The Office of Strategic Communications and Marketing is hiring an undergraduate Marketing Student Assistant for the Fall 2026 – Spring 2027 semesters. The Marketing Student Assistant will support the marketing team through a variety of initiatives, including curating headlines for the main UF website, help brainstorm ideas for marketing materials, manage global UF calendar event requests, and assisting with other marketing-related tasks.
The ideal candidate works well in a team environment, can manage multiple projects simultaneously, and is solution oriented. This is an in-person position available only to current undergraduate students at the University of Florida.
Responsibilities:
- Assist with curating headlines for the main UF website
- Coordinate print and digital projects with Senior Marketing Specialist to ensure all project information is complete, workflows run smoothly and deadlines are met
- Create assignments in project management for incoming ad-related projects
- Assist with updating events on the UF main calendar using the LiveWhale platform
- Update and maintain marketing metric reports including quarterly marketing reports, weekly homepage headline reports and other reports as needed
- Support additional marketing and web projects/initiatives assigned
Learning Outcomes:
- Understand content creation and organization for a variety of marketing efforts
- Efficient time and task management
- Understand the operating processes of a marketing team
- Collaborate with a team to meet marketing and promotional goals
- High-level understanding of various marketing tactics
- UF’s brand guidelines
Minimum Requirements:
- Must be a current University of Florida student with good academic and conduct standing.
- Must be a second-year student or higher enrolled in a journalism, advertising, public relations, marketing or another related major.
- Ability to read, write and communicate professionally is required.
- This candidate must be able to work 15-20 hours per week in the office at least three days/week during our normal business hours (Monday – Friday, between 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.).
