Agrilife Extension
Social Media Student Assistant
College Station, TX · Contract
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 30 days ago
Adobe Creative SuiteCanvaAccessibilityResearchCommunicationAdaptability
About the role
- This role is hands-on and highly creative, with a strong focus on capturing photo/video assets, editing for multiple platforms, and generating content ideas.
- This role is open only to current Texas A&M University students.
- Prepare final deliverables including captions, thumbnails, alt-text, and optimized aspect ratios.
Responsibilities
- Capture photos and videos at events and around campus to support multi-platform storytelling.
- Maintain an organized archive of raw footage, edited files, and project assets via discussed storage needs.
- Monitor platform trends, emerging formats, and best practices. Assess trends for brand fit, mission appropriateness, and relevance to AgriLife audiences. Recommend adaptable trend concepts and create test content when approved.
- Publishing Support:
- Build draft content outlines, storyboard simple shoots, and propose execution plans.
- Recommend adaptable trend concepts and create test content when approved.
- Under the supervision of the Social Media Coordinator, the Social Media Student Assistant will support Texas A&M AgriLife's social media efforts with the development of high-quality, brand-aligned content.
Requirements
- Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Nice to have
- Coursework or experience in communications, journalism, marketing or related fields.
- Experience with content-management tools (e.g., Hootsuite, Sprout Social) and graphic-design applications (e.g., Canva, Adobe Creative Cloud).
- Experience on social media platforms or a strong understanding of how various platforms work and effectively navigating and utilizing them.
- Understanding of AP style and accessibility best practices.
- Demonstrated creativity and an eye for visual storytelling.
- Comfortable on camera and adept at collecting and editing photos and videos.
- Work Expectations:
- Availability to cover occasional on-campus events.
Skills
- Strong writing, editing and proofreading skills.
- Familiarity with major social media platforms and basic analytics tools.
- Ability to balance multiple projects and meet deadlines.
- Professional verbal and interpersonal communication skills.
- Ability to work cooperatively with others.
- Must have a self-starter attitude, activate content ideas both as instructed and independently.
Compensation
- Proposed Minimum Salary
Benefits
- Support implementation of recurring content series, seasonal content, and event coverage.
- Assist in publishing day-of content, live coverage, or quick-turn stories as needed.
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