Student – Design Class Assistant

Position Overview

Position Overview The Department of Design housed in Chalmers Hall prepares animators, illustrators, experience designers, graphic designers, marketing creatives, motion designers, photographers, product designers, UX/UI developers, and other multidisciplinary communicators to thrive as innovative practitioners and socially-engaged leaders in an ever-changing professional field.

Job Description The KU Department is hiring for a student hourly position. Job duties may include (but are not limited to):

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• Support course preparation, tutorials, and lab sessions.
• Assist the professor in grading homework assignments, exams and other duties as assigned.

• Must have a GPA of 2.5 or higher

• Demonstrated ability to follow instructions as demonstrated in the application materials.
• Working knowledge of common design software as demonstrated in the application materials.
• Department of Design Student.

During the semester term of the appointment, the student hourly must be enrolled in no fewer than 6 credit hours. For summer periods the student hourly must:
1) have been enrolled in no less than 6 hours in the past spring semester or be pre-enrolled in the upcoming fall semester in no fewer than 6 hours or be enrolled in summer session or be admitted to study in the upcoming fall semester. Student Hourlies may be undergraduate or graduate students. (Exceptions granted for GRA/GTA/GA appointments DO NOT apply to Student Hourly appointments)

• Student employees are not eligible for remote work arrangements unless an exception is approved by the unit leadership and HR.
• This is an hourly/non-exempt position. A student employee cannot hold an hourly/non-exempt position and a salaried/exempt graduate or undergraduate position (GRA/GTA/GA/RUA/RGA) concurrently.

A complete application will include a Cover Letter and a Resume. Apply online and submit a letter describing your qualifications for this position. Only complete applications will be considered.

To ensure consideration apply by 11:59 PM Central Standard Time 4/14/2026.

Contact Information To Applicants Jeremy Shellhorn

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Advertised Salary Range $11.00 per hour

Anticipated Start Date Tuesday January 27, 2026