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James Madison University
Student Content Strategist - IE
🇺🇸
Harrisonburg, Virginia
🕑
Part-Time
💰
$14
per Hour
💻
Communications
🗓️
August 24th, 2026
Events
Content
Edtech.com's Summary
James Madison University is hiring an Event Management Student Content Strategist. The role involves creating, editing, and managing content to promote campus events by working closely with event sponsors and calendar managers to maintain an accurate and engaging events calendar.
Highlights
- Create and publish content in the EMS calendar, including copywriting and brand messaging.
- Collaborate with event sponsors and calendar managers to improve content accuracy and filtering.
- Curate and evaluate event details, images, and approval status for the Master Calendar.
- Review and correct booking details, ensuring published information is accurate and complete.
- Manage event listings for diverse groups, including Athletics, Arboretum, and Planetarium.
- Understand implications of calendar management on university marketing and operations.
- Must have strong communication, creativity, and organizational skills.
- Ability to work independently and within a team environment.
- Degree-seeking students enrolled at least half-time (6 credits undergraduate, 5 credits graduate) are eligible.
Student Content Strategist - IE Full Description
General Information
The JMU Event Management Student Content Strategist will support EM by creating and sharing content that promotes events across campus. This position requires candidates to be self-motivating, creative and detail-oriented.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Work will include writing copy, editing, content strategy, brand messaging as well as the practical side of content management -- publishing and formatting content in the EMS calendar.
- Will work closely with event sponsors and other calendar managers to clarify and improve calendar content and filtering.
- Will curate events as they are posted to the Master Calendar by evaluating the details, adding images, featuring events and with approving or rejecting for publishing.
- Review published events and feeds to confirm that details are accurate and complete. Submit or make corrections to booking details. Work closely with schedulers and sponsors.
- Review, compare and create events in Master Calendar for Athletics, Arboretum, Planetarium and others not currently scheduling in EMS.
- Understand the impact on university image, marketing and operational impact of proper use and publishing with Master Calendar.
Qualifications
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, including written, verbal, and digital communication.
- Creativity and content creation skills.
- Organizational and multitasking abilities, with the capacity to manage multiple projects and meet deadlines.
- The ability to work independently, while also contributing effectively as part of a team.
Conditions of Employment
Students must be degree-seeking students, enrolled on at least a half-time basis (6 credits for undergraduate and 5 credits for graduate).
E-Verify Notice: After accepting employment, new hires are required to complete an I-9 form and present documentation of their identity and eligibility to work in the United States. James Madison University uses the E-Verify system to confirm identity and work authorization.
EEO Statement
James Madison University is committed to creating and supporting a diverse and inclusive work and educational community that is free of all forms of discrimination. This institution does not tolerate discrimination or harassment on the basis of age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, genetic information, national origin, parental status, political affiliation, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation or veteran status.
We promote access, inclusion and diversity for all students, faculty, staff, constituents and programs, believing that these qualities are foundational components of an outstanding education in keeping with our mission. The university is interested in candidates whose experience and qualifications support an ongoing commitment to this core quality.
Reasonable Accommodation
If you are a student with a disability and need assistance please contact the Office of Disability Services at (540) 568-6705 or [email protected].
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