Unifrog’s mission

We’re on a mission to level the playing field when it comes to young people finding and applying for their next step after school. We're achieving this by bringing all the available information into one single, impartial, user-friendly platform that helps students to make the best choices, and submit the strongest applications. We also empower teachers and counsellors to manage the progression process effectively.

Our outlook is global - we work with schools and universities all over the world, from the US to New Zealand, and from Italy to Hong Kong. We want to make it so that young people can compare every opportunity taught in English, wherever it is in the world, and have all the support they need to make successful applications.

We have a clear social purpose, and we’re hugely ambitious. We already work with nearly half of UK secondary schools, and hundreds of international schools. We are growing rapidly in terms of the number of our customers, in terms of how much they use our platform, and in terms of the breadth of products we offer.

Our team is at the heart of our business and is integral to our success. We work hard to foster a culture of openness, happiness and innovation, and we commit to helping every individual learn and grow so that they can reach their full potential. We want to hire talented people, whatever their background. If you are excited by our mission and are ready to work hard, please don’t hesitate to apply. We look forward to hearing from you!

We believe in the power of diversity. If you are from an ethnic minority background, we would like to strongly encourage you to apply. In advance of applying if you have any questions about working at Unifrog, please contact our Diversity Champions, Hannah and Farhana.

Content at Unifrog

Whether we are communicating through images, video or text, we always try to be straightforward, honest, and to show respect for the people with whom we are communicating.

Clear communication is particularly important for us because our mission is to level the playing field when it comes to access to opportunities, and a big part of this effort is fair and straightforward access to information. It’s also important for us to be fun, while not talking down to young people.

We’ve got some exciting projects coming up including the launch of our new Courses offering. Like MOOCs (massive open online courses), these online subject and career tasters will grant students in our community access to deeper information and experience of different pathways to help them decide what they want to do after school.

The role and responsibilities

Are you super creative and love being in front of the camera? Do you live and breathe social media and know what resonates with a Gen Z audience? Unifrog is looking for a sociable, experienced and highly organised content creator and presenter to be the face of our brand new Courses offering and social media presence. The successful candidate will star in a wide range of videos as the presenter of our different Courses and be responsible for creating content to appeal to students aged 11-18 across TikTok and Instagram. In addition, the candidate will support our Events Manager to run our student webinars, fairs and similar events. There will be more time to spend on the social media aspect of the role during seasonal lulls for events.

What you’ll do day-to-day:

• Presenting (about 40% of the role):

  • Be the face of our brand new Courses offering - star in a wide range of videos as the host of our different Courses, ranging from university subject tasters to virtual work experience with top employers.

  • Host webinars – run live sessions, field questions from students, and facilitate discussions between our expert panellists.

  • Support our Content team to adapt course outlines into scripts.

• Events (about 40% of the role during busy periods):

  • Liaise with speakers and exhibitors to make sure they are prepared for upcoming events and host live sessions during our University and Careers Fairs.

  • Work with student influencers to develop a strong student community who wants to engage with our events and the Unifrog platform.

  • Provide on-the-day support for in-person events, including assisting with the set-up and close down.

• Social media (about 20% of the role):

  • Set up and run a Unifrog TikTok account, alongside transforming our existing Instagram account.

  • Come up with innovative ways to boost followers and engagement across our social media platforms.

  • Create social media snippets from long-form video.
    

Working together

You’ll be working as part of a small marketing team, alongside our Head of Marketing (your line manager), Events Manager, and Events Assistant, as part of the wider Content and Marketing team. You’ll also be working closely with our Video team to share best practice and follow consistent visual identity guidelines for creating video for social media.

Skills and experience

• Excellent communication and presentation skills.

• Strong organisation skills and a keen attention to detail.

• Experience in creating content for social media, with a deep understanding of what resonates with a Gen Z audience.

• Proven engagement on TikTok or maintaining a personal brand.

