Media Studies Communications Assistant

Communications Assistant

The MA, Media Studies program is seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Communications Assistant to support the program's current, alumni, and prospective student outreach. As designer and editing assistant for the MediaLog monthly newsletter tailored to the MA, Media Studies community that includes current students, faculty, staff, and alumni, coordinating as well on social media production. The Communications Assistant will work closely with the MA, Program Director to solicit and aggregate news items, copy edit, manage design elements, and maintain an organized template for delivery to the AMT operations team for deployment of the newsletter in a timely manner. They additionally send email blast reminders and maintain a social media presence via Instagram and additional platforms.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a calendar for regular beginning-of-month publication of MediaLog newsletter.
• Be point person for any student-related news and events
• Maintain regular contact with all student organizations and solicit updates
• Manage, in collaboration with the program director, the newsletter submission form.
• Share select submissions with the AMT newsletter aggregator.
• Design visual elements for publication.
• Collaborate on creating norms for a publication style guide.
• Create social media content according to M&C guidelines ready for approval by faculty Director.
• Edit submitted event announcements in keeping with a MediaLog style guide.
• Organize and maintain the newsletter archives.

Minimum Qualifications

• Current student in good standing at The New School with a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0.
• Must not have more than 33% of attempted course credits as incomplete.
• Strong organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated interest in writing and publishing.
• Solid technical skills in web publishing and social media applications.
• Experience with Adobe Creative Suite (Premiere Pro, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign) or equivalent tools.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience in communications work.
• Prior experience in news writing and/or digital publishing.
• Design skills for print and digital media.

Work Mode

• Hybrid/Split - Employees hired for this position have regularly scheduled, consistent percentage of time on campus (ex 1-4x/week) and also work some of the time remotely. #LI-DNI

Hourly Rate: $20.00/hr

We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of race, color, creed, religion or belief, national or ethnic origin, citizenship status, marital or domestic partnership status, sexual orientation, sex, gender identity or expression, age, disability, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. The New School recognizes and values the benefits of a diverse workforce.