) fits around your studies and pays £14.27 per hour with holiday entitlement.

This role is ideal for continuing students interested in marketing, content creation, video editing, and design. The position supports flexible on-campus work with opportunities to gain experience and build a strong CV.

Qualifications

• Must be fluent in writing and speaking Chinese.
• Proficient in video editing.
• Experience or interest in AI-generated tools is desirable.
• Photography skills are desirable.
• Ability to prioritise workload and work under pressure and tight deadlines.
• Keen interest in current social media trends and content production for multiple platforms.
• Experience of copywriting, proofreading, and content editing.
• Ideally experience with graphic design packages and related technologies (e.g. Adobe).
• Strong creativity and storytelling.
• Excellent interpersonal and written communication skills to work with students and staff at all levels.

Responsibilities

• Create and/or present video content for the University’s official Chinese social media channels.
• Conduct interviews with students, staff, or visitors to highlight diverse campus perspectives.
• Edit videos, add Chinese subtitles, trim footage, and improve audio/visual quality for Chinese platforms.
• Brainstorm and plan content ideas that resonate with prospective students and Chinese-speaking audiences.
• Monitor trending topics, brand mentions, and competitor content on Chinese platforms; provide regular reports and insights.
• Brief in and undertake graphic design projects as required.
• Other reasonable requests within the Communications and Reputation team.

Skills

Fluent Chinese writing and speaking

Video editing

AI tools familiarity

Photography

Copywriting

Social media content creation

Graphic design (Adobe)

Storytelling

Interpersonal communication

Time management

Tools

Video editing software

Adobe Creative Suite

Job description

Job Description

Post Title: Student Content Creator

College/Division: External Relations

School/Department: Communications and Reputation

Full time/Part time: Part time

Duration of the Post: 02/11/2026 – 31/01/2027

Grade: 3

Hourly rate: £14.27 per hour plus holiday entitlement

Number of positions available: 2

Closing Date: 15/10/2026 at 23:55

Our offer to you

At the University of Birmingham, Worklink is the dedicated student employment service which helps students to find flexible, well paid part-time roles that fit around your studies. Each year, the University invests more than £2.5 million to employ 3,000 of our own students in a wide range of roles, supporting our student community into part-time work. Roles available via Worklink include a range of positions, including administrative roles, support staff such as cleaners or baristas, research roles and many more.

Jobs through Worklink help you to gain work experience, develop skills relevant for your future career, and improve your soft and hard skills in a professional setting. Enhance your CV and get valuable experience ready for graduate roles and feel connected to your university and local community.

Our jobs are flexible and can be scheduled around your academic commitments, so you can focus on your studies first. Our team are passionate about supporting students into work. Worklink are based in a central location on campus which is easily accessible for students and can also be contacted online.

Find out more about working through Worklink here or via the student intranet.

Job Context

The Communications and Reputation department is responsible for enhancing the University’s reputation by promoting its strengths and positive messages through a variety of communication channels to a wide range of audiences.

Role Summary

This is a fantastic opportunity for continuing students (1st & 2nd years, 3rd years continuing to a Masters) with a keen interest in marketing, content creation, video editing, and design. Student content creators will act in a variety of capacities, to be the face of the student life at the university, working alongside the Communications and Reputation Team to deliver high quality content for our audiences in China. The role purpose will be to create content for the University’s Chinese social media channels as well as other institutional university channels as required. Particularly, we are looking for students who can contribute in the following ways:

• Create ideas for content based on audience needs and University outcomes.


• Video and graphical editing.


• Photography and videography.


• Presenting/participating in videos.


• Comfortable being on camera and engaging others.

The broad nature of the role means that there are several ways you will be able to contribute to the Communications and Reputation Team. You will have particular expertise/interest in creating content for Chinese social media, particularly Rednote. You may also have some experience in graphic design, including the creation of posts for social media.

The role will be on a part-time basis, with 15-20 hours per week being required. We particularly welcome applications from students of all backgrounds, representing the fantastically diverse student body within the university.

Main Duties

• Create and/or present video content for the University’s official Chinese social media channels.


• Conduct interviews with students, staff, or visitors to highlight diverse campus perspectives.


• Edit videos, including adding Chinese subtitles, trimming footage, and enhancing audio and visual quality to suit Chinese platforms and audiences.


• Assist with brainstorming and planning content ideas that resonate with prospective students and Chinese-speaking audiences.


• Monitor trending topics, brand mentions, and competitor content on Chinese platforms, and provide regular reports and insights.


• To brief in and undertake graphic design projects as required.


• Other reasonable requests within the Communications and Reputation team.

Required Knowledge, Skills, Qualifications & Experience

• Must be fluent in writing and speaking Chinese.


• Proficient in video editing.


• Experience or an interest in exploring AI-generated tools is desirable.


• Photography skills are desirable.


• Ability to prioritise workload and anticipate problems, to progress work thoroughly and reliably sometimes under pressure and to tight deadlines.


• Keen interest in current social media trends, as well as experience in the production of content for a variety of platforms.


• Experience of copywriting, proofreading, and content editing.


• Ideally experience of graphical design packages and associated technologies (e.g. Adobe software).


• Strong sense of creativity and storytelling.


• Excellent interpersonal, organisational, spoken, and written communication skills to deal effectively, confidently, and appropriately with students and staff at all levels.


• High levels of attention to detail. Responsible, responsive, and able to work independently.


• An effective team player who can demonstrate that they have not only worked successfully as part of a team, but that they are able to self‑direct workload and priorities.

N.B. The broad variety of roles available means that candidates do not require all the above experience/qualities, rather fitting to one or more areas of the roles.

Further Information

For candidates who meet the eligibility requirements of the role, you will be asked to complete a pre-interview task. We encourage you to complete this as soon as possible once you have been contacted.

For any informal queries, please contact Xiaomei Huang ([e-mail])

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Valuing excellence, sustaining investment

We value diversity and inclusion at the University of Birmingham and welcome applications from all sections of the community and are open to discussions around all forms of flexible working

The University of Birmingham restricts all students to working up to 15 hours per week during term time. If your application is successful and your course does not follow the usual academic term timetable (e.g. PGT, PGR or PhD student), you and your supervisor must formally agree vacation periods if this role exceeds 15 hours per week. In addition to this, please be aware if you are an International student you will be required to apply to the Registry for the appropriate Authorised Absence.

You are only eligible to apply to this role if you are a current University of Birmingham student. If you are not a University of Birmingham student your application will not be considered.

To work you will need to carry out a right to work check. These checks will need to be completed prior to work commencing