Communications & Events Associate

Job Posting Title:

Communications & Events Associate

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Hiring Department:

Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs

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Position Open To:

All Applicants

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Weekly Scheduled Hours:

10

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FLSA Status:

Non-Exempt

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Earliest Start Date:

Oct 01, 2025

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Position Duration:

Expected to Continue Until Dec 31, 2025

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Location:

UT MAIN CAMPUS

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Job Details:

General Notes

Application deadline: Friday, September 19th (select applicants will be asked to complete a brief interview with hiring staff).

This is a part-time temporary student position ending at the end of the fall semester, with the potential to extend into spring, depending upon business need and funding availability.

About The LBJ School of Public Affairs

The Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin is one of the nation’s premier public policy schools. As Texas’ top-ranked policy school for over five decades, the LBJ School provides unmatched opportunities for students to engage with policymakers, industry leaders and innovators in Austin and beyond. The school is committed to improving the quality of public service in the United States and abroad at all levels of governance and civic engagement. Our goals are to prepare students and professionals for leadership positions in public service, produce interdisciplinary research to advance our understanding of complex societal problems and create solutions, promote effective public policy and management practice and foster civic engagement on issues of public concern.

Committed to advancing the quality of public service, the LBJ School continues to drive education, research and civic engagement at all levels of governance. 

About the RGK Center for Philanthropy and Community Service

The mission of the RGK Center for Philanthropy and Community Service is to prepare leaders for the exciting and complex work of creating social impact. We serve graduate students across campus with our programs and courses. Our faculty teach and conduct research on a variety of topics, including: volunteerism, nonprofit leadership, arts and cultural policy, hybrid intelligence, global affairs, and more. Our alumni work at all levels of leadership advancing social causes and delivering high quality programs for their communities. Being located within the LBJ School of Public Affairs also means having access to events and speakers discussing current social and political issues.

Purpose

The RGK Center is seeking a student associate to support communications and events at the Center. The student should be comfortable with email and social media communications to large audiences and have experience developing social media content for a brand or organization. This role also includes supporting planning and logistics tasks for Center events and in-person executive education classes. This position will report to and work closely with the Student Program Manager for the RGK Center.

Responsibilities

1) Communications and Marketing

• Develop weekly and quarterly newsletters from the Center (MailChimp)

• Collaborate with Content Writer to upload news stories to the RGK Center website

• Develop graphics for social media posts as needed

2) Social Media Management

• Draft and schedule content for RGK Center’s LinkedIn and Instagram accounts (Hootsuite)

• Monitor the Center’s social media channels and engage with followers professionally while representing the University

• Track and report social media engagement and follower growth metrics

• Collaborate with RGK and LBJ communications staff to develop social media goals/strategy and communications calendar

3) Event and Certificate Support

• Support the RGK Center staff in event planning and day-of support for events and certificate classes, as needed. Events may be virtual, hybrid, or in-person and may be hosted on or off-campus. Responsibilities may include: event set-up/tear-down, material preparation, check-in, etc.

• Create event pages (Eventbrite) and collaborate with RGK staff to manage attendee lists and communications

• Develop physical and digital promotional assets for events (flyers, graphics, etc.) in Canva

4) Other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• Required Qualifications

• Strong written and verbal commu