Student Assistant - Communications Assistant

Classification Title

STU-AST - CLERICAL & ADMIN

Classification Minimum Requirements

This position is open to all UF students who are eligible to work on campus and will be employed through student STAS and must maintain a minimum 2.0 grade point average. Registered students are employed on a part-time basis, up to 20 hours per week.

Job Description

The UF College of Medicine communications team produces internal and external content to maintain and strengthen the college’s reputation. This student assistant will specifically support communications efforts for the college’s Quality and Patient Safety initiative (QPSi), with a focus on storytelling, digital content (including for web and social media), and strategic messaging related to AI, quality Improvement and patient safety initiatives.

Visit qpsi.med.ufl.edu [https://qpsi.med.ufl.edu/] to learn more about the QPSi. Visit news.drgator.ufl.edu [https://news.drgator.ufl.edu/] and floridaphysician.med.ufl.edu [https://floridaphysician.med.ufl.edu/] for a closer look at content from the UF College of Medicine.

Key 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 digit