Career Content Producer - Cape Town, South Africa - 2U

Verified Company

Cape Town, South Africa

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Thabo Mthembu

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Description

At 2U, we are all in on purpose.

We are motivated by our mission - to eliminate the back row in education - and connected by our shared passion to deliver world-class digital education at scale.

As the parent company of edX, the world's leading online learning platform, 2U powers more than 4,000 online higher education offerings - from free courses to full degrees.

Together with more than 230 colleges, universities, and corporate partners, we are helping to unlock human potential.

What We're Looking For:

The Career Content Producer creates meaningful and engaging written, video, and other multimedia content to help our students achieve their desired career outcomes.

The Career Content Producer also has an active role in collaborating and building relationships with relevant stakeholders, including other Workforce Engagement team members and the Platform Service Experience team.

Responsibilities Include, But Are Not Limited To:

Multimedia Learning Content:

Execute the vision for the career learning programs by developing multimedia and videobased content.
Partner with stakeholders and team members to storyboard the media, write scripts or text, conduct any necessary interviews of industry partners or internal staff, and edit the multimedia content into a professional final product.
Develop a deep understanding of the student experience and help explore opportunities for content to be more engaging and centered around our learner's motivations and desired outcomes.
Create visually appealing graphics to support studentfacing career learning programs.
Learn from content development processes and outcomes, and iterate for continuous improvement.
Stay abreast of current industry trends and create content to meet demands.

Student-Facing Learning Experiences & Communications:

Create studentfacing newsletters that center around career themes, tips and advice.
Write long form articles for the CEN that cover recent events, highlight student success, explain a career topic in detail, or offer a perspective on a career trend.
Develop, host, and cohost highquality career workshops as needed.

Admin and Additional Projects:

Contribute to team goals and culture by actively participating in team meetings, brainstorming sessions, retreats, and chat.
Contribute to other team initiatives as needed, including but not limited to, pilots, or special projects as assigned.

Things That Should Be In Your Background:

3 to 5 years of experience in communications, public relations, video or relevant field involving professional writing.
Outstanding written and verbal communication skills.
Strong copywriting and content creation skills.
Video production and editing experience.
Must be able to multitask and work well under pressure.
Ability to operate independently in a remote environment.
Must be able to think analytically and strategically.

Other Attributes That Will Help You In This Role:

A positive, collaborative team player.
Not afraid of change, someone who brings order to chaos or ambiguous circumstances.
Ability to think of creative, unorthodox solutions when needed.
Experience with Google Suite, Zoom, Salesforce, Splash preferred.
Experience working with career services and/or higher education is desired.

Benefits & Culture

Our global employee base is a diverse collection of innovators, dreamers, and doers working together to transform lives through higher education.

We believe that every employee can advance our shared purpose, and that life at 2U should be fun and meaningful.

If you're excited by the opportunity to provide over 40 million learners and counting with access to world-class online higher education, then join us - and do work that makes a difference.

#NoBackRow

We offer comprehensive benefits (unique per country) and excellent work/life balance.

Full-time, ZA benefits include:

2 complimentary Getsmarter short courses per year
Subsidised medical aid with Discovery Health Medical Scheme
4% 2U contribution towards Discovery Life Pension Fund and Group Risk Benefit
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Generous leave policy including time off to volunteer for nonprofit organization, study leave, sports leave and a companywide festive season break

2U Diversity and Inclusion Statement
At 2U, we are committed to building and sustaining a culture of belonging, respect, and inclusion.

We are proud of the steps we've taken to bring together an employee base that embodies diverse walks of life, ideas, genders, ages, races, cultures, sexual orientations, abilities and other unique qualities.

We strive to offer a workplace where every employee feels empowered by what makes us different, as well as by how we are alike.

About 2U Inc

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About edX
edX is the education movement for restless learners and a leading global online learning platform from 2U, Inc

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