Outreach Assistant Work Study

Utah; Salt Lake City (UT); Hybrid; USD 247,968 - 371,952; Part time

Job summary

The University of Utah's Environmental Humanities Program is seeking a creative and motivated Outreach Assistant to join our team. You will develop and post content on social platforms, collaborate with the Community Engagement and Outreach Coordinator, and attend weekly meetings as part of a semester-long hybrid assignment at $18/hour for 10–15 hours per week.

Responsibilities include creating engaging reels and captions, taking and uploading photos and videos, scheduling posts, monitoring

Qualifications

• Social media content creation and scheduling
• Ability to take high-quality photos/videos for events
• Familiarity with Canva and Adobe Creative Cloud for promotional materials

Responsibilities

• Create content for social media including reels and captions for Instagram and Facebook
• Take photos/videos at program events and upload to internal storage with naming conventions
• Schedule and publish posts using social media management tools
• Monitor and respond to comments on social media
• Repost vetted content on Instagram stories weekly
• Follow communications plan to ensure consistent messaging and branding
• Design event flyers using Canva and Adobe Creative Cloud
• Assist at outreach events and meet weekly with coordinator

Skills

Content creation

Photography

Video editing

Social media

Education

Federal Work-Study eligible

Tools

Canva

Adobe Creative Cloud

Social media tools

Job description

Job Summary

We are seeking a creative, motivated, and responsible student to join our team at the Environmental Humanities Program as an Outreach Assistant. The Environmental Humanities Program trains the next generation of environmental thinkers and leaders towards building a more just and equitable environmental futures. As an Outreach Assistant, you will work closely with the Community Engagement and Outreach Coordinator to develop and post content on our social media platforms, following our established communications plan. You will be expected to attend weekly meetings with the Community Engagement and Outreach Coordinator and complete tasks according to the communications plan. This position is hybrid, appointed by semester, and will require 10-15 hours of labor per week at $18/hour.

Responsibilities

• Create content for social media including engaging reels, writing captions for photo posts, and more on various platforms (Instagram, Facebook).
• Take high-quality photos and videos at program events and upload them to internal storage system using programmatic file naming conventions.
• Schedule and publish posts using social media management tools.
• Monitor and respond to comments on social media tools.
• Repost vetted content on the program’s Instagram story on a weekly basis.
• Follow the communications plan to ensure consistency in messaging and branding.
• Design promotional event flyers using Canva and Adobe Creative Cloud.
• Create content for and table at outreach events, as needed.
• Meet with Community Engagement and Outreach Coordinator on a weekly basis.

Minimum Qualifications

This job posting is only available to University of Utah students who have been awarded a Federal Work-Study Award for the current year.

This position may require the successful completion of a criminal background check and/or drug screen.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Veterans’ preference is extended to qualified applicants, upon request and consistent with University policy and Utah state law. Upon request, reasonable accommodations in the application process will be provided to individuals with disabilities.

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