<p>Salary Range</p> <p>$15.00 - $15.00 Hourly</p> <p>DESCRIPTION:</p> <p>Graduate Assistant in Marketing and Communications</p> <p>Reports to: Digital and Social Media Marketing Specialist</p> <p>Available Start: August 2026</p> <p>JOB SUMMARY:</p> <p>The Graduate Assistant is an active contributor to the Marketing and Communications team (Marcomm) and assists in executing a wide range of marketing and communications activities. This role provides hands-on experience in higher education marketing and communications and requires availability for regular office hours as well as occasional evenings and weekends to cover campus events.</p> <p>Will receive 50% tuition remission.</p> <p>DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:</p> <ul> <li>Create, plan and publish content across all digital platforms that elevates the college's digital presence, engages key audiences and achieves stated outreach goals. </li><li>Develop and maintain social media content calendar, including planned collabs; manage audience engagement and feedback loops to enhance visibility. </li><li>Stay informed on emerging trends that support growth and strengthen audience engagement; maintain a keen understanding of campus culture and events. </li><li>Work closely with Bison Influencers student team and manage planned growth. </li><li>Provide content for the new Nichols website (www.nichols.edu), ensuring site is current, engaging, and aligned with brand guidelines and certain best practices. </li><li>Work closely with campus partners on a wide variety of marketing projects. </li><li>Familiarity with photography and/or videography and Adobe Creative Cloud (PhotoShop, Illustrator, Acrobat Pro, Premiere, etc.) is preferred, but not required. </li><li>Other duties as assigned. </li></ul> <p>QUALIFICATIONS:</p> <p>Must be enrolled in a graduate degree program at Nichols College</p> <p>Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple deadlines and projects.</p> <p>Strong working knowledge of social media platforms (e.g., Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, Facebook, etc.) and tools (e.g., Sprout Social)</p> <p>Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, including Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook</p> <p>Strong written and verbal communication skills</p> <p>Ability and desire to work closely with students and colleagues across campus</p> <p>PHYSICAL JOB COMPONENTS:</p> <p>Able to use office and telecommunication equipment</p> <p>Light to moderate lifting of files, supplies and office materials</p>