Accounting Program Marketing and Outreach Student Assistant

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Special Instructions to Applicants:

When applying you will be required to attach the following electronic documents:

• A Resume
• A Cover Letter describing how your coursework, experience, and interests have prepared you for this position

For additional information please contact: Logan Steele at logan.steele@oregonstate.edu

Optional:

A work sample or short portfolio — for example a social media post, flyer, short video, newsletter, or piece of writing you produced for a class, club, employer, or personal project. Applicants without a sample will not be disadvantaged.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability, protected veteran, and other protected status.

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Note: All job offers are contingent upon Human Resources final approval

Job Description:

This recruitment will be used to fill one part-time (a maximum of 15 hours per week) Accounting Program Marketing and Outreach Student Assistant position for the College of Business at Oregon State University (OSU), based at the OSU-Cascades campus in Bend.

The accounting program at OSU-Cascades is small, growing, and genuinely connected to the region around it - students move directly into public accounting firms, industry roles, and government positions across Central Oregon and the Northwest. What the program has not yet done is tell that story consistently. That is the job.

In this position you will help shape how the accounting major is presented to prospective students deciding on a major, to current students weighing their options, to alumni we want to stay connected with, and to employers who hire our graduates. You will write and design content, run the program's social media presence, help plan and staff events, and represent the program at campus and community gatherings. You will work directly with the program coordinator, with real ownership over what goes out and how it lands.

This is unusually good experience for a student who wants to work in a professional services setting: you will practice communicating technical material to non-technical audiences, running events, and building relationships with alumni and employers - the same skills that distinguish people early in an accounting or consulting career.

Learn more:

• The College of Business: https://business.oregonstate.edu

• The OSU-Cascades: https://osucascades.edu

• The Accounting curriculum: https://osucascades.edu/accountancy-course-listing

Position Duties:

• Create and edit content promoting the accounting major to prospective students, current students, alumni, and the Central Oregon business community, including social posts, short videos, photography, flyers, newsletter copy, and web page updates.

• Maintain the program's social media presence: build and follow a content calendar, publish to program-affiliated and OSU-Cascades channels, draft LinkedIn posts and articles for the program coordinator to review and publish, monitor engagement, and report back on what is working.

• Plan and staff program events such as information sessions, employer and alumni panels, networking nights, and student club activities, including reserving space, coordinating catering, preparing materials, and setup and teardown.

• Support alumni relations by maintaining contact lists, drafting outreach messages, and helping coordinate alumni speakers, mentors, and event participants.

• Represent the accounting program at campus and community events, including orientation, admitted student days, major and career fairs, and open houses.

• Support media outreach by identifying newsworthy program stories, drafting pitches and background materials, and coordinating with OSU-Cascades and University Relations and Marketing communications staff on outreach to local and regional media.

• Research peer programs, prospective employers, and outreach opportunities; write short summaries for the program coordinator; and provide general program support including scheduling, correspondence, data entry, and document preparation.

Transferable Skill Development

OSU is committed to ensuring students are prepared for success after graduation through intentional skill development as student employees. The competencies students develop while working at OSU are defined by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) as the essential skills employers seek in their hires. In this position, students learn and build vital career-readiness skills in the primary areas below:  

Communication, Technology, Professionalism, Career & Self Development

Qualifications:

Full Employment Eligibility Requirements can be found here: https://hr.oregonstate.edu/student-employment-manual/500-employment-eligibility-requirements

• Must be academically enrolled in a high school, community college, or university and pursuing a program or course of study

• Must meet Academic Standing Requirements; students on academic suspension are not eligible for employment

• Must meet the applicable minimal enrollment standard

  • High School student: Regularly enrolled in a high school or participating in a home-schooling program

  • Undergraduate and post-baccalaureate student: 6 credit hours per term

  • Undergraduate international student: 12 credit hours per term*

  • Graduate student officially admitted to Graduate School: 5 credit hours per term

  • Graduate international student officially admitted to Graduate School: 9 credit hours per term*

*International students may be allowed to carry fewer hours than specified above and still be considered “full-time” by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). A reduced course load is approved by the Office of International Services (OIS) and must be provided to the Student Employment Center.

Required Qualifications:

• Enrolled at Oregon State University during the term(s) of employment and meeting the enrollment and academic standing requirements above.

• Strong written communication skills, including the ability to adapt tone and content for different audiences.

• Willingness to learn the accounting curriculum and the career paths it leads to, well enough to describe them accurately to prospective students, alumni, and employers.

• Comfort speaking with prospective students, alumni, employers, and faculty in person and by email.

• Ability to work independently, prioritize among competing tasks, and meet deadlines with limited day-to-day supervision.

• Discretion in handling non-public program, alumni, and employer information.

• Availability to work occasional evening and weekend hours for events, scheduled in advance.

• Basic office skills, including email, calendaring, data entry, and Microsoft Office.

Preferred Qualifications:

• The leading preferred qualification for this position is a declared accounting major. Much of the work involves speaking to prospective students, alumni, and employers about the accounting program, and that message is most credible coming from a student who has chosen the field.

• Declared accounting major; declared accounting minor, or a declared intention to pursue either, will also be considered.

• Completion of ACTG 317 (External Reporting I) at Oregon State University.

• Completion of BA 211Z, BA 211, BA 211H, or BA 211HZ (Financial Accounting) at Oregon State University.

• Coursework or practical experience in marketing, communications, or journalism.

• Experience creating social media content on behalf of an organization, club, team, or employer.

• Graphic design skills and familiarity with design tools such as Canva or the Adobe Creative Suite.

• Photography, or short-form video shooting and editing.

• Previous customer service, hospitality, or event experience.

• Familiarity with the Central Oregon business community.

• Interest in marketing, communications, or student recruitment as a career direction.

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