Student Social Media Manager

About the Role

The Student Engagement Center (SEC) at the University of Kansas serves as a hub for student involvement, leadership development, impact programs and resources, and community programs. Through the SEC, KU students deepen their connection to each other and KU by exploring communities and opportunities to thrive during their Jayhawk experience. The Student Social Media Manager is responsible for utilizing major social media platforms to convey the overall voice and brand of the Student Engagement Center via engaging content that highlights student voices, displays the many offerings of the center, and fosters online engagement with KU students.

Responsibilities

• Social Media Management (50%)
  • Content Creation & Scheduling: Developing and posting, including on-camera appearances for videos.
  • Engagement & Community Management: Responding to comments/DMs, interacting with students, and managing social channels daily.
  • Strategy & Planning: Creating content calendars, planning campaigns for events, writing content/scripts for posts, and following university brand guidelines.
  • Analytics & Reporting: Tracking metrics (likes, shares, engagement rates) and reporting on performance.
  • Trend Monitoring: Staying updated on popular (and appropriate) trends and memes to keep content relevant.
  • Event Coverage: Providing live, on-site social media coverage of campus events.
• Student Outreach & Engagement (30%)
  • Network with student organization social channels to share relevant content.
  • Plan social campaigns and coordinate special social projects.
  • Assist with brainstorming of original content and campaigns.
• Administration (15%)
  • Manage and respond to requests for social media collaboration/posting.
  • Help create a process for requests that allows for proper turnaround/posting times.
• Other Duties as Assigned (5%)

Requirements

• Portfolio/examples displaying past work, including graphic design, social media accounts managed, content creation, photography, or videography skills.
• Strong writing, photography, and video editing skills as shown in application materials.
• Experience with and knowledge of social media.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Experience working independently and with a team.
• Experience with community engagement and student life.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with photography, video, or graphic design.

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:

• Have been enrolled in no less than 6 hours in the past spring semester, or
• Be pre-enrolled in the upcoming fall semester in no less than 6 hours, or
• Be enrolled in summer session, or
• 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

$12.00 per hour

Schedule

Anticipated Start Date: Monday, August 17, 2026