RecWell Outreach Specialist - Student Service

Purdue University; West Lafayette (IN); On-site; USD 13,000 - 18,000; Part time

Job summary

Purdue University Recreation & Wellness is seeking a RecWell Outreach Specialist - Student Service to support outreach efforts, capture events, create social media content, and showcase RecWell offerings through video and photography. The student will build a portfolio and report to the Assistant Director of Outreach.

This on-site, summer-availability role requires 12-15 hours per week, with immediate start.

Qualifications

• 1-2 years of experience with video recording and editing.
• Experience with Final Cut Pro or Adobe Premiere.
• Experience with Photoshop or similar photo editing software.
• Ability to work independently to complete projects on time.
• Strong teamwork, time management and a willingness to learn.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, creativity and enthusiasm.

Responsibilities

• Cover assigned events or RecWell projects and document them.
• Process and edit videos for final use.
• Upload videos to a shared Wrike location for staff access.
• Assist with maintenance of RecWell social media pages.
• Lead tabbing events for job openings and RecWell events.
• Meet regularly with the Assistant Director of Outreach.

Skills

Video recording

Video editing

Social media content

Photography

Written communication

Verbal communication

Time management

Teamwork

Creativity

Tools

Final Cut Pro

Adobe Premiere

Photoshop

Wrike

Job description

Job Title: RecWell Outreach Specialist - Student Service

City: West Lafayette

Student Requested: Work Study or Regular Student Worker, Part Time

Hours Worked: Applicants should be available to work 12-15 hours per week.

Desired Start Date: Immediately

Starting Rate: $11.10/hr

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Posting Start Date: 10/21/26

Job Summary

Purdue University Recreation & Wellness is accepting applications for the RecWell Outreach Specialist role to provide support to the Assistant Director of Outreach and the RecWell team. The ideal candidate should be an excellent communicator who is adept with capturing events, creating social media content, and capturing everything RecWell offers through video and photography to be used in a wide variety of outreach and member engagement. The student job will have the opportunity to build their own portfolio of work through employment in this role. The position reports to the Assistant Director of Outreach.

This role represents all of Recreation & Wellness.

This position requires on-site summer availability.

Under the supervision of the Assistant Director of Outreach, this position will assist with the regular and as needed demand of promoting Recreation & Wellness offerings, events, updates and engagement to members. This content may include:

• Covering all aspects of an assigned event, content or RecWell projects.
• Processing and editing videos as needed for final use.
• Uploading videos to a shared location where RecWell staff can access area content (Wrike).
• Assisting with maintenance and organization of the Recreation & Wellness social media pages.
• Assisting and leading tabbing events for job openings and events going on at the RecWell facility.
• Meeting regularly with the Assistant Director of Outreach.
• Other duties related to the role as needed.

Note: Summer availability is required for this position. This position is currently 100% On-Site.

Experience

• 1-2 years of experience with video recording and editing ability.
• Experience with video editing software such as Final Cut Pro or Adobe Premiere.
• Experience with Photoshop or similar photo editing software.
• Must be able to work independently to complete projects in a timely manner.
• Exceptional team player with strong time management and a willingness to learn new skills and ideas.
• Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills, creativity, a strong work ethic and enthusiasm.

FLSA Status

Non-Exempt

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