Apply to become a digital ambassador

We are looking for new digital ambassadors for KI's global master's programmes! It is a fun and flexible extra job where you get to help others.

Your role as a digital ambassador

As a digital ambassador your role is to share your student experience with prospective students on our blog or in our social media channels. You will give an authentic and honest perspective on studies at KI, give useful tips, and handle expectations of what it’s like to study at KI. 

Who can apply?

To apply you need to be admitted to a global master’s programme at Karolinska Institutet. We are not taking on any new bachelor's students this year, as these roles are already filled.

For the blog roles you need to be a 1st year student, and for the Instagram or Chinese social media roles you can be a 1st or 2nd year student.

Who are we looking for?

We are looking for creative, social and self-driven students from a variety of backgrounds, ages and from mixed nationalities. You don’t have to be a native English speaker, just good at communicating in English. You need to be a good storyteller, be service minded, and enjoy teamwork. 

Expectations

Apart from creating content, we expect all digital ambassadors to:

• Attend our digital ambassador training (approximately 9 hours, 4-5 October 2025.)
• Attend our monthly lunch meetings plus personal/team meetings (1-2 h per month.)
• Answer questions from prospective students in comments and email.
• Show prospective students around campus ("Shadowings").
• Engage in team activities and initiatives.

Other small job opportunities could come up too, for example helping with webinars, presentations for external groups etc. These jobs are paid on top of your regular remuneration.

Payment 

All roles are paid 2,250 SEK per month before taxes (approximately 15 h/month).

Shadowings are paid on top of your regular remuneration (350 SEK). 

Being a digital ambassador is not just a flexible extra job where you get to help others. You also get to join a wonderful group of people from across KI’s global programmes. We organise social and inspirational events throughout the year.

Training

We offer all new ambassadors an introduction where you will get to know the team, receive training in working with social media, writing, creating content and whatever else you need to know. 

This year's training is scheduled for the weekend 4-5 October. 

Open positions

For the coming year we are looking to fill the following positions. 

2-3 bloggers for the Student Blog

You will write 2 blog post per month with a focus on your life as a student at KI. You will also do a take-over in stories on Instagram once per semester and there is the opportunity to participate in lives. 

Skills: You need to be interested in blogging, storytelling, writing, and taking photos. Experience from blogging yourself is a plus but not a must. Feeling comfortable in front of a video camera and in social media is also a plus.

Who can apply: We accept applications from 1st year students in the below programmes.

• Biomedicine (master's)
• Biostatistics and Data Science
• Global Health
• Health Economics, Policy and Management
• Health Informatics
• Nutrition Science
• Public Health Sciences
• Toxicology

As of this year we will have a smaller blog team and will not be able to represent all programmes on the blog.

👉 The Student Blog

4-5 students for our Instagram team

You will post 2 reels per month on our Instagram account @kistudents. There is also the opportunity of doing feed-posts, but focus in on video/reels. You will also do take-overs and Q&As in stories on a regular basis and participate in lives. 

You will share the responsibility of planning content and managing the account with the rest of the team.

Skills: You have an Instagram or TikTok account where you enjoy creating content. You need to enjoy or be interested in doing videos and be comfortable featuring yourself in the content. You are creative, organised, self-driven, and service minded. You enjoy working in a team. An interest in photography is a plus.

Who can apply: 1st and 2nd year students admitted to any of the global master's programme at KI.

👉 @kistudents

2 students for our Chinese social media

You will be posting content about your life and studies at Karolinska Institutet on Weibo. You will be posting photos and videos, writing articles, taking part in Live broadcasts, and interact with followers. In autumn 2025 we are also investigating the possibility of opening an account on RedNote.

Skills: You are a good storyteller, creative and interested in social media in general. You are already active on Chinese social media and should be comfortable posting personal content and to show in front of a video camera. You need to enjoy team work.

Who can apply: 1st and 2nd year students admitted to any of the global master's programme at KI.

Application requirements

All applicants

• Upload a CV with relevant experience of max. 2 pages (be sure to provide relevant links proving your experience such as blog, Instagram account, photo skills or similar if any.)
• Write a motivational letter of max 2 300 characters incl. spaces in the assigned form (no upload option.) Be yourself! We are looking for authentic and honest voices.
• Rank your roles of interest if you are applying for more than one role.

Blog only

You don't need to submit any additional work samples, but we will consider your writing skills and originality in the personal letter. 

Instagram only

Include at least:

• 1 reel
• 1 set of stories
• 1 feed post in carousel format

It’s a plus if the content is made for this application, giving us an example of content you would do as a digital ambassador. What would you have liked to see as a prospective students? Possible themes could be but are not limited to: A day in the life, POV packing for KI, setting foot on campus for the first time, concerns of studying abroad. Give your reel a catchy title and include a caption.

You need to be featured in the content. 

Share a link to your own account (need to be public) or you can create a new account if you don’t want to share from your private account. If you share from your own account, please post links directly to the content so that we can find the content you would like us to review.

Chinese social media only

In your Personal Letter please briefly describe at least three ideas for content to be posted on Weibo if you were to become a digital ambassador. 

Selection & contact

We will interview a selection of applicants during September.

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to send an email to ulrica.kristhammar@ki.se. We are out of the office for holidays 7-30 July and will not be able to answer questions during this time.

We look forward to receiving your application!