Student Assistant, Athletics & Recreation Marketing and Communications

Student Assistant, Athletics & Recreation Marketing and Communications

You're driven and eager to delve into career exploration while enriching your educational journey. As a student yourself, you bring a unique perspective and valuable insights to ensuring other students are supported at the College. Whether it’s working alongside faculty, employees, and staff, or assisting your student peers, collaborating with diverse groups comes easily to you. If this sounds like you, we need your talents!

Apply to the Student Assistant position, and gain real‑world knowledge, while creating meaningful career connections.

Do what you love. Be good t’s how Douglas College defines a great career. It’s a philosophy that resonates through our classrooms, our offices and our boardrooms. It inspires our students and drives us to make Douglas College one of BC’s Top Employers. We love what we do. And we’re looking for passionate, motivated people to join us in making one of Canada’s best degree‑granting colleges even better.

Be a part of an institution where everyone is committed to empowering successful students, creating responsive learning environments, fostering social and environmental responsibility, and supporting healthy learning and work environments.

We offer the opportunity to do what you do best in an inclusive, collaborative and collegial environment. At Douglas, our goal is to ensure our people are valued and supported by promoting a healthy work‑life balance, professional growth, and development, as well as a safe and respectful workplace.

• Transit‑accessible campuses
• Hybrid work arrangements for eligible positions
• Excellent Health and Dental Benefits for eligible positions
• Defined‑Benefit Pension Plan for eligible positions
• Professional Development opportunities
• Access to our Fitness Centres and Classes

The Athletics & Recreation Marketing & Communications Student Assistant will assist in the strategic creation and implementation of various types of content to expand the Athletics, Recreation, and Sports Institute digital reach, awareness, and community. The responsibilities of the position encompass three portfolios: social media and analytics, content creation, and web & graphic design. The individual within this role requires a high level of creativity, attention to detail, and time management skills.

The successful candidate will be part of a student marketing and communications team that are essential contributors to the student experience at the College.

• Assist in the writing of press releases, news articles, player features, game recaps and other content for web and print media.
• Assist in the writing and production of unique and relevant video content that promotes Athletics, Recreation, and the Sports Institute.
• Assist in developing and implementing an editorial calendar for all department content.

• Assist in the creation and execution of timely, “on brand voice & tone” messaging and communications for the department social media channels, including but not limited to Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Youtube.
• Assist in developing and implementing marketing and promotional strategies, grounded in current industry trends and best practices, to grow the department’s digital following.
• Assist in the creation of digital content that is both interesting and relevant for our audience, and satisfies key departmental and organizational objectives.
• Assist in gathering analytical data to drive decision making in the development of a content strategy.

• Assist in the development of an “on brand” look and feel for designed communications.
• Assist in the creation of design assets and artwork including:
• Brochures
• Posters
• Web images
• Social Media images
• Logos
• Newspaper ads
• Assist in the regular and timely updating of the department websites with new articles, photo galleries, videos and other content both produced internally and from external news outlets.
• Assist in gathering analytical data to drive decision making in the development of site structure, information hierarchy, and content effectiveness.
• Assi…