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Nonprofit Social Media Assistant - Off Campus Work Study

Apply now(opens in a new window) Job No: 508834
Division/Organization: Community Partners
Department: REAP Food Group
Job Type: Local Work Study Student Jobs
Remote Eligbility: Partially Remote
Location: Off Campus Work Study
Salary/Wage Range or Lump Sum: $18.00
Job Categories: Digital Technology, Teamwork/Collaboration, Communications, Broadcasting, and Media Arts, Nonprofit/Community-Based Organization

Department Overview:

 REAP Food Group, a non-profit organization based in Madison, WI, believes we can transform communities, economies, and lives through the power of good food. We are passionate about creating an equitable, local, and sustainable food system. We strive to be curious, inclusive, catalysts for change, and collaborators.

To build support for our mission, we share our work and message through various forms of media, including social media. We are currently seeking a Social Media Assistant to support those efforts.

Anticipated Start Date:

 05/30/2025

Anticipated End Date (If Applicable):

 08/29/2025

Remote Work Eligibility Detail:

Partially Remote

 

Anticipated Hours Per Week:

 Minimum: 8 Maximum: 12

Schedule:

 -The student employee and Communications Manager will coordinate a day and time to check in on a weekly basis, whether in-person or remotely.

-If available, the student employee is encouraged to join in part or full the REAP Food Group weekly team meeting, currently Tuesdays from 10-11am, but subject to change.

-If the student employee is able to, we will discuss coordinating their attendance at 1-2 events per month to capture media for social media content, dates and times TBD.

-Outside of these expectations, the student employee may dictate their own schedule.

Salary/Wage Range/Lump Sum:

 Minimum: $18.00

Number of Positions:

 1

Qualifications:

 Experience in social media content creation for an entity, such as a business, club, or organization, or a sophisticated level of experience for a personal account with analytics to demonstrate skill and effectiveness. The applicant should expect to share at least 3 examples of their work.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

-Skills in creating engaging and visually appealing content for social media platforms (primarily Instagram and Facebook) including copywriting, graphic design, and simple video editing. Existing tools include Canva, InDesign, and InShot.

-The ability to use existing REAP design templates and messaging to create on-brand content.

-As the student employee is able to attend events to capture content, skills in photo and video composition using REAP’s DSLR camera.

-The ability to work in collaboration with and take constructive criticism from the Communications Manager and/or REAP program leads

Position Summary/Job Duties:

The Social Media assistant will be responsible for producing engaging content to support REAP Food Group’s social media presence and help us expand our online reach. They will be supplied with the appropriate software tools, templates, and media, and will work directly with the Communications Manager to plan, refine, and publish all content based on an agreed-upon checklist of needs.

Physical Demands:

None.

Institutional Statements:

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:

UW-Madison is an Equal Employment, Equal Access Employer committed to increasing the diversity of our workforce.

Institutional Statement on Diversity:

Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW-Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked goals.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison fulfills its public mission by creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every background-people who as students, faculty, and staff serve Wisconsin and the world.

For more information on diversity and inclusion on campus, please visit: diversity.wisc.edu

Accommodation Statement:

If you need to request an accommodation because of a disability, you can find information about how to make a request at the following website:https://employeedisabilities.wisc.edu/disability-accommodation-information-for-applicants/
 
 

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