Student Hourly / Communications Assistant

25% - Creating graphic designs for various outlets
25% - Posting and monitoring LinkedIn Facebook Instagram and YouTube accounts
20% - Interviewing people and summarizing the interviews for public dissemination
10% - Capturing photos and videos
10% - Participating in meetings with staff members
5% - Record keeping and file management
5% - Writing and responding to emails or other communications promptly.
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Work Schedule
Flexible M-F; 4 to 10 hours per week

Contact Information to Applicants
Claudia Bode
Education & Outreach Director
Kansas NSF EPSCoR
104 Foley Hall 2021 Constant Ave.

1. Must be available to work at least 4 hours per week.
2. Must have photography and videography skills as evidenced by application materials.
3. Must provide evidence of strong communication & content creation skills as demonstrated in application materials.
4. Must be an experienced user of social media platforms (LinkedIn Instagram Facebook YouTube) and the content editing tools available on those platforms as evidenced in application materials.

1. Have a strong understanding of and affinity for interviewing people as evidenced by application materials.
2. Highly organized as evidenced by application materials.
3. Excellent communicator as evidenced by application materials.
4. Self-starter and proficient in time management as evidenced by application materials.
5. Ability to work independently and as a member of a team as evidenced by application materials.
6. Positive workplace attitude and a history of strong work ethic as evidenced by application materials.
7. Majoring in journalism film design communications marketing architecture or a related field
8. Knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite and video editing software as evidenced by application materials.
9. Ability and willingness to learn software quickly as expressed and evidenced by application materials.

Position Overview
Kansas NSF EPSCoR is seeking a creative digitally adept student for the position of Communications Assistant. This student will work closely with our staff to help tell the story of exciting research and education efforts funded by the National Science Foundation toward building community resilience statewide (). This student will get the chance to connect with and interview individuals in engineering computer science behavioral psychology and other fields working at universities colleges museums and more across Kansas. The student will support a range of media projects by for example helping produce videos photos flyers and news stories.

Additional Candidate Instruction
A complete application consists of:

1. A completed online application
2. Cover Letter that includes a description of why you are interested in this position your qualifications for this position & any experience you have working in content creation.
3. Resume
4. Examples of past work that demonstrate videography writing content creation or digital media skills. Work samples can be emailed to or included as a link to an online portfolio.
5. Contact information for 3 professional references

To ensure consideration apply before the application review date 09/08/2025. A review of applications will continue until qualified candidates are identified. Posting removal is 10/31/2025.

Position Requirements
During the semester term of the appointment the student hourly must be enrolled in no fewer than 6 credit hours. For summer periods the student hourly must: (1) have been enrolled in no less than 6 hours in the past spring semester or (2) be pre-enrolled in the upcoming fall semester in no less than 6 hours or (3) be enrolled in summer session or (4) be admitted to study in the upcoming fall semester. Student Hourlies may be undergraduate or graduate students. (Exceptions granted for GRA/GTA/GA appointments DO NOT apply to Student Hourly appointments).

Employment Conditions
(1) Student employees are not eligible for remote work arrangements unless an exception is approved by the unit leadership and HR.

(2) This is an hourly/non-exempt position. A student employee cannot hold an hourly/non-exempt position and a salaried/exempt graduate or undergraduate position (GRA/GTA/GA/RUA/RGA) concurrently.