@OregonState Social Media Content Creator

Department:

University Relations and Marketing (URM)

Special Instructions to Applicants:

When applying you will be required to attach the following electronic documents:

• Résumé

• Cover letter

• Work samples

1. Please provide a portfolio or links to/screenshots of recent work that demonstrate your video, social media and/or storytelling expertise.

2. Please specify your role in creating these pieces of content (e.g., ideation, appearing on camera, directing, filming, editing, drafting script).

For additional information please contact: Lisa McMahan at lisa.mcmahan@oregonstate.edu

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability, protected veteran, and other protected status.

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Note: All job offers are contingent upon Human Resources final approval

Job Description:

This recruitment will be used to fill four part-time (a maximum of 20 hours per week) Social Media Content Creator positions for University Relations and Marketing (URM) at Oregon State University (OSU).

URM is looking to hire creators who will help participate in the creation of video and photo content for our centralized OSU social media accounts (@OregonState).

The content creator position will support OSU and URM by producing digital content that represents an authentic perspective into student life at Oregon State. Students in this position will be tasked with creating content based on their experience and interests. Examples include serialized content, TikTok videos and/or Reels, photography, tiny mic interviews and other media. Students in this role will meet weekly with URM staff and other student content creators to share ideas, brainstorm content and collaborate on production and editing. Any work created by students in this position is available for use on OSU social networks, websites, blogs and other marketing channels.

Position duties:

• Produce engaging video content that reflects the student experience at OSU, regularly collaborating with fellow students to showcase the diverse aspects of campus life

• Be willing to experiment and try new things

• Attend weekly team meetings to pitch and claim content ideas inspired by social media trends, university events or original creative concepts, then move them into production

• Tell student stories in fresh, unexpected ways and challenge the status quo through innovative storytelling

• Collaborate with other content creators within URM as well as student creatives from the MU Creative Studio and OSU Student Affairs
  

Students will work together to pitch content ideas informed by social media trends, university events, etc. They will then be assigned content production based on their experience, interests and availability. Students will also be encouraged to collaborate with one another on content ideation and execution. Students should feel comfortable creating videos and being on camera as the subject and/or interviewer.

Transferable Skill Development

OSU is committed to ensuring students are prepared for success after graduation through intentional skill development as student employees. The competencies students develop while working at OSU are defined by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) as the essential skills employers seek in their hires. In this position, students learn and build vital career-readiness skills in the primary areas below:

Communication, Teamwork, Technology, Career & Self Development

Qualifications:

Full Employment Eligibility Requirements can be found here: https://hr.oregonstate.edu/student-employment-manual/500-employment-eligibility-requirements

• Must be academically enrolled in a high school, community college, or university and pursuing a program or course of study
• Must meet Academic Standing Requirements; students on academic suspension are not eligible for employment
• Must meet the applicable minimal enrollment standard
  • High School student: Regularly enrolled in a high school or participating in a home-schooling program
  • Undergraduate and post-baccalaureate student: 6 credit hours per term
  • Undergraduate international student: 12 credit hours per term*
  • Graduate student officially admitted to Graduate School: 5 credit hours per term
  • Graduate international student officially admitted to Graduate School: 9 credit hours per term*

*International students may be allowed to carry fewer hours than specified above and still be considered “full-time” by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). A reduced course load is approved by the Office of International Services (OIS), and must be provided to the Student Employment Center.

Required Qualifications:

• Comfortable and confident being on camera (not just behind it!)

• Collaborative and willing to engage with students, student employees, faculty and university partners to support storytelling

• Willing to share personal student experiences

• Experience using TikTok, Instagram, X, Facebook, YouTube, and other social platforms, with a general understanding of their functionality and the audiences they serve
• Experience creating TikTok videos, Reels or other short-form vertical video content is a plus; photography and photo/video editing experience is also beneficial

• Commitment to creating authentic, accessible and inclusive content that enhances public opinion of OSU

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with photo/video/audio equipment
• Familiarity with editing software (e.g., Adobe Creative Suite, CapCut, Canva)

Working Conditions/Schedule:

• Content creators will work across campus and beyond to capture, edit and produce photo and video content for our central @OregonState social media channels.
• May require occasional work outdoors, extended periods of standing and work on evenings and/or weekends.

Salary Range:

Anticipated Start Date:

2026-10-30

Anticipated End Date:

2027-06-30

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Do not apply via the OSU Career site. Instead, please login to your regular Workday account and visit the Jobs Hub to apply.

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Why OSU?

Working for Oregon State University is so much more than a job!

Oregon State University is a dynamic community of dreamers, doers, problem-solvers and change-makers. We don’t wait for challenges to present themselves — we seek them out and take them on. We welcome students, faculty and staff from every background and perspective into a community where everyone feels seen and heard. We have deep-rooted mindfulness for the natural world and all who depend on it, and together, we apply knowledge, tools and skills to build a better future for all.

FACTS:

• Top 1.4% university in the world
• More research funding than all public universities in Oregon combined
• 1 of 3 land, sea, space and sun grant universities in the U.S.
• 2 campuses, 11 colleges, 12 experiment stations, and Extension programs in all 36 counties
• 7 cultural resource centers that offer education, celebration and belonging for everyone
• 100+ undergraduate degree programs, 80+ graduate degrees plus hundreds of minor options and certificates
• 35k+ students including more than 2.3k international students and 10k students of color
• 217k+ alumni worldwide
• For more interesting facts about OSU visit: https://oregonstate.edu/about

Locations:

Oregon State has a statewide presence with campuses in Corvallis and Bend, the OSU Portland Center and the Hatfield Marine Science Center on the Pacific Coast in Newport.

Oregon State’s beautiful, historic and state-of-the-art main campus is located in one of America’s best college towns. Corvallis is located close to the Pacific Ocean, the Cascade mountains and Oregon wine country. Nestled in the heart of the Willamette Valley, this beautiful city offers miles of mountain biking and hiking trails, a river perfect for boating or kayaking and an eclectic downtown featuring local cuisine, popular events and performances.

Total Rewards Package:

Oregon State University offers a comprehensive benefits package with benefits eligible positions that is designed to meet the needs of employees and their families including:

• Medical, Dental, Vision and Basic Life. OSU pays 95% of premiums for you and your eligible dependents.
• Free confidential mental health and emotional support services, and counseling resources.
• Retirement savings paid by the university.
• A generous paid leave package, including holidays, vacation and sick leave.
• Tuition reduction benefits for you or your qualifying dependents at OSU or the additional six Oregon Public Universities.
• Robust Work Life programs including Dual Career assistance resources, flexible work arrangements, a Family Resource Center, Affinity Groups and an Employee Assistance Program.
• Optional lifestyle benefits such as pet, accident, and critical care insurance, giving you peace of mind and the support you need to thrive in all aspects of your life.

Future and current OSU employees can use the Benefits Calculator to learn more about the full value of the benefits provided at OSU.

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The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.

Disability Accommodation

At Oregon State University, no qualified person shall, solely by reason of disability, be denied access to, participation in, or the benefits of, any program or activity operated by the University. If requested, OSU will provide reasonable accommodation to applicants in order to provide access to the application, interviewing and selection process. You are not required to note the presence of a disability on your application to receive an accommodation. Please request any reasonable accommodations for disability as early as possible in the application and search process. Requests may be directed to the hiring unit, or to the Office of Equal Opportunity and Access at (541) 737-3556. See Request an Accommodation Procedures for the OSU policy.

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Oregon State University, in compliance with state and federal laws and regulations, including Title IX and its regulations, does not unlawfully discriminate and prohibits discrimination in any education program or activity that it operates, including in academic admissions and employment. The university prohibits unlawful discrimination on the basis of age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin (including ancestry and ethnicity), citizenship, marital or family status, pregnancy or related conditions, disability, genetic information, protected veteran status / service in the uniformed service, or any other status protected by law or OSU policy.

Inquiries about Title IX may be referred to OSU’s Title IX Coordinator, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (link to https://ocrcas.ed.gov/contact-ocr), or both. OSU’s Title IX Coordinator is the Executive Director of the Office of Equal Opportunity and Access (EOA). For information on OSU’s nondiscrimination policy and procedures, including how to report information about conduct that may constitute discrimination or make a complaint of sex discrimination under Title IX, contact EOA by phone: 541-737-3556, email: equal.opportunity@oregonstate.edu, mail/location: 330 Snell Hall, Corvallis OR 97331, or visit EOA’s website: eoa.oregonstate.edu.

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