Media Studies Communications Assistant

The New School; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 23,000 - 32,000; Part time

Job summary

The New School in New York, NY, seeks a part-time Media Studies Communications Assistant to support the MA program’s outreach to current students, alumni, and prospective students. You will help produce the MediaLog monthly newsletter, manage social media, and coordinate with the AMT team for timely delivery.

Responsibilities include soliciting news, copy editing, design tasks, and maintaining the newsletter archive. A hybrid schedule is expected with on-campus and remote work.

Qualifications

• Currently enrolled student in good standing at The New School with a minimum GPA 3.0
• Strong organizational and communication skills are required
• Experience with web publishing and social media applications is expected
• Familiarity with Adobe Creative Suite (Premiere Pro, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign) or equivalent tools

Responsibilities

• Maintain calendar for regular monthly MediaLog publication
• Serve as point person for student news and events updates
• Coordinate with student organizations to gather updates
• Design visual elements for publication
• Create social media content per guidelines for faculty approval
• Edit event announcements per MediaLog style
• Organize and maintain newsletter archives

Skills

Copy editing

Social media management

Web publishing

Adobe Creative Suite

Writing

Editing

Education

Current student with GPA 3.0

Enrollment at The New School

Tools

Premiere Pro

Photoshop

Illustrator

InDesign

Job description

## Media Studies Communications AssistantApply: D - 6 East 16th Street: Part time: Posted Today: JR109495The MA, Media Studies program is seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Communications Assistants to support the program’s current, alumni, and prospective student outreach. As designer and editing assistant for the *MediaLog* monthly newsletter tailored to the MA, Media Studies community that includes current students, faculty, staff, and alumni, coordinating as well on social media production. The Communications Assistant will work closely with the MA, Program Director to solicit and aggregate news items, copy edit, manage design elements, and maintain an organized template for delivery to the AMT operations team for and deployment of the newsletter in a timely manner. They additionally send email blast reminders and maintain a social media presence via instagram and additional platforms.**RESPONSIBILITIES*** Maintain a calendar for regular beginning-of-month publication of MediaLog newsletter.* Be point person for any student-related news and events* Maintain regular contact with with all student organizations and solicit updates* Manage, in collaboration with the program director, the newsletter submission form.* Share select submissions with the AMT newsletter aggregator.* Design visual elements for publication.* Collaborate on creating norms for a publication style guide.* Create social media content according to M&C guidelines ready for approval by faculty Director.* Edit submitted event announcements in keeping with a MediaLog style guide.* Organize and maintain the newsletter archives.**MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS*** Current student in good standing at The New School with a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0.* Must not have more than 33% of attempted course credits as incomplete.* Strong organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines.* Effective written and verbal communication skills.* Demonstrated interest in writing and publishing.* Solid technical skills in web publishing and social media applications.* Experience with Adobe Creative Suite (Premiere Pro, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign) or equivalent tools.**PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS*** Prior experience in communications work.* Prior experience in news writing and/or digital publishing.* Design skills for print and digital media.**WORK MODE*** Hybrid/Split - *Employees hired for this position have* *regularly scheduled, consistent percentage of time on campus (ex 1-4x/week) and also work some of the time remotely. #LI-DNI***Hourly Rate**: $20.00/hrWe are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of race, color, creed, religion or belief, national or ethnic origin, citizenship status, marital or domestic partnership status, sexual orientation, sex, gender identity or expression, age, disability, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. The New School recognizes and values the benefits of a diverse workforce.**Responsibilities:**The Media Studies Communications Assistant will support the Media Studies MA Program in maintaining engagement through multiple platforms. In collaboration with the program director, they will also create social media content according to M&C guidelines.We look forward to receiving your application!