The Office of University Communications is seeking to hire a student who will be on campus this summer for a 30-hours-a-week internship as a Digital Communications Intern.
The intern will collaborate in a creative team environment to share the OWU story with external and internal audiences using the OWU website [owu.edu] as well as partner websites used for recruitment.
Potential Duties:
- Auditing web pages for content quality and accuracy.
- Writing new content and selecting photos for digital platforms.
- Building new pages and features using the BigTree content management system.
- Researching alumni outcomes.
- Promoting The OWU Connection by researching, conducting interviews, and writing news articles and press releases.
- Processing the OWU Daily and New at OWU weekly messages.
Required & Desired Skills:
- Strong writing and spelling ability required.
- Knowledge of Associated Press Style preferred.
- An interest in website content development, as well as a demonstrable interest in writing for the web preferred.
- Skills in photography and visual communication beneficial.
The intern will be trained in the website content management system (CMS), Gather Content platform, WordPress, and Resource Space photo archive.
To apply, please complete the University Communications Student Employment Application at https://forms.gle/y8dUTisAUfbMYYsa7.
For more information, the position is posted through Career Connection’s Handshake Portal at https://owu.joinhandshake.com/.
OWU Sponsoring Organization/Office: University Communications.
Contact: Cole Hatcher @ cehatche@owu.edu