Research & Communications Student Assistant

Ohio State University; North Carolina; On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Part time

Job summary

Ohio State University – FAES | Center for Lake Erie Area Research invites applications for a Student Assistant 1 at Stone Lab. The role supports administrative tasks, outreach materials, and basic project assistance in a lab setting on campus.

Responsibilities include creating promotional content, preparing educational text, assisting with publications, and maintaining media lists and outreach materials while upholding OSU values and integrity.

Qualifications

• Duties include administrative tasks, assisting in a research environment, and supporting academic programs.
• Requires excellent customer service and strong organizational skills.
• Represent OSU with integrity and align with university values.

Responsibilities

• Conducts interviews and researches subject for article development as sole author or in cooperation with other authors for website
• Helps develop promotional emails and flyers for Stone Lab course student recruitment
• Creates educational text for display panels for the public on topics like harmful algal blooms, pharmaceuticals in the water, wetlands and aquaculture
• Develops news releases on program research and events for public awareness and promotion
• Assists in the development of publication graphics and layout with graphic designer
• Helps to write short scripts to be used for YouTube researcher summaries
• Develops brochures, fact sheets and posters covering outreach programming
• Creates social media posts on program research and outreach
• Updates media lists and publication database

Skills

Customer service

Organizational skills

Communication

Job description

Ohio State University – FAES | Center for Lake Erie Area Research invites applications for a Student Assistant 1 at Stone Lab. The role supports administrative tasks, outreach materials, and basic project assistance in a lab setting on campus.

Responsibilities include creating promotional content, preparing educational text, assisting with publications, and maintaining media lists and outreach materials while upholding OSU values and integrity.