Public Relations Assistant

New Brunswick, NJ (On-site)

Salary Not AvailableIntern/New GradFull time

Posted 5 months ago

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Job Summary

Coordinate Rutgers Democracy Lab communications to raise program visibility and engagement.

  • Own or support outreach and media relations to key audiences (students, faculty, partners, and media).
  • Must-have: experience coordinating outreach or media plans (inferred from responsibilities).
  • Standout: Collaboration with student creators and cross-team project participation.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Furthers RDL’s mission by helping to coordinate strategic communication plans to highlight groundbreaking programs.
  • Connects RDL with students, faculty, staff, practitioners, and external stakeholders/partners.
  • Coordinates RDL’s public profile and relationships with key audiences through targeted outreach and strategic communications plans.
  • Assists both the Administrative and Academic Director with media for the RDL .
  • Helps directors build relationships across traditional and social media, both in New Jersey and nationally, to increase awareness of and engagement with RDL’s research, education, events, and resources.
  • Partners with leading democracy-focused organizations to promote shared content and messaging.
  • Partners with the RDL’s student digital content creators to disseminate engaging, student-led social media content.
  • The Eagleton Institute is a collaborative team. On occasion, all members are asked to participate in Institute-wide and/or cross-team projects.

Preferred

  • Some web development experience.
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Rutgers University

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, stands among America’s highest-ranked, most diverse public research universities. The oldest, largest, and top-ranked public university in the New York/New Jersey metropolitan area, you’ll find us at our main locations in three New Jersey cities, and our footprint can be seen around the region. We’re an academic, health, and research powerhouse and a university of opportunity.

New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
18K employees (682 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
8.6M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$529.6K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
44.4%
Direct
45.4%
Referral
9.3%
Social
0.4%
Paid
0.4%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~18.2K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
516 (3% of company)

Funding

Total Funding
$27.8M
Last Raise
$160K
Grant, 1 years ago

Funding History

  • Nov 2024
    Grant • $160K
  • Apr 2024
    Grant
  • Mar 2024
    Grant • $97.5K

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