University of Wisconsin - Madison
Communications & Outreach Assistant
🇺🇸
Madison, WI
🕑
Part-Time
💰
$17
per Hour
💻
Communications
🗓️
March 19th, 2026
Edtech.com's Summary
University of Wisconsin-Madison is hiring a Communications & Outreach Assistant. This role involves creating and managing engaging content across social media, web, email, and blog platforms to enhance the Rec Well brand and inspire student involvement. The assistant will also act as a brand ambassador and improve social media strategies to increase brand awareness.
Highlights
- Develop and share content on Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, WordPress, email, and blogs.
- Manage Rec Well’s social media pages and implement engagement campaigns.
- Represent Rec Well at campus events as a brand ambassador.
- Required skills include proficient writing, knowledge of social media platforms, creative problem solving, and strong communication.
- Preferred knowledge of WordPress and HTML.
- Minimum wage of $16.50 per hour.
- Open to University of Wisconsin-Madison students only.
- Work 5-7 hours per week with flexible scheduling, including office shifts and outreach events.
- Opportunity to build digital content creation and management skills.
- Engage with diverse campus groups including students, alumni, faculty, staff, and community members.
Communications & Outreach Assistant Full Description
Department Overview:
| Join the Rec Well team as we move Badgers to play hard, get fit, and live well.
As one of the largest student employers at UW, we practice customer service, problem solving, critical thinking, professionalism, team building, and other skills that you can talk about in an interview with a future employer.
We believe we’re more than a building. We’re building a movement. And we want you to be part of it!
Visit recwell.wisc.edu for more information.
As one of the largest student employers at UW, we practice customer service, problem solving, critical thinking, professionalism, team building, and other skills that you can talk about in an interview with a future employer.
We believe we’re more than a building. We’re building a movement. And we want you to be part of it!
Visit recwell.wisc.edu for more information.
Anticipated Start Date:
| May 18, 2026
Anticipated End Date (If Applicable):
Remote Work Eligibility Detail:
| Not Remote
Anticipated Hours Per Week:
| Minimum: 5 hours Maximum: 7 hours
Schedule:
| 7 hours per week during the academic year, option for more hours during the summer semester. 2 - 3 office shifts a week during business hours, additional open availability preferred for outreach events at differing hours.
Salary/Wage Range/Lump Sum:
| Minimum: $16.50
Number of Positions:
| 4
Qualifications:
| Required:
- University of Wisconsin-Madison student.
- Demonstrated communication and organizational skills.
- Desire to build digital content creation/management skills.
- Ability to think creatively and critically to identify and solve problems.
Preferred
- Capacity to stay in the role for a minimum of 1 - 2 years.
- University of Wisconsin-Madison student.
- Demonstrated communication and organizational skills.
- Desire to build digital content creation/management skills.
- Ability to think creatively and critically to identify and solve problems.
Preferred
- Capacity to stay in the role for a minimum of 1 - 2 years.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
| - Have proficient writing skills and excellent grammar.
- Have knowledge of and experience using a variety of social media platforms such as Instagram, TikTok, & Facebook.
- Demonstrate creative initiative and follow-through.
- Possess superior communication and interpersonal skills.
- Are self-motivated and can work independently.
- Act as a brand ambassador and be able to represent the division.
- Possess some understanding of WordPress and HTML preferred.
- Have knowledge of and experience using a variety of social media platforms such as Instagram, TikTok, & Facebook.
- Demonstrate creative initiative and follow-through.
- Possess superior communication and interpersonal skills.
- Are self-motivated and can work independently.
- Act as a brand ambassador and be able to represent the division.
- Possess some understanding of WordPress and HTML preferred.
Position Summary/Job Duties:
| Recreation & Wellbeing is looking for creative and talented students to represent the Rec Well brand through written content. Communications assistants will develop materials to increase brand recognition, exposure, and engagement with UW-Madison students, prospective students, alumni, faculty/staff, and community members.
In this role you will:
- Plan, write, and share content across our website, social media, email, and blog.
- Create written content that builds meaningful connections with UW-Madison students and inspires them to get involved with our offerings.
- Manage Rec Well pages within each platform (Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, WordPress).
- Continuously improve the Rec Well social media strategy by developing campaigns, engaging with followers, and increasing brand awareness.
- Follow Rec Well communication guide and brand standards.
- Act as a brand ambassador for Rec Well at a variety of campus events.
In this role you will:
- Plan, write, and share content across our website, social media, email, and blog.
- Create written content that builds meaningful connections with UW-Madison students and inspires them to get involved with our offerings.
- Manage Rec Well pages within each platform (Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, WordPress).
- Continuously improve the Rec Well social media strategy by developing campaigns, engaging with followers, and increasing brand awareness.
- Follow Rec Well communication guide and brand standards.
- Act as a brand ambassador for Rec Well at a variety of campus events.
Physical Demands:
| N/A
Institutional Statements:
| Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:UW-Madison is an Equal Employment, Equal Access Employer committed to increasing the diversity of our workforce.Institutional Statement on Diversity:Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW-Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked goals.The University of Wisconsin-Madison fulfills its public mission by creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every background-people who as students, faculty, and staff serve Wisconsin and the world.For more information on diversity and inclusion on campus, please visit: diversity.wisc.eduAccommodation Statement: If you need to request an accommodation because of a disability, you can find information about how to make a request at the following website:https://employeedisabilities.wisc.edu/disability-accommodation-information-for-applicants/
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