Social Media Manager with video competence 80 %

Do you produce convincing social content and particularly enjoy telling stories in the form of moving images? In this versatile role, you will further develop the social media channels of the Departement Angewandte Psychologie and manage video productions in the area of Communication & Marketing. In doing so, you combine conceptual thinking with a passion for operational implementation. With your confident sense for our different target groups, you create exciting formats and gripping content.

Social Media Manager with video competence 80 %

Department:

Angewandte Psychologie

Start of work:

As of November 2026 or by arrangement. The first round of interviews is planned for the first week of October and will take place online.

Tasks

As part of the communication team at the Departement Angewandte Psychologie of the ZHAW, you will shape social media content and channels in a versatile and socially relevant environment. You bring topics to the point specifically for target groups and channels and passionately conceptualize and produce videos for all channels of the department. To do this, you work closely with the team and internal experts. For these tasks, we are looking for a sociable and customer-oriented person who is interested in psychological content and has extensive experience in creating multimedia content.

• Social Media Channel Responsibility: You will strategically and operationally further develop our social media channels LinkedIn, Instagram and YouTube. To do this, you observe trends and usage behavior, create content appropriate to the target group, and check its impact through regular analyses and reports. You maintain the dialogue with our followers and use these insights for the further development of channels and formats. Additionally, you advise and train employees and colleagues in the effective and channel-appropriate use of social media.
• Content Producer incl. Video Production: You research, conceptualize, and produce multimedia content appropriate to the target group and channel, from texts to videos, and prepare the content with an appealing graphic design. In this role, you expand the video competence in our team, are responsible for the quality of our video production, and further develop formats and processes.

Additionally, you are responsible for our internal social media channel Beekeeper and the newsletters of the department.

Profile

• You have a completed degree or comparable training in the field of online communication.
• You bring profound experience including further training in the field of social media, multimedia content creation, and video production.
• You have very good knowledge of common social media channels as well as a strong sense for trends, target groups, and visual design.
• You are experienced in the conception, implementation, and post-production of videos and are able to pass this knowledge on.
• You express yourself very well in writing and orally and bring joy to writing texts.
• You are confident in handling relevant planning, content management, analysis, and graphic tools (experience with CRM systems and AI-supported content tools is an advantage).
• You work in a structured, precise, independent, and responsible manner.
• You take the initiative where necessary, are resilient, and do not lose track even with several parallel tasks.
• You enjoy working effectively with other people and skillfully mediate between different needs and requirements.
• You are interested in psychological topics; experience in science communication is an advantage.

What we stand for

The ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften, with over 14,000 students and over 11,000 continuing education participants as well as around 3,700 employees, is one of the largest multi-disciplinary universities of applied sciences in Switzerland.

The Departement Angewandte Psychologie offers a comprehensive range of undergraduate and continuing education, diverse advisory services, and practical research projects. This breadth makes psychology uniquely represented at a Swiss university. Since 1923, we have been creating new knowledge, connecting psychological insights with the challenges of practice, and making our expertise available to business, administration, and society.

The department unites three institutes: the IAP Institut für Angewandte Psychologie, the Institut für Mensch, Gesellschaft und Technologien, and the Institut für Mental Health. Together, they stand for a scientifically sound, high-quality, and socially relevant psychology with a strong practical connection j4id10439219jm j4it1042jm j4iy26jm