Faculty & Staff

Communications Opportunities

Don Marsh Communications Scholar

WVU University Relations—Health Sciences

University Relations—Health Sciences is seeking a public relations/communications graduate assistant for the fall and spring semesters (20 hours per week). The opportunity to work during the summer is negotiable.

This position helps support a team with a range of responsibilities primarily focused on writing across platforms, including but not limited to:

  • Identify and write student, faculty and alumni feature stories for web and print publications;
  • Update and maintain website content;
  • Provide content for social media and other communications platforms;
  • Develop content for multimedia platforms, including video and photography;
  • Support and staff special events.

The successful candidate must have strong written and interpersonal skills, ability to work professionally with a variety of personalities while meeting deadlines and be a motivated self-starter. The ideal candidate will have at least two years of coursework in Journalism/Strategic Communications/Graphic Design/Communications. Knowledge of new media and basic graphic design is preferred.

Qualifications:

  • Strong writing and communication skills.
  • Ability to meet deadlines.
  • Ability to juggle multiple projects at once.
  • Ability to translate detailed scientific concepts to lay audience.
  • Knowledge of and proficiency with Microsoft Office.
  • Knowledge of and proficiency in AP writing style.

Requirements:

  • Establish a standard work schedule with the understanding that some evening and weekend work may be necessary.
  • Candidate will need to have a reliable form of transportation to attend off-site events when needed.
  • Submit a weekly time sheet to supervisor.

Expectations:

  • Create a minimum of two profiles per week
  • Create a minimum of two news or feature stories per week
  • Provide daily editing assistance and publication of news and announcements to the News System.
  • Provide support in creation and generation of social media content, website edits, and Infostations.

Through this position, you will enhance your public relations/communications skills while building a strong portfolio of work. Additionally, this position provides great opportunities to enhance skills in storytelling, strategic communication, social media, collaboration and problem solving.

This is a paid position that reports to the Executive Director of Health Sciences Communications. For more information about WVU Health Sciences, visit hsc.wvu.edu. To apply for this position, please submit a cover letter that includes a brief description of why you are interested in this position and how you can contribute to the team, a resume and writing samples to tdscatterday@hsc.wvu.edu.  

Priority is given to applicants who apply before April 15.