Student Hourly-Communications and Social Media Assistant

Topeka, KS (On-site)

Salary Not AvailableIntern/New GradVolunteer

Posted 5 hrs ago

Job Summary

Own the creation and curation of social media content while supporting campaigns, community engagement, and broader communications tasks across the team.

  • Lead social content development and brainstorming aligned with campaigns.
  • Support graphics, editing, and cross-channel writing tasks.
  • Contribute to strategy, reporting, and coordination across communications workstreams.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Write and brainstorm social media content. Support key social media campaigns.
  • Create on-brand social graphics.
  • Curate social media content.
  • Assist in community management, social media strategy, and reporting.
  • Assist in the development of blog posts, website content, and other strategic writing as needed.
  • Research and interview contacts for articles.
  • Pitch story ideas in communications meetings.
  • Provide event marketing and logistic support.
  • Assist in editing and proofreading collateral.
  • Perform other communication tasks as assigned.

Requirements

  • Must be at least sophomore status as indicated in application materials.
  • Majoring in marketing, public relations, journalism or related field, or within the School of Education & Human Sciences, as stated in application materials.
  • Experience with social media as demonstrated through coursework or previous work or personal experience.
  • Solid understanding of image and accessibility best practices for these platforms.
  • Experience using Adobe Creative Suite or another graphic design tool as demonstrated through coursework or previous work experience.

Preferred

  • At least two semesters left prior to graduation.
  • Experience with writing, editing, proofreading and researching through coursework or previous work experience.
  • Past volunteer, internship or employment experience where marketing and communications skills were used, as demonstrated in application materials.
  • Experience working with social media marketing and communications metrics.
  • Experience with basic photography and video skills (can include using cameras, phones or any other device).
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Center for Public Partnerships & Research

At CPPR, we tackle complex issues challenging our communities by building and partnering with many dedicated public agency professionals, non-profit service providers, and family members living and working in communities. We are the researchers and evaluators, the innovators and problem solvers, the builders and implementors, the risk takers and the champions that young children and families need right now and in the future.

Founded in 2013
Lawrence, Kansas, USA
112 employees (6 in marketing)

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
4 (4% of company)
Median Tenure
5.5 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
6

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
2.6M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$153.9K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
39.1%
Direct
54.1%
Referral
5.4%
Social
0.8%
Paid
0.5%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~113
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Student Hourly-Communications and Social Media Assistant

Center for Public Partnerships & Research · Topeka, KS · On-site