Student Media Coordinator

About the Role

This position is part of the newly formed School of Communication & Media within the College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences. It is responsible for supporting multiple student media groups, including the Debate Team, Comm Future Pros, DCTV, Hatch, KNTU, NT Daily, NTTV, and Swoop.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate with faculty and staff supervisors of multiple student media groups and assist with administrative duties for each area.
• Assist with posting hourly student positions in Handshake per UNT policies and guidelines, working with the Career Center as needed.
• Work with faculty or staff of different student media groups to finalize hiring decisions.
• Assist new student hires with the onboarding process as needed and prepare ePars for hourly students working within a student media group.
• Monitor student timesheets to clear timesheet errors and ensure that no overpayments or underpayments will occur.
• Remind supervisors of timesheet approval deadlines to ensure that student media hourly workers are paid per UNT payroll schedules.
• Arrange room reservations and food purchases as may be needed for student media events.
• Manage budgets for various student media groups and ensure that expenses are posted appropriately.
• Work closely with the CLASS Budget Officer to ensure budget compliance.
• Manage student travel processes for student media travel per UNT travel guidelines and policies (e.g., NT Daily students traveling to cover a UNT football bowl game or NTTV reporters traveling to Austin for election coverage).
• Perform other duties directly relating to these groups as may be assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a related field and one year of professional related experience in coordinating or administering higher education programming or a related field; or any equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.

Qualifications

• Ability to prioritize multiple ongoing responsibilities.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Proficiency in MS Office.
• Strong problem-solving and conflict resolution skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in journalism, media arts, or a related field.

Physical Requirements

Communicating with others to exchange information.

Work Schedule

Monday-Friday, 8:00 am - 5:00 pm.

Special Instructions

Applicants must submit a minimum of two professional references as part of their application. If needed, additional references can be added after the application has been submitted.