College Assistant - Office of Public Programs

About the role

The Office of Public Programs at the Graduate Center (CUNY) offers world-class hybrid events to share the ideas and research of CUNY faculty, students, and outside guests on a wide range of timely topics. Recent topics have included the future of democracy, climate change, police reform and the rise of the labor movement. Recent speakers have included Angela Davis, Christopher Nolan, Jamelle Bouie, Paul Krugman, Nobel Prize-winning scientists and other leaders in their fields.

The College Assistant will create compelling social and multimedia content before and after each event that will aid in expanding the audience for the Graduate Center's public events. The Office of Public Programs aims to expand the Graduate Center's social media presence by creating short social media videos featuring content from the events. This position works closely with the Social Media Coordinator to create videos and other content to promote events. This position is for 20 hours per week and requires the incumbent to work in-person.

Responsibilities

• Assists with devising and executing strategies to promote and expand audience for public events on social media platforms including TikTok, Instagram and YouTube shorts using video and photographic content.
• Creates short social videos for TikTok, Instagram and YouTube shorts.
• Attends events, which take place on weekday evenings.
• Creates pre-event content-driven social media posts.
• Creates approximately 2-4 posts per event per platform.

Qualifications

• Must demonstrate sufficient skills to perform the duties of the assigned tasks.
• Familiarity with creating social media for an organization, educational institution, or business.
• Experience using editing and post creation tools within social platforms.
• Ability to write thoughtfully and creatively about intellectual content.
• Ability to write clean copy.
• Demonstrated experience in video editing and creating social graphics.
• Proven skills in making social content that gets seen by a wider audience.
• Ability to meet ongoing deadlines and stay on top of posting schedule.
• Ability to communicate about challenges with projects.

Pay

$24 per hour

Benefits

CUNY offers a comprehensive benefits package to employees and eligible dependents based on job title and classification. Employees are also offered pension and Tax-Deferred Savings Plans. Part-time employees must meet a weekly or semester work hour criteria to be eligible for health benefits. Health benefits are also extended to retirees who meet the eligibility criteria.