Data Gov Communications Intern

Utah; Salt Lake City (UT); Hybrid; USD 20,664 - 27,552; Part time

Job summary

The University of Utah is seeking a motivated student for an internship focused on data governance within the UAIR department. The role entails developing training materials, creating videos, and enhancing web content to support data management initiatives.

This is a wonderful opportunity to gain hands-on experience in a real-world environment while promoting data literacy efforts across the university.

Qualifications

• Must be a current student at the University of Utah.
• Related coursework in Communications or Marketing preferred.
• Experience with video editing software is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Support the development of a data literacy program by creating training materials.
• Assist in converting content into video format and contribute to website updates.
• Promote data governance transparency and ethical data use.

Skills

Webpage development

Video creation

Project management

Data governance principles

Content creation

Education

Current student at the University of Utah

Job description

Job Summary

We seek highly motivated student pursuing a degree in Communications, Marketing, or other relevant areas of study to help support data governance within the University Analytics and Institutional Reporting (UAIR) department. This opportunity will focus on creating external and internal training materials and messaging related to data management, data governance, and reporting, and expanding our communication efforts across the university.

Skill Development

• Develop and enhance webpages for data.utah.edu
• Plan and create short training or educational videos for external audiences or internal UAIR staff
• Gather project highlight information from various technical areas within UAIR for newsletter or other communication campaigns
• Apply data governance principles, including data definition standardization and metadata management
• Project management
• Video creation and editing software usage
• Website development

Responsibilities

• Support the development of a data literacy program by creating and organizing training materials.
• Assist in converting content into video format for broader use and contribute to website updates.
• Support efforts to improve data consistency and alignment across campus, promote data governance transparency and ethical data use, while providing hands‑on technical experience in a real‑world environment.

Minimum Qualifications

Must be a current student at the University of Utah.

Preferences

• Ability to work independently with light to moderate supervision.
• Excellent problem‑solving including research, error detection and correction, root cause analysis, conceptual, analytical, and decision‑making skills.
• Preference given to students with related coursework and/or professional experience.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Consistent with state and federal law, the University of Utah does not discriminate based upon race, ethnicity, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender, and other protected characteristics. Veterans’ preference is extended to qualified applicants, upon request and consistent with University policy and Utah state law. Reasonable accommodations in the application process will be provided to individuals with disabilities. To request a reasonable accommodation for a disability or to report discrimination or misconduct, contact the Director/Title IX Coordinator in the Office of Equal Opportunity and Title IX.