Marketing and Communications Graduate Assistant (Summer 2025 C91231)

The Middlebury Institute’s Marketing and Communications department is seeking a graduate assistant for the this summer with an option to extend through the school year. This person will help with telling the MIIS story to the Middlebury community and prospective students through web editing, publishing weekly and monthly e-newsletters, social media content creation and management, news story pitching and writing, as well as other projects as they come up. A candidate for this job should be a self-starter who is passionate about the Institute. 

• Required Experience/skills: 
• Strong writing skills 
• Creating social media content (Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, etc.) 
• Organized and detail-oriented 
• Proactive, self-starter 
• Desired Experience: 
• Web and HTML email editing (Drupal, Wordpress, MyEmma, Constant Contact, Mailchimp etc.) 
• Graphic design (Canva, Photoshop) 
• Video editing (Descript, Premiere, iMovie, etc.) 
• Photography 

This position is open to both federal and institute work-study students. Please note that this position requires some work on campus/in person. 

Student Employment Eligibility:

Unless restricted by certain visa status, all students with an active status for the semester are eligible for jobs on campus.

Students on leave or withdrawn are not eligible to work in student employment positions until the semester in which they return. If you are currently withdrawn or on leave you are eligible to be employed in staff positions.

Some may be restricted due to financial aid status. International students (non-resident aliens) may not work off campus unless they have applied for and received work authorization from the United States government. (An F-1 visa does not give work authorization.) Off campus work study positions are available only to U.S. citizens on financial aid with a federal work study component.

Student are not eligible to work remotely from International locations.

Hour Limitations:

All student employees are limited to working no more than 20 hours per week in on campus jobs during the academic year (this includes exam periods). The only exception is when there is a full week when school is not in session. Specifically: February recess, Spring recess, and full weeks of December or summer recess. During these time periods only, students can work up to 40 hours per week. International Students: Visa restrictions prohibit international students from exceeding 20 hours of work per academic calendar week.