Social Media/Events Intern

Job Description

The combined Social Media/Events and Programming/Website Specialist position in the English Literary Studies Department will support English, Cultural Studies, and Gender & Sexuality Studies major/minor students by developing “hard” and “soft” transferable skills.

These skills include: 

• Communication skills (interviewing, writing, editing, and outreach).
• Interpersonal skills (meeting with mentors, staff, and faculty, and attending meetings).
• Technical skills (web page design and maintenance, negotiating RWU web pages, and working in Canva).
• Organizational skills (learning to multitask, keeping track of event dates and progress, and time management).

Year 1: General Member
Responsibility/Function

*As a first-year team member, this would be considered your trial year. If you enjoy the position, you would go through an interview process before your second year to officially join as an intern.

• Social Media Component:
  • At an introductory level, this position introduces skill development in the areas of writing, designing, editing, and photography for the departmental social media. 
• Events Programming Component: As a general team member this position
  • Emphasizes shadowing mentors to develop and acquire skills in event planning for a department that annually sponsors multiple public events on campus, including panel presentations, thesis colloquies, academic events, social events, and one distinct event
  • During April for National Poetry Month. Once you become an Intern, you will continue the work of the first year at an intermediate level, including creative workflow plans that include scheduling and communicating with various points of contact on campus (CCPD,
  • Catering, MediaTech, Faculty, etc.). Interns will interface directly with on and off-campus people and/or departments. For example, writing emails to alumni for the Career Events we plan during the semester.
• Website Component:
  • As an Associate Editor for Voices Magazine this position requires general skills in writing, editing, publishing, outreach, design, web management, and organization.
  • Additionally, the Associate Editor is responsible for posting weekly on their assigned category. 

Year 2: General Member
Responsibility/Function

*As a second-year team member, you would be given more intermediate tasks, learn more areas of the department, and possibly take on additional tasks to prepare you for a leadership role within the team.

• Social Media Component: At a secondary level, this position introduces skill development in the areas of writing, designing, editing, and photography for the departmental social media. The second year would continue the work of the first year at an intermediate level, including increased responsibility and gaining more independence in completing tasks. 
• Events Programming Component: At a secondary level, you may be required to take on more tasks and learn more about behind-the-scenes production of events. As a general team member this position emphasizes shadowing mentors to develop and acquire skills in event planning for a department that annually sponsors multiple public events on campus, including panel presentations, thesis colloquies, academic events, social events, and one distinct event during April for National Poetry Month. Once you become an Intern, you will continue the work of the first year at an intermediate level, including creative workflow plans that include scheduling and communicating with various points of contact on campus (CCPD, Catering, MediaTech, Faculty, etc.). Interns will interface directly with on and off-campus people and/or departments. For example, writing emails to alumni for the Career Events we plan during the semester. 
• Website Component: As an Associate Editor for Voices Magazine this position requires general skills in writing, editing, publishing, outreach, design, web management, and organization.
• Additionally, the Associate Editor is responsible for posting weekly on their assigned category. For your second year, you would write a “Letter from the Editor” piece for Voices Magazine and get more creative freedom for helping the website thrive. 

Year 3: Senior Social Media/Events Intern
Responsibility/Function

Third-year interns may be promoted to the title of Senior Social Media/Events Interns to work alongside two other Senior Interns. This role continues the work from the first two years but leads up to an advanced/professional level. 

Responsibilities:

• Oversee and delegate the completion of tasks 
• Managing and organizing scheduled meetings and event logistics
• Establishing communication channels with faculty members and external stakeholders affiliated with the University 
• Training/conducting interviews for new recruits
• Keeping records and troubleshooting

*Students are prohibited from driving during work-study employment with the limited exception of authorized work-study driver positions.

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