Temporary Marketing Assistant
Temporary Marketing Assistant
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Job Description
About Rice:
Boasting a 300-acre tree-lined campus in Houston Texas Rice University is ranked among the nations top 20 universities by U.S. News & World Report. Rice has a 6-to-1 undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio and a residential college system which supports students intellectually emotionally and culturally through social events intramural sports student plays lecture series courses and student government. Developing close-knit diverse college communities is a strong campus tradition which is why Rice is highly ranked for best quality of life and best value among private universities.
Rice is also a wonderful place to work. Rice faculty staff and students share values that are essential to our success as a healthy community. Those values guide our decisions and behaviors and shape Rices culture. They come through in the way we treat each other and the welcome we extend to our visitors. These values can be recalled simply by our name RICE Responsibility Integrity Community and Excellence.
Overview:
Rice Athletics is currently seeking a motivated Marketing Assistant to join our team in a temporary hourly role. This role presents a unique opportunity to contribute to the marketing and promotional efforts of Rice University Athletics enhancing fan and student engagement and supporting the overall mission of our department. The ideal candidate will possess a strong passion for sports marketing excellent communication skills and a commitment to fostering a positive fan experience.
Workplace Requirements:
This position is exclusively on-site necessitating all duties to be performed in-person on campus during both regular office hours mornings nights and weekends as team schedule requires. This position may require occasional travel. PerRice policy 440 work arrangements may be subject to change.
Minimum Requirements:
- Bachelors degree in sports management communications marketing public relations or related field.
- One year of related experience.
- Strong written organizational and communication skills.
- Excellent interpersonal and relationship-building abilities.
- Ability to manage multiple projects and meet deadlines.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office.
- Availability to work evenings weekends and holidays.
Preferences:
- Experience in Adobe Creative Suite Slack Eloqua and Canva.
- Experience running marketing initiatives in a game day environment.
- Experience working first-hand with coaching staffs and/or Directors of Operations.
Essential Functions:
- Collaborate with the Director and Assistant Director of Marketing to develop and execute comprehensive marketing plans for various sports programs.
- Serve as the primary marketing contact for designated sports teams overseeing administrative marketing tasks coordinating with coaches and staff and executing promotional campaigns marketing plans and run-of-shows.
- Serve as the secondary marketing contact for designated sports facilitating with in-game environment and fan engagement activities including but not limited to running music writing and calling scripts executing sponsored promotions and coordinating special recognitions.
- Collaborate with campus departments to discover better ways to partner with the campus community at large and contribute to a vibrant Rice culture.
- Serve as the primary mascot liaison for on and off campus events.
- Serve as the primary charitable donation request liaison for Rice Athletics.
- Serve as the secondary contact for Rice Athletics Kids Club initiatives.
- Aid in the management of Marketing Interns including recruitment hiring training office hours oversight and gameday leadership responsibilities.
- All other duties as assigned.
Rice University HR Benefits: Mission and Values:Mission and Values Rice University
Rice University is committed to ensuring Equal Employment Opportunity and welcoming the fullness of diversity into our candidate pools. Rice considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race color religion age sex sexual orientation gender identity national or ethnic origin genetic information disability or protected veteran status. Rice also provides reasonable accommodations to qualified persons with disabilities. If an applicant requires a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process please contact Rice Universitys Disability Resource Center at or for support.
If you have any questions please email us at. Thank you for your interest in employment with Rice University.
Employment Type
Full-Time
