Beacon Community Engagement Editor

Job Summary

This is not a Student Employment Position. This is a student volunteer experience. Volunteer experience participants receive monthly stipend payments.

Ideal Candidate

Has excellent writing and critical thinking skills
Has a distinct, crisp, conversational writing voice
Is dedicated to accuracy across all platforms
Is insatiably curious, creative, and proactive about learning
Is a good listener
Is dependable, considerate, ethical, and emotionally mature
Does not shy away from a challenge
Manages time well; thrives on a busy schedule
Must be able to handle stress well, including short deadlines
Reads journalistic media for fun and curiosity, keeps up with current events
Is excited about multimedia as well as writing
Is a go-getter, strives for excellence, naturally goes above and beyond what’s expected
Collaborates and communicates well in a team setting
Is flexible in temperament, especially in breaking news situations
Is open to instruction and willing to read articles, participate in webinars, etc. as assigned by the Beacon adviser and editors
Keeps up-to-date on engagement and social media trends technology
Attends staff meetings Mondays and Thursdays at 5:45 p.m. unless there is a conflict with a class and the editor-in-chief approves the absence in advance. Beacon staffers are

strongly

discouraged

from registering for classes that meet during those times
Serves on Editorial Board and attends Ed Board meetings on Wednesday nights
Must attend Beacon Boot Camp training in August approximately one week before fall term starts and should not schedule conflicting activities/positions
Throughout the week, posts compelling content and links to Beacon media on Beacon’s social media platforms including Facebook and Instagram
Follows best journalistic practices for accuracy, fairness and ethics in all posts
Prioritizes diversity and inclusion in all content
Posts links to new Beacon content every day at strategic times
Interacts with social media followers (ie: @replies) as appropriate
Creates promotional social media and newsletter posts featuring Beacon staff and events
Produces and sends weekly newsletter featuring links to Beacon news, living, sports, and opinion content. Posts newsletter on Engage each Thursday morning
Builds and maintains email address list for the newsletter and executes strategies to increase subscriptions and maximize newsletter exposure
Creates and organizes Beacon-sponsored events and promotions to increase engagement
Supervises The Beacon promotional table at the Activities Fair each semester
Contributes two story ideas each week
In collaboration with section editors, posts quizzes, opinion polls, and other digital interactives to increase Beacon user engagement
Responsible for improving the “About Us” webpage, posting bios and headshots of the editorial board
Plans and executes contests and events to increase Beacon engagement as well as staff recruiting
May not be employed by UP Marketing or UP Athletics or on ASUP
You must have at least a 3.0 GPA

Preferred Qualifications

Has served previously on The Beacon

Contact

University of Portland
5000 N. Willamette Blvd
Portland, Oregon
97203-5798
503.943.8484
recruitment@up.edu

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