Mass Media Digital Marketing Assistant (FWS)

Position Title: Mass Media Digital Marketing Assistant (FWS) Department: Mass Media Advertised Pay: $12.00/hr. Campus Location: Washburn University Position Summary: The Digital Marketing Assistant will work with the chair of mass media to plan, promote, and execute departmental events like Day of Giving, the WIFI Film Festival, and the Mass Media Scholarship Reception.

The Digital Marketing Assistant will also help with design, layout, and writing for mass media's annual publications such as the Mass Media Messenger and the Mass Media Alumni Newsletter. Furthermore, this position will assist with directing and producing film projects such as the annual Day of Giving fundraising project video, the WIFI Film Festival PSA, and the WIFI Film Festival Awards Show.

About Washburn University: Washburn University is a teaching-focused, student-centered, public institution located in the metropolitan setting of Topeka that has earned national recognition for its high-impact programs for first-generation students. Washburn has a student body of over 5,500 undergraduate, graduate, and law students, a significant and growing number of whom are first-generation and Pell-Grant eligible.

The University has created educational pathways for all students to be successful and achieve their educational goals. Washburn is dedicated to recruiting and retaining a dynamic faculty, staff, and student body and cultivating a robust learning and working environment and curriculum. We employ more than one thousand faculty and staff on our campuses throughout Topeka and strive to offer competitive wages, an excellent benefits program, and a supportive culture and a healthy work/life balance.

Washburn seeks to create an environment that reflects our core values for creating positive IMPACT: inclusion, modernization, partnership, achievement, community and transformation. In 2024, Washburn was recognized as one of the best colleges in the nation to work for, according to Great Colleges to Work For® program.

Essential Functions

Video capture and editing, graphic design, media writing, event planning, organization and meeting deadlines Required Qualifications: Strong communication skills Ability to follow directions and make changes to work based on supervisor's feedback Some entry-level experience and/or training on video and sound capture for film, graphic design, and media writing Advanced training on using Constant Contact and In.

Design, and other media programs as needed, will be provided. Advanced training on media writing will be provided as needed.

Preferred Qualifications

Some entry-level experience with Constant Contact, In. Design, cinematography, video editing, and sound capture and editing. Hourly