CIT Social Media Content Creator (Student/Work Study)

University Of Michigan; Flint (MI); Hybrid; USD 17,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Michigan's College of Innovation & Technology in Flint is seeking a CIT Social Media Content Creator (Student/Work Study) to highlight student life and campus life across LinkedIn, Instagram, X, TikTok, and more. This program emphasizes portfolio-ready content and collaboration with the social media team.

You will source and produce weekly posts, edit videos and photos, and engage with faculty, staff, and student organizations.

Qualifications

• Must be a current UM-Flint student, graduate or undergraduate.
• Comfortable being filmed and included in social media content.
• Up-to-date on social media best practices and trends.
• Responsive to emails and have good communication skills.
• Willingness to attend CIT functions, events, etc.

Responsibilities

• Sourcing and creation of organic social media content, including photo, video, and text for posts - minimum of one post per week
• Work with social media manager to schedule postings
• Video editing of raw footage for social media
• Photo editing for social media
• Networking with CIT faculty, staff, other students, and student clubs and organizations to collect information for content creation
• Social media takeovers
• Attending meetings biweekly to discuss social media strategy

Skills

Video editing

CapCut

Canva

Communication

Education

UM-Flint student

Tools

CapCut

Canva

Adobe Premiere Pro

Job description

CIT Social Media Content Creator (Student/Work Study)

The College of Innovation & Technology is looking for social media content creators to highlight student life and campus life for social media platforms including LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitter (X), TikTok, as well as other emerging social media platforms. Please review CIT social media posts prior to applying for examples, and prepare a portfolio of screenshots of your social media content for the hiring committee to review.

Responsibilities*

• Sourcing and creation of organic social media content, including photo, video, and text for posts - minimum of one post per week
• Work with social media manager to schedule postings
• Video editing of raw footage for social media
• Photo editing for social media
• Networking with CIT faculty, staff, other students, and student clubs and organizations to collect information for content creation
• Social media takeovers
• Attending meetings biweekly to discuss social media strategy

Required Qualifications*

• Must be a current UM-Flint student, graduate or undergraduate
• Must be comfortable being filmed and included in social media content, specifically videos
• Must be and stay up to date on social media best practices and trends.
• Must be responsive to emails and reply promptly, and have good communication skills
• Must have a willingness to attend CIT functions, events, etc.

Desired Qualifications*

• Collaborative and willing to take direction, be open to feedback
• Ability to meet deadlines
• Ability to follow marketing and branding requirements
• Video and photo editing skills
• Experience with Canva and Capcut preferred

Modes of Work

Hybrid
The work requirements allow both onsite and offsite work and an employee has an expected recurring onsite presence. On occasion, the employee may be required and must be available to work onsite more frequently if necessitated by unit leadership or their designee and/or the job requirements.

Positions that are eligible for hybrid or mobile/remote work mode are at the discretion of the hiring department. Work agreements are reviewed annually at a minimum and are subject to change at any time, and for any reason, throughout the course of employment. Learn more about the work modes .

The University of Michigan conducts background checks on all job candidates upon acceptance of a contingent offer and may use a third party administrator to conduct background checks. Background checksare performed in compliance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act.

Application Deadline

Job openings are posted for a minimum of three calendar days. The review and selection process may begin as early as the fourth day after posting. This opening may be removed from posting boards and filled anytime after the minimum posting period has ended.

U-M EEO Statement

The University of Michigan is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.