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University of Alaska

Student Marketing Assistant

🇺🇸 Juneau, AK

🕑 Part-Time

💰 $15 per Hour

💻 Marketing

🗓️ November 26th, 2025

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Edtech.com's Summary

University of Alaska Southeast is hiring a Student Marketing Assistant to design and produce marketing materials, maintain a social media presence, and support communication initiatives for career development programs. The role involves organizing projects, staffing campus events, and facilitating connections between students and Career Services.

Highlights
  • Design and produce marketing materials for career development programs.
  • Manage and maintain social media presence, especially on Facebook and Instagram.
  • Support communication initiatives and organize departmental marketing projects.
  • Assist with staffing for on-campus events and facilitate student connections with Career Services.
  • Required skills include effective written and oral communication, intermediate social media navigation, and basic digital design tool proficiency (e.g., Canva, Illustrator).
  • Must be familiar with Google apps (Gmail, Drive, Docs) and demonstrate willingness to learn new software.
  • Positive attitude, collaboration skills, and ability to handle confidential information ethically are essential.
  • Knowledge of Alaska Native organizations and awareness of Alaska's official languages are preferred.
  • Part-time, non-exempt student position starting at $15.00 per hour during the academic year.
  • Position supports career development programs and serves students, staff, and employers.

Student Marketing Assistant Full Description

UAS Career Services is looking to hire a Student Marketing Assistant to help design and produce marketing materials, maintain social media presence, and support communication initiatives for career development programs and resources.

To thrive in this role, the successful candidate must possess the following:
-Positive attitude, openness, willingness to learn and work collaboratively
-Basic understanding of, or interest in introductory marketing and communications principles
-Ability to engage in detail-oriented work
-Effective written and oral communication skills and the ability to positively interact with students, staff, and employers
-Intermediate experience navigating Facebook, and Instagram.

Minimum Qualifications:

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities
The successful candidate will be social media-savvy, organized, friendly, with attention to detail and a collaborative spirit.

Familiarity with Alaska Native organizations and awareness of the official languages of Alaska.

Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing professionally and engagingly to a diverse clientele.

Ability to handle confidential and sensitive information in an ethical manner.

Strong desire to learn new things, embrace the notion of continuous improvement, and contribute to UAS students’ career development.

Ability to problem solve, make decisions, and demonstrate flexibility to provide quality customer service.

Commitment to producing quality design work with familiarity with any basic design tools (eg. Canva, Illustrator, etc.) or technical ability to learn digital design software

Familiarity with Google apps (UAS Gmail, Google Drive, and Google Docs) and the ability to learn different software

Ability to work well with peers, staff, and independently.

Position Details:

This position is located on the Juneau campus at the University of Alaska Southeast. This is a part-time, non-exempt student position, starting at $15.00 per hour during the academic year.

This is a pooled position, and applications are reviewed as needed. Submission of an application does not guarantee review or a job offer.

☎️If you have any questions regarding this position, please contact Mae Delcastillo, Enrollment Management & Student Affairs, Director of Operations, uas.emsa@alaska.edu or 907-796-6335.

Located in the ancestral homeland of the Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian peoples, the University of Alaska Southeast (UAS) is fully committed to advancing the education and research aspirations of Indigenous peoples and is committed to ongoing work toward decolonization. These efforts are reflected in our UAS programs and formal community partnerships across our three campuses and throughout all of Southeast Alaska.

*To be eligible for this position, applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States without restriction.  Applicants who now or may in the future require visa sponsorship to work in the United States are not eligible.

The University of Alaska (UA) is responsible for providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities throughout the applicant screening process. If you need assistance in completing this application or during any phase of the interview process, please contact UA Human Resources by phone at 907-450-8200.

The University of Alaska (www.alaska.edu) is an Equal Opportunity/Equal Access Employer and Educational Institution.  The University is committed to a policy of non-discrimination (www.alaska.edu/nondiscrimination) against individuals on the basis of any legally protected status.

The successful applicant is required to complete a background check. Any offer of employment is contingent on the background check.

Your application for employment with the University of Alaska is subject to public disclosure under the Alaska Public Records Act.

All employees at the University of Alaska are expected to uphold the highest standards of ethics and professionalism when conducting or engaged in university business.

*Each university within the University of Alaska system publishes an Annual Security and Fire Safety Report which contains information regarding campus safety and security including topics such as: campus law enforcement authority; crime reporting policies; campus alerts (Timely Warnings and Emergency Notifications); fire safety policies and procedures; programs to prevent dating violence, domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking; the procedures the University will follow when one of these crimes is reported; and other matters of importance related to security on campus. The report also contains information about crime statistics for the three most recent calendar years concerning reported crimes that occurred on campus; in On-Campus Student Housing Facilities; in Noncampus buildings or property owned or controlled by the University or a recognized student organization; and on public property within, or immediately adjacent to and accessible from, the campus.  The report also contains fire statistics for any fires occurring in an On-Campus Student Housing Facility during the three most recent calendar years.  

Access to the reports is available at:

UAA: (Addresses Anchorage campus, Aviation Technology Complex, JBER - Elmendorf Extension, JBER - Richardson Extension, Kenai Peninsula College - Kachemak Bay campus, Kenai Peninsula College - Kenai River campus, Kodiak College, Kodiak High School Extension, Matanuska-Susitna College, Prince William Sound College, and Prince William Sound College - Cordova Extension) Online: https://www.uaa.alaska.edu/students/safety. Request a paper copy in person: UAA Police Department Office at Room 114 of Eugene Short Hall on the Anchorage campus / UAA Dean of Students Office at Room 122 of Rasmuson Hall on the Anchorage campus. Request a paper copy by mail: 907-786-1120 or police@uaa.alaska.edu / 907-786-1214 or uaa_deanofstudents@alaska.edu. 

UAF: (Addresses Fairbanks Campus, Bristol Bay Campus, Chukchi Campus, Community and Technical College, Kasitsna Bay Campus, Seward Marine Center, Tok Campus, Kuskokwim Campus, and Northwest Campus) Online: https://www.uaf.edu/orca/files/ASFSR.pdf. Request a paper copy in person: UAF Office of Rights, Compliance and Accountability on the 3rd Floor of Constitution Hall. Request a paper copy by mail: 907-474-7300 or uaf-orca@alaska.edu.

UAS: (Addresses the Juneau Auke Bay Campus, Juneau Technical Education Center, Sitka Campus, & Ketchikan Campus) Online: https://uas.alaska.edu/equity-and-compliance/docs/clery/UAS_ASFSR.pdf. Request a paper copy in person: Hendrickson Building, Suite 202 on the Juneau campus. Request a paper copy by mail: 907-796-6371 or emailing uas.clery@alaska.edu.