Welcome to SJMC, new Drake students!
First-year Drake students will begin arriving on campus on Wednesday for Welcome Week activities. On Thursday, they’ll be meeting with SJMC faculty and staff for the first time. Welcome to Meredith Hall!
Harkin Institute searching for interns
The Harkin Institute for Public Policy and Citizen Engagement is hiring two interns for the academic year: a public policy, office and event-planning assistant, and a communications assistant. The position requires eight to 20 scheduled hours per week; pay starts at $7.25/hour.
Directions on how to apply are available via Handshake, the University’s new site for job postings and on-campus interviews. See https://wwww.drake.edu/sjmc/about/currentstudents/jobs/ for updated instructions on how to access the new system; create a profile and upload your materials, and search and apply for jobs.
Internships available at University Communications
University Communications, which runs Drake’s public relations and marketing activities, is hiring student interns for the 2018-19 academic year.
Applications are welcome from all interested undergraduate students; however, preference will be given to those students who have:
- Completed one year of studies and/or an internship
- Previously held some sort of paid employment
- Demonstrated an ability to produce compelling social media content
Other Requirements
- Sincere passion for the University and a strong commitment to strengthening its brand and reputation
- Confidence and maturity, with a commitment to acting professionally at all times
- Discretion, given that the department handles sensitive and confidential information
Hours/Pay
- All positions pay $10 per hour
- No student may work more than 20 hours per week while classes are in session
- No work is to be completed during final examinations
The available positions are:
Marketing Specialist
- Help develop and implement marketing strategies for specific programs and initiatives, which may extend across campus and/or to the public – in the metro, around the nation, and worldwide.
- Conduct research, analyze data, participate in strategy discussions, help write marketing plans and/or coordinate specific projects with campus partners
- Create original content twice per week for University social media, under the co-direction of Admission and UC&M, showing glimpses of what life is like at Drake
- Scheduling is flexible. Up to 15 hours per week during Fall and Spring semesters; an additional 12 hours per week available during J-Term, if desired.
- Hiring Contact: Betsy McKibbin, Director of Marketing, betsy.mckibbin@drake.edu
Communications Specialist (two positions)
- Research, write and edit feature-style articles for digital and print communication (generally 1-2 stories per month, approximately 500 words in length each), as well as some marketing-oriented content to be repurposed across vehicles and platforms
- Research, write and distribute low- to medium-impact news releases that are largely local or regional in reach
- Compile DU in the News, a news coverage report for trustees and the University’s senior leaders
- Create original content twice per week for University social media, under the co-direction of Admission and UC&M, showing glimpses of what life is like at Drake; also plan, develop and post more generalized content for these accounts
- Monitor the University’s social media accounts, and assist in responding to concerns and questions that arise on those platforms
- Compile the student version of OnCampus, the University’s campus newsletter
- Scheduling is flexible. Up to 19 hours per week during Fall and Spring semesters; an additional 10 hours per week available during J-Term, if desired.
- Hiring Contact: Ashton Hockman, Assistant Director of Communications, ashton.hockman@drake.edu
Graphic Designer (two positions)
- Manage assigned projects, from developing concepts to creating final designs
- Serve as principal designer on assigned projects that are low- to medium-impact
- Assist with high-impact design work, as needed
- Create original content twice per week for University social media, under the co-direction of Admission and UC&M, showing glimpses of what life is like at Drake
- Scheduling is flexible. Up to 19 hours per week during Fall and Spring semesters; an additional 10 hours per week available during J-Term, if desired.
- Hiring Contact: Dexter Jacobs, Assistant Director of Brand Integration, dexter.jacobs@drake.edu
Photographer/Videographer
- Organize photo/video shoots
- Serve as principal photographer/videographer for assigned shoots
- Assist with other photo/video shoots, as assigned
- Select images and update the University’s photo archives
- Create original content twice per week for University social media, under the co-direction of Admission and UC&M, showing glimpses of what life is like at Drake
- Scheduling is flexible. Up to 20 hours per week during Fall and Spring semesters.
- Hiring Contact: Justice Simpson, Assistant Director of Brand Integration, justice.simpson@drake.edu
Temporary home for Drake student services
The University’s student services office has relocated temporarily to the lower level of Hubbell Dining Hall next to the C-Store.
Have a news item for the Memo?
The SJMC Monday Memo is a weekly newsletter to keep members of the wider SJMC community updated on School news, achievements, events and opportunities. If you have an item for the Memo, please send it to Dean Kathleen Richardson (kathleen.richardson@drake.edu) or SJMC webmaster and multimedia professor Chris Snider (christopher.snider@drake.edu). SJMC alums and other professionals can also contact Chris to have the Memo delivered via weekly email.
The School of Journalism and Mass Communication strives to create a community of scholars that represents the complexity of the human experience in regards to race, ethnicity, sex, sexual orientation, economic status, political views, gender identification, religion, age and physical abilities. We are committed to creating a welcoming and supportive environment for all our faculty, staff, students and visitors, and celebrating our differences through the lens of the First Amendment value of freedom of expression.