Student Assistant - Communications Assistant

University of Florida • Gainesville, FL

23h • Onsite

About The Position

The UF College of Medicine communications team is seeking a Student Assistant - Communications Assistant to support their internal and external content production, aiming to maintain and strengthen the college’s reputation. This internship specifically focuses on communications efforts for the college’s Quality and Patient Safety initiative (QPSi). The role involves storytelling, digital content creation for web and social media, and strategic messaging related to AI, quality improvement, and patient safety initiatives.

Requirements

• Undergraduate or graduate student at UF studying public relations, journalism or related communications field
• Successful completion of reporting class, if applicable to major
• Provide a current resume and at least two previous writing samples
• Between 15-20 hours of in-person availability per week for the duration of the internship

Nice To Haves

• Experience producing content for and managing social media channels
• Interest in or experience writing about scientific topics for general audiences
• Experience with public relations, feature writing and/or news writing
• Experience drafting social media content and managing newsletters
• Experience with paid social media ad campaigns
• Familiarity with audience engagement strategies and analytics
• Familiarity with content management systems (WordPress)

Responsibilities

• Writing feature stories and news briefs promoting QPSi projects for internal audiences (UF and UF Health) as well as external audiences in both digital and print media
• Assisting in maintaining the editorial calendar for QPSi-related content for the UF College of Medicine social media channels (Facebook, X, Instagram, LinkedIn)
• Creating written and multimedia social media content
• Assisting in building out e-newsletters and loading stories to the web using WordPress
• Supporting communications planning for QPSi events and initiatives
• Concepting and executing paid social media campaigns in close partnership with the QPSi and College of Medicine communications teams
• Interfacing with graphic designers and/or assisting with graphic design as able (Canva, Adobe Creative Suite)
• Analyzing communications and marketing performance for digital and print content

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Intern
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees