Peterborough

Volunteer

Create Content. Grow the Community. Be the Voice Behind Student Life.

Love social media, content creation, or digital trends? Want to gain real experience while helping shape the student community at ARU?

As the Social Media Student Lead, you’ll be at the centre of promoting student life online — creating engaging content, boosting event participation, sharing student stories, and helping students stay connected and informed.

This role is perfect for anyone interested in social media, marketing, content creation, branding, or communications. You’ll gain hands-on experience managing digital campaigns, growing engagement, and creating content that makes an impact.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Create fun, creative, and engaging content for social media platforms.
• Promote student events, campaigns, opportunities, and important updates online.
• Help shape the student voice by gathering feedback and understanding what students want to see on social media.
• Explore new trends, ideas, and creative ways to increase student engagement online.
• Work with student leaders and staff to create exciting campaigns and consistent messaging.
• Monitor social media performance and help improve reach, interaction, and engagement.
• Design and share content that is inclusive, accessible, and representative of the student community.
• Support campaigns and events through digital promotion and online storytelling.

What You’ll Gain:

This role gives you valuable real-world experience in:

• Social media management
• Content creation and digital marketing
• Branding and audience engagement
• Communication and campaign promotion
• Creativity and teamwork
• Planning, organisation, and strategy

You’ll also build a portfolio of experience that looks great on your CV and can support careers in marketing, media, communications, events, or digital content creation.

Perks of the Role:

• Full support and mentoring from the Union team in Peterborough
• Monthly team meetings with free pizza
• Free role uniform
• Free entry to all Union events
• Opportunities to build your creative portfolio and digital skills
• The chance to help shape the online student community at ARU
• Free tea and coffee provision
• Summer and Winter celebrations

Why Apply?

If you’re creative, full of ideas, and want experience that goes beyond the classroom, this is your opportunity to make an impact, build your confidence, and develop skills that employers are looking for.

Create content. Build connections. Shape student life online.

We are fully committed to Equality and Diversity, and welcome applications from all backgrounds.

For a job pack with full information about the role, please click here

Applications welcome until 23:00 on Tuesday 22nd September.

If there are too many applicants for one role then you may be asked to support an alternative position.