• Comfortable working both as part of a team and independently, and able to take the initiative when required.

• Experience in working on events (ideally both online and in person) is preferred but not required.

• A passion for levelling the playing field in education, careers and development.

• Proactive attitude and willingness to get stuck in. You need to be excited about going beyond the core responsibilities to improve what we do and make it a success.

You will be joining a team of highly motivated people who are passionate about our mission of helping students to find the best next step for them after school. If this excites you and you’re an energetic person who is willing to learn, then we’d love to hear from you.

Benefits 

Head to our jobs page for a full list of the excellent benefits we offer our team.

• Join one of ‘the best organisations to escape to’ and help transform careers and destinations in schools. We’re also a certified Great Place to Work.

• Become part of a committed, dynamic, and growing company. We want to build our team for the long term: if you do well, we will do our best to make sure you want to stay at the company for a long time.

• Professional development is important at Unifrog. You will define your own 6-month objectives and will be supported by your line manager and the rest of the team to achieve them. You will have an annual training allowance to spend on what you need to grow and progress.

• Influence the company’s direction: we love to promote great ideas, wherever they come from.

Key details 

• £27,500 - £30,000 per year (Grade A), plus a share in a company-wide performance bonus.

• Full time.

• Split your time between home and our office in Hoxton, London (a minimum of 2 days per week).

• 28 days paid holiday per year (plus bank holidays).

• Working hours are 8:30am to 5:30pm, Monday to Thursday, and 9am to 4:30pm on Friday.

• Start date: as soon as possible, though we will be flexible for the right candidates.

• If you require reasonable adjustments, or want to discuss any details about the role before applying please contact Mhairi (details on our website).

• We can only consider candidates who have the right to work in the UK.

Application process

• Deadline: 22:00 (GMT) on Thursday 30th March 2023.

• Stage 1: Application form (~1 hour) ✍️

  Visit our website to upload your CV and complete the questions and tasks below:
  
  i. Why do you want to work at Unifrog? (250 words)
  
  ii. With reference to the presenting responsibilities in the job description, what makes you an excellent candidate for this role? (250 words)
  
  iii. With reference to the events and social media responsibilities in the job description, what makes you an excellent candidate for this role? (250 words)
  
  iv. Post a link to a TikTok account and/or up to 3 examples of any video content that you've created or starred in.

• Stage 2: Presenting and content creation (~30 mins) 📽️

  • Part 1: Record a video of yourself (~ 3 minutes in length) that introduces one of our Courses for Y12 students called “Reaching Your Potential” (30 minutes)

    You should include:

    - Who it’s for

    - How they’ll learn

    - What’s expected of them

    - What “reaching your potential” means

    Feel free to use creative licence to come up with the detail! We’ll be assessing your presentation style over the quality of the recording or decisions regarding course delivery.

  • Part 2: Create a 10-15 second TikTok on the same topic. No need to cover all the bullet points here.

• Stage 3: Video call interview (~1 hour) 💻

  • Prepare a short talk / presentation of roughly 3 minutes on the following topic:
    
    ‘How did you choose your next step in life and what you went on to do?’ (3 mins)

  • Standard Q&A from a panel of three, including questions about your experiences and how these relate to the role, and scenario questions based on common situations you might face (plus time for your questions) (50 mins).

• Stage 2 will be organised throughout the application window. Video call interviews will be held w/c 10th April 2023.

Inclusion and diversity at Unifrog

Within the company we try to foster a culture of innovation, and a happy working environment, both because this is the right thing to do, and because we think this results in the most effective team. To this end we believe in open communication, celebrating successes, supporting each other, not being afraid to be wrong or to fail, and promoting good ideas wherever they come from. We also believe in the power of diversity in all its forms, including in terms of culture, education history, religion, age, socio-economic background, race, gender, sexual orientation, personality, life experiences and disability. We want to encourage applicants from every different background to apply for our roles, and add their perspectives to our team.