Now Hiring: Student Communications Assistant

Student Communications Assistant (Title Code 4920: Student Assistant III)
Appointment: August 15, 2022 – May 12, 2023 (10 hours per week)
Compensation: $20.30/hour
Application Deadline: July 25, 2022, 5pm Pacific Time

Applicant must be a matriculated student at UC Berkeley. [Priority given to work study students]. To apply, submit the following items by email as a single pdf to foodinstitute@berkeley.edu with the subject line “Communications Assistant.”

  1. Cover letter
  2. Résumé (limit to 2 pages)
  3. Contact information for 2 professional and/or academic references

 

About the Berkeley Food Institute:

The Berkeley Food Institute (BFI) at the University of California, Berkeley seeks to transform food systems to expand access to healthy, affordable food and promote sustainable and equitable food production. We empower new leaders with capacities to cultivate diverse, just, resilient, and healthy food systems. We pursue our mission through interdisciplinary programs in education, community engagement, research, and policy.

 

Position:

The role of the Communications Assistant is to provide vital support for BFI’s external communication activities. BFI will thoroughly train the Communications Assistant in print and digital communications tools, though preference is given to candidates with working knowledge of software and platforms like those listed under “Qualifications” below. The position works closely with all BFI staff and is supervised by Austin Price, BFI Communications Coordinator. 

 

Responsibilities include:

Online Communications:

  • Create and post regular content to BFI’s Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Instagram
  • Update BFI web pages
  • Work with BFI team to create and distribute monthly newsletter of news, announcements, and upcoming BFI events
  • Write and edit creative blog posts on events, research, student spotlights, and other BFI activities, dependent upon ability and food systems interests
  • Produce compelling graphic design and visual projects, dependent upon ability
  • Monitor and record analytics data related to the website, social media, and emails
  • Assist in other digital communications projects as needed


Material Design and Media Relations: 

  • Assist in content and design of BFI print materials, using consistent branding 
  • Assist in creation of a BFI public relations materials as needed
  • Maintain BFI Salesforce database, particularly in tracking BFI interactions with media


Event Support:

  • Assist with planning and logistics of BFI events
  • Promote BFI events through website, social media, and other visual materials

 

Required Qualifications:

  • Excellent communication skills, both written and visual
  • Commitment to justice equity, and external communications across diverse groups
  • Strong skills in copyediting and proofreading
  • Experience with email marketing campaigns, with a preference for knowledge of MailChimp
  • Skills in Adobe Creative Cloud, particularly Photoshop, InDesign, and Illustrator
  • Experience with WordPress
  • Experience with social media platforms and metrics
  • Experience crafting written communications based on original reporting or research
  • Ability to work collaboratively as part of a team
  • Ability to work independently and to foresee, identify, and recommend solutions in the position’s areas of responsibility
  • Strong attention to detail
  • Comfort with creativity, innovation, and hard work
  • Professionalism, courtesy, punctuality, and good humor
  • Ability to learn and work independently
  • Interest and experience in agri-food systems
  • Interest and experience in public service and social equity, as core tenets of the UC Berkeley experience and the BFI mission 

 

Desired Qualifications:

  • Fluency in a second language
  • Students with work study strongly encouraged to apply

 

Equal Employment Opportunity:

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. For more information about your rights as an applicant, see: http://www.eeoc.gov/employers/upload/poster_screen_reader_optimized.pdf 

For the complete University of California nondiscrimination and affirmative action policy, see:
http://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4000376/NondiscrimAffirmAct