Job Summary
This posting REQUIRES summer employment on campus.
Purdue University Recreation & Wellness is accepting applications for the RecWell Outreach Ambassador role to provide support to the Assistant Director of Outreach and the RecWell team. The ideal candidate should be an excellent communicator who is adept with capturing events, creating social media content, and capturing everything RecWell offers through video and photography to be used in a wide variety of outreach and member engagement. The student job will have the opportunity to build their own portfolio of work through employment in this role. The position reports to the Assistant Director of Outreach.
This role represents all of Recreation & Wellness.
Under the supervision of the Assistant Director of Outreach, this position will assist with the regular and as needed demand of promoting Recreation & Wellness offerings, events, updates and engagement to members. This content may include:
- Covering all aspects of an assigned event, content, or RecWell projects.
- Processing and editing videos as needed for final use.
- Uploading videos to a shared location where RecWell staff can access area content (Wrike).
- Assisting with maintenance and organization of the Recreation & Wellness social media pages.
- Assisting and leading tabling events for job openings and events going on at the RecWell facility.
- Creating graphics for social media posts through Canva and Adobe.
- Meeting regularly with the Assistant Director of Outreach.
- Other duties related to the role as needed.
Required
- 1-2 years of experience with video recording and editing ability.
- Experience with video editing software such as Final Cut Pro or Adobe Premiere.
- Experience with Photoshop or similar photo editing software.
- Must be able to work independently to complete projects in a timely manner.
- Exceptional team player with strong time management and a willingness to learn new skills and ideas.
- Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills, creativity, a strong work ethic, and enthusiasm.
Preferred
- Experience with other graphic software.
- Experience in photography and video editing.
- Previous experience in marketing, advertising, communication, public relations, or related field.
Note: This position is currently 100% On-Site.
Student Requested: Work Study or Regular Student Worker, Part Time
Hours Worked: Applicants should be available to work 10-15 hours per week.
Desired Start Date: Immediately
Starting Rate: $9.50/hr
Competencies
Students employed in this role will develop and demonstrate a number of transferable skills essential for future employment success and be reviewed on these skills in their performance evaluation.
Communication (Verbal, Written, Non-Verbal, Listen & Observe, Summarize & Distill Information)
• Demonstrate professional verbal communication in all interactions
• Demonstrate enthusiasm; engage and connect with customers to promote excellent customer experience
• Verbally communicates to staff on situations that may arise due to problems
• Written communication to complete accurate food usage records and food temperatures according to established procedures
Ways of Thinking (Systems Thinking & Planning, Reflective & Analytical Reasoning, Idea Generation, Decision Making, Problem Solving, Ethics)
• Utilize policies and knowledge to proactively make decisions and solve problems for area assigned
• Develop new or novel ideas through critical thinking and creative processes that address issues and/or lead to change
• Understand standards and expectations for personal and professional ethical behavior
• Demonstrate knowledge of the position and operation
Collaboration (Organization Behavior & Teamwork, Appropriate & Productive Relationships, Helping Others & Working Together, Cultural Intelligence & Inclusion, Service & Social Responsibility)
• Working together with co-workers and demonstrate flexibility in a fast-paced, team atmosphere
• Establish productive relationships with customers and staff
• Acknowledge and support customers and staff with unique needs and differing backgrounds
• Work independently to complete responsibilities
• Proactively and willingly acquires new skills, tasks, procedures and projects
• Provide support to fellow team members
Competencies Continued
Self-Awareness (Self-Understanding, Continuous Learning, Initiative & Follow-Through, Personal Responsibility, Resiliency)
• Demonstrate time management skills and attention to detail
• Demonstrate initiative; Understand and respond to the various needs of customers and staff
• Maintain positive attitude and enthusiasm in times of ambiguity and peak time of demand
• Complete work independently in an efficient time manner
• Demonstrate dependability and responsibility within operation
• Demonstrate punctuality by always being on time to each shift
Employee Class
Student