King's College London

About Us

King’s College London’s mission is to achieve excellence in education and research, using our knowledge with purpose since 1829 for the benefit of society. Our award-winning Communications & External Affairs team plays a key role in helping the university achieve its mission through protecting and enhancing the reputation of King’s.

About the Role

We’re looking for two Creative Content Producers to join us, supporting the work of the team through creative content production that brings King’s ambitions, achievements and distinctiveness to life.

The successful candidates will support our external digital content production as well as internal communications and strategic project output. They will be experienced at multimedia and possess the skills to produce engaging content for our digital channels, including video and/or audio production (e.g. videos and podcasts), graphics, photography and animation. 

Working as part of our new customer focused content team, the successful candidates will work collaboratively to shine a light on King’s mission and purpose, delivering creative content that showcases our world-class education, research and impact on the world.  

This is a full time (35 Hours per week), and you will be offered an indefinite contract.

We follow a hybrid working model with staff able to work remotely two or three days a week with the rest of the time spent in our central London office.

About You

To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:

Essential criteria

1. Strong video/audio production skills and a high level of proficiency in software enabling video editing, graphic design, animation, podcast production etc. (E.g. Adobe Creative Suite; Final Cut Pro) 
2. Proven experience of creative content production across all or some of the following: graphic design, video, audio, social media, photography  
3. Proven experience of working with a brand identity 
4. Demonstrable ability to translate complex messages into accessible and engaging content 
5. Excellent writing and storytelling skills with a strong attention to detail and the ability to produce copy for a variety of different channels and audiences
6. Strong organisational skills and ability to manage competing priorities at pace
7. Educated to degree level or equivalent

Desirable criteria

1. Experience of working in an academic environment 
2. Bilingual or multi-lingual speaker and writer 
3. Experience and interest in international content and channels e.g. QQ; Weibo 

Portfolio

When applying please provide a link to your creative portfolio.

Downloading a copy of our Job Description

Full details of the role and the skills, knowledge and experience required can be found in the Job Description document, provided at the bottom of the next page after you click “Apply Now”. This document will provide information of what criteria will be assessed at each stage of the recruitment process.

Further Information

We pride ourselves on being inclusive and welcoming. We embrace diversity and want everyone to feel that they belong and are connected to others in our community.

We are committed to working with our staff and unions on these and other issues, to continue to support our people and to develop a diverse and inclusive culture at King's.

We ask all candidates to submit a copy of their CV, and a supporting statement, detailing how they meet the essential criteria listed in the advert. If we receive a strong field of candidates, we may use the desirable criteria to choose our final shortlist, so please include your evidence against these where possible.

To find out how our managers will review your application, please take a look at our ‘How we Recruit’ pages.

We are hoping to interview for these roles on the 21st and 23rd October.

We are able to offer sponsorship for candidates who do not currently possess the right to work in the UK