Become a student content creator
At QMU, we're always looking for students who enjoy creating social media and web content that captures the authentic student experience.
Our Student Content Creator (SCC) role is a paid* opportunity to work with the University's Marketing and Communications team on a flexible, ad hoc basis. Designed to fit around your studies, the role gives you the opportunity to build valuable creative and professional skills through paid work experience, supporting our commitment to empower students and enhance the student experience.
You don't need to be studying film, media or communications to apply. We want our Student Content Creators to represent the wide range of subjects studied at QMU, as well as the diversity of our student body, including undergraduate, postgraduate, mature and international students.
To be eligible for the role, you'll need to be based at our Musselburgh campus.
*Student Content Creators are paid at the University's casual staff hourly rate (currently the Real Living Wage). Please note that casual student staff can usually work a maximum of 145 hours per academic year.
What you'll do
Depending on your interests and availability, you could create content such as:
- TikToks, Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts
- Instagram takeovers
- YouTube vlogs
- Blog posts for the QMU website
- Photography and other visual content
You'll be able to choose from a range of content briefs, but we also encourage you to pitch your own ideas.
What we're looking for
You don't need to be an expert or have lots of experience. We're looking for enthusiastic, proactive students who enjoy are keen to share their QMU experience.
Ideally, you'll:
- be confident using social media platforms such as TikTok and Instagram
- have some experience creating videos, photos or written content
- be familiar with basic in-app video editing
- be reliable, organised, communicative, and able to meet deadlines
- be happy working independently as well as collaborating with the Marketing and Communications team and other SCCs
Most importantly, we're looking for authentic voices that reflect the QMU community.
How to apply
If you are interested in the role and would like to find out more, please complete this application form and tell us a bit about yourself, your interests and why you'd like to become a Student Content Creator.
As part of your application, you'll also be asked to submit a piece of content. You are also welcome to link to other examples of your work. This could be a video, photograph, piece of writing, design work, podcast, social media post, or any other creative work that helps us get a sense of your style and interests.
The Student Content Creator (SCC) Experience
I worked as a Student Content Creator during my studies, and it was the best thing ever! I got to help with improving the University’s digital presence, work with different departments, gain extra cash and I also made new friends that I still hang out with. Working as an SCC gave me a space to put things that I learnt in my course into action, and it was the perfect job on the side of my studies, since it was so flexible. I was involved as much or as little as I wanted, depending on my workload!
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