Job Description
Role type: Full time, Fixed Term (until 31/03/2027)
Closing date: 8 September 2025 at 23:59
Are you a talented social media video producer with a passion for storytelling, culture and heritage? We’re looking for a Digital Content Producer to translate the viral social presence of The Museum of English Rural Life (The MERL) into short-form video, and to bring the rich history and iconic treasures of Reading Museum to life.
Working across both museums under the Arts Council-funded partnership, Museums Partnership Reading (MPR), you’ll lead on the development of our TikTok and Instagram content and play a key role within the partnership’s digital engagement.
You will have:
- An imaginative and thoughtful approach to identifying themes for content creation
- Strong knowledge of using video and audio equipment to create high-quality content
- Experience of producing social video with strong engagement
- Strong understanding of internet culture, with a demonstrable track record of creating engaging, impactful and appropriate video content that lands with its audience
- The ability to measure social media performance, produce reports for stakeholders, and use data to inform strategy
This role is fixed term until 31/03/2027
Interviews will be held: 17 September 2025
Informal Contact:
Contact Name: Joe Vaughan
Contact Job Title: Marketing Manager
Contact Email address: joe.vaughan@reading.ac.uk
The University is committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce, supports the gender equality Athena SWAN Charter and the Race Equality Charter, and champions LGBT+ equality. We are a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2). Applications for job-share, part-time and flexible working arrangements are welcomed and will be considered in line with business needs.
