OPIRG York
Placement Organization: OPIRG York
Position Title: Social Media Content Creator (TikTok)
Working Site’s Location: Hybrid
Company Bio:
OPIRG York is a student funded, student led activist hub on York University’s Keele campus. We work toward social and environmental justice, and support students to organize around campaigns that they are passionate about. Over the past 30 years, we have campaigned on many different issues including: fair trade, anti-imperialism, Indigenous sovereignty, food justice, economic justice and more.
Job Description:
OPIRG York is seeking support with our TikTok social media content.This Social Media placement student will condense complex information about social movements— both campus-based and in the broader community—into engaging, short videos. We began a new TikTok account with a placement student last school year, and we are looking to continue with this medium of outreach and communication.
Optional trainings will also be offered in Canva design, MailChimp newsletters, WordPress websites, consensus decision making, as well as organizational social media best practices. This placement student will be invited to attend Board of Director meetings, and organizational events as part of their placement experience.
Qualifications:
- Passion for social justice issues
- Ability to work both independently and as part of a non-hierarchical collective
- Interest in consensus decision making and collective organizing structures
- Proficient in both oral and written communication
- Self-directed and professional in approach to the work assigned
- Demonstrated skill with artistic composition/ design
Additional Assets:
- Knowledge of York University, Toronto, and/or global activist movements
- Experience with justice movements, or other activism experience
- Ability to research and summarize research findings clearly
- Experience editing videos on TikTok
- Knowledge of current TikTok trends