Student Marketing Assistant

About the role

This is a position in which KU students will actively promote and market KU Recreation Services (KURS) to students, faculty and staff of the KU Community.

Responsibilities

• Develop and post social media content and scheduling notices for Recreation Services program areas (occasionally involves appearing on camera).
• Print, cut, laminate, and fold physical marketing materials for distribution within Recreation Services facilities and satellite events.
• Work with other marketing staff to execute on-campus marketing initiatives that increase visibility of Recreation Services in high-traffic areas of campus including Wescoe Beach, Kansas Union, student housing, etc.
• Routine maintenance and monitoring of signage and marketing materials within Recreation Services facilities.

Required Qualifications

• Experience creating social media posts for Instagram, Tik Tok or other platforms as shown in application materials.
• Majoring in Journalism, Marketing, Communications, Strategic Communications, Public Speaking or related field.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with public speaking as shown in application materials.
• Experience with graphic design and event marketing as shown in application materials.

Position Requirements

• During the semester term of the appointment, the student hourly must be enrolled in no fewer than 6 credit hours.
• For summer periods the student hourly must: (1) have been enrolled in no less than 6 hours in the past spring semester or (2) be pre-enrolled in the upcoming fall semester in no less than 6 hours or (3) be enrolled in summer session or (4) be admitted to study in the upcoming fall semester.
• Student Hourlies may be undergraduate or graduate students. (Exceptions granted for GRA/GTA/GA appointments DO NOT apply to Student Hourly appointments).
• Student employees are not eligible for remote work arrangements unless an exception is approved by the unit leadership and HR.
• This is an hourly/non-exempt position.
• A student employee cannot hold an hourly/non-exempt position and a salaried/exempt graduate or undergraduate position (GRA/GTA/GA/RUA/RGA) concurrently.

Pay

$10.25 per hour