Part-Time Undergraduate Communication Assistant

Penn State University; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Part time

Job summary

Penn State University’s Arthur W. Page Center for Ethics in Communication seeks an undergraduate communication assistant to contribute 5-10 hours weekly, gaining hands-on experience in media and research.

You will help create social media strategies, write feature and research articles, and assist in event planning and project management, with interviewing experience a plus. Open to students majoring in public relations.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate student at Penn State with interest in public relations.
• Experience with interviewing and researching a plus.
• Public relations major encouraged to apply.

Responsibilities

• Develop social media strategies.
• Write feature and research articles.
• Assist in event planning and project management.

Skills

Social media strategy

Interviewing

Research writing

Event planning

Project management

Education

Undergraduate student in Public Relations

Job description

JOB DESCRIPTION AND POSITION REQUIREMENTS

The Arthur W. Page Center in the Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications is looking for an undergraduate communication assistant to work 5-10 hours per week.

• creating social media strategies
• writing feature and research articles
• assisting in event planning and project management

Experience with interviewing and writing about research is a plus.

Students majoring in public relations are encouraged to apply.

The Page Center is a research center that promotes ethics, integrity, and responsibility in all forms of public communication.

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