INDIANA MEMORIAL UNION (BA-IMAU-IUBLA)

The Division of Student Affairs at Indiana University Bloomington serves all 43,000 undergraduate and graduate students. We are a team of 500+ faculty, staff, and students within 18 departments and programs located across campus working toward the common goal of student success.

The Content Creator will strategize, create, implement, and assess videos and other multimedia solutions on the social media accounts for the Office of Student Life, Indiana Memorial Union, and Student Health Center.

Department Specific Responsibilities

• Collaborates closely with the social media coordinators, full-time staff, and campus partners to create engaging, results-driven, (and sometimes trendy) videos for social media platforms throughout the year.
• Reports to the Director and works closely with various members of the Student Life Marketing team and professional staff/clients from around the Indiana Memorial Union, Student Health Center, Dean of Students Office, and many more departments within Student Life.
• Members of Student Life Marketing participates in various meetings, workshops, critiques, and brainstorming sessions as necessary.
• Strategizes, creates, and implements video solutions for the social media accounts for the Office of Student Life, Indiana Memorial Union, the Student Health Center, and possibly other Student Life depts.
• Creates videos for Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube vertical and/or horizontal videos.
• Creates and references a planning calendar for videos works ahead, recruits models, and collaborates with internal and external partners to ensure videos are ready when it's time to shoot.
• Helps post/schedule social media posts as necessary.
• Researches and monitors latest trends in social media to ensure our accounts stay relevant and engaging.
• Creates monthly and quarterly social media analytics reports to determine the effectiveness and the direction of future strategies.

EDUCATION

Required

• Currently enrolled as a student at Indiana University

SKILLS

Required

• Strong understanding of the ever-changing landscape of videos and video trends on various social media platforms
• Strong understanding of all current, relevant social media platforms
• Experience with video editing on mobile devices.(i.e. CapCut)
• Familiarity in taking quality photographs and photography principles
• Familiarity using Microsoft Office programs
• Current Indiana University student
• Fine attention to detail
• Professionalism, dependability, and respect for others
• Exceptional decision-making skills and autonomy
• Exceptional written and communication skills
• Performs well in a team-oriented, collaborative atmosphere
• Strong sense of curiosity and creativity
• Motivated individual: strives for ongoing improvement and is passionate about learning
• Ability to receive constructive criticism in order to improve skillset

Preferred

• Pursuit of a degree in Marketing, Communications, Journalism, Digital Media, or related field
• Experience managing social media accounts that were not simply personal accounts
• Experience taking pictures and filming/editing videos to post to social media
• Understanding of effective marketing tactics
• Ability to be personable, comfortable talking to others
• Being comfortable directing others, including full-time staff and management

Candidates may be asked to share a portfolio of work when applying (either uploaded files or links are acceptable) Work-study and non-work-study candidates may apply.

900 East 7th Street Room L015

Bloomington, Indiana, 47405

For full-time staff employees, Indiana University offers a wide array of benefits including:

• Multiple plan options for medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Health Savings Account with generous IU contribution
• Life insurance, LTD, and AD&D options
• Base retirement plan contribution from IU, subject to vesting
• Additional supplemental retirement plan options
• Tuition benefit for IU classes
• 10 paid holidays per year
• Generous Paid Time Off
• Paid Parental Leave
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Learn more about our benefits by reviewing our online Benefits Brochure.

Career Level: Part Time Employee

FLSA: Nonexempt

Job Function: Part Time Employee

Job Family: Part Time Student Employee

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This posting is scheduled to close at 11:59 pm EST on the advertised Close Date. This posting may be closed at any time at the discretion of the University, but will remain open for a minimum of 5 business days. To guarantee full consideration, please submit your application within 5 business days of the Posted Date.

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