Communications & Marketing

Enrollment & Communications is seeking an outgoing student to serve as a business intelligence & analytics intern. The intern will work directly with the executive director of strategic planning & data to assist with developing business intelligence on behalf of the university, largely targeted to addressing business decisions related to student recruitment.

As a business intelligence & analytics intern, you’ll have the opportunity to work alongside professional staff in developing intelligence reports and presentations, including visualizations, along with researching and answering ad hoc business questions as needed by university administrators.

Applicants should have an interest in business intelligence and promoting Tennessee Tech. Submit a cover letter explaining your interest in this position and a resume to the application form.

The Office of Communications & Marketing is seeking an outgoing student to serve as a marketing and promotions intern. The intern will work directly with the executive director and marketing associate to assist with researching, planning and executing marketing campaigns on behalf of the university, largely targeted for student recruitment. 

As a marketing and promotions intern, you’ll have the opportunity to work alongside professional staff as we enhance the university’s branding as well as create new marketing campaign messaging and collateral, such as publications, radio spots, TV commercials, digital advertising, and more. Students will learn to manage budgets, media planning, marketing analytics and get exposure working with media partners and the university’s marketing agency of record.

Applicants should have an interest in marketing the Tennessee Tech campus and student experience. Submit a cover letter explaining your interest in this position and a resume to the application form.

The Office of Communications & Marketing is seeking an outgoing student to serve as the marketing and promotions student worker. The intern will work directly with the executive director and marketing associate to assist with researching, planning and executing marketing campaigns on behalf of the university, largely targeted for student recruitment. 

As the marketing and promotions student worker, you’ll have the opportunity to work alongside professional staff as we enhance the university’s branding as well as create new marketing campaign messaging and collateral, such as publications, radio spots, TV commercials, digital advertising, and more. Students will learn to manage budgets, media planning, marketing analytics and get exposure working with media partners and the university’s marketing agency of record.

Applicants should have an interest in marketing the Tennessee Tech campus and student experience. Submit a cover letter explaining your interest in this position and a resume to the application form.

The Office of Communications & Marketing is seeking student to join our team as writers. These students will work directly with the director of brand communications and the content coordinator to assist with researching, planning and writing content for university publications, the Tech website and social media. 

As a student writer, you’ll have the opportunity to work alongside professional staff as we enhance the university’s branding and tell the university’s story. Students will learn more about publication planning, hone their interviewing skills and produce written pieces that can be included in a professional portfolio.

Applicants should have an interest in sharing the Tennessee Tech campus and student experience with others. Submit a cover letter explaining your interest in this position, writing samples and a resume to the application form.

Help us use social media to tell the story of what it means to live wings up at Tennessee Tech! The Office of Communications & Marketing is seeking a motivated, resourceful and tech-savvy student to serve as a social media ambassador. This student will work directly with the social media coordinator to strategize, craft and execute content for social media platforms, including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn. Applicants should have experience with these channels, strong communication skills, demonstrated writing ability, creativity to spare, and an interest in being an active part of the Tennessee Tech campus community. Experience with photo and video a plus.

You’ll have the opportunity to work with a team of experienced professionals and collaborate with the social media coordinator to gain an understanding of how the university uses social media to target specific audiences, create social media content that enhances the
brand identity and affinity for Tech, tell stories of our community’s successes, and help build
meaningful connections and encourage engagement on social media.

Applicants should submit a cover letter explaining your interest in social media in general, your preferred social media platforms and your interest in this position specifically; a resume outlining your experience; and a list with links to your personal social media channels, as well as any that you currently manage, to the application form.

Help us use social media to tell the story of what it means to live wings up at Tennessee Tech! The Office of Communications & Marketing is seeking a resourceful and tech-savvy student who is eager to learn more about social media and digital community building to serve as a social media intern. The intern will work directly with the social media coordinator to craft and execute content for social media platforms, including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn. Applicants should be familiar with these channels and have strong communication skills, creativity to spare, and an interest in being an active part of the Tennessee Tech campus community. 

You’ll have the opportunity to work with a team of experienced professionals and learn more about how we communicate with targeted audiences, emphasize brand identity and affinity for Tech, tell stories of our community’s successes, build meaningful connections and encourage engagement using social media.

Applicants should submit a cover letter explaining your interest in social media in general, your preferred social media platforms and your interest in this position specifically; a resume outlining your experience; and a list with links to your personal social media channels, as well as any that you currently manage, to the application form.

The Office of Communications & Marketing is seeking a resourceful and motivated student to to serve as an event planning intern. The intern will work directly with the marketing associate to research, plan and execute events that help make the student experience at Tennessee Tech special.

As an event planning intern, you’ll have the opportunity to work alongside professional staff as we design and contribute to events both on and off campus from start to finish. Get a first-hand look at how to manage budgets, promotions, research and relationships with outside vendors that make university events successful.

Applicants should have an interest in being an active part of the Tennessee Tech campus community and be open to working events of all kinds, which may require alternate work hours for certain events. Submit a cover letter explaining your interest in this position and a resume to the application form.

The Office of Communications & Marketing is seeking a creative, design-minded student to serve as a creative services design intern. The intern will work directly with the creative services team to help design digital and print materials that represent that university brand in a variety of media.

As design intern, you’ll have the opportunity to work alongside professional staff as we create logos, posters, social media graphics, digital signage, website banners and more. Get a first-hand look at how to take projects from creative concept to finished product, all while incorporating the university’s brand identity.

Applicants should be familiar with Adobe Creative products and must love designing in purple and gold. Submit a cover letter explaining your interest in this position, any examples of your design work and a resume to the application form.

The Office of Communications & Marketing is seeking a creative, design-minded student to serve as a creative services student designer. The student designer will work directly with the creative services team to help design digital and print materials that represent that university brand in a variety of media.

As a student designer, you’ll have the opportunity to create logos, posters, social media graphics, digital signage, website banners and more under the guidance of experienced, professional university designers. Together with the Creative Services team, the student designer will take projects from creative concept to finished product, all while incorporating the university’s brand identity.

Applicants must be familiar with Adobe Creative products and love designing in purple and gold. Submit a cover letter explaining your interest in this position, examples of your design work and a resume to the application form.

The Office of Communications & Marketing is seeking a motivated, creative student to serve as a photo/video intern. The intern will work directly with the interactive media team to capture university happenings and help tell the university’s story in photos and videos.

As photo/video intern, you’ll have the opportunity to work alongside professional photographers and videographers as we capture images and produce videos for a variety of platforms. Get first-experience, designing and setting up photo and video shoots, assisting with live-streamed events and editing photos and videos, all while incorporating the university’s brand identity.

Applicants should be familiar with basic photo and video equipment and be eager to learn more. Experience with Lightroom is preferred. Submit a cover letter explaining your interest in this position, any examples of your photo/video work and a resume to the application form.

The Office of Communications & Marketing is seeking a motivated, creative student to work with the university’s photo and video staff. This student will work directly with the interactive media team to capture university happenings and help tell the university’s story in photos and videos.

As photo/video student, you’ll have the opportunity to work alongside professional photographers and videographers and capture images and produce videos for a variety of platforms. Build your portfolio, designing and setting up photo and video shoots, assisting with live-streamed events and editing photos and videos, all while incorporating the university’s brand identity.

Applicants must be familiar with basic photo and video equipment and be eager to learn more. Experience with Lightroom is preferred. Submit a cover letter explaining your interest in this position, any examples of your photo/video work and a resume to the application form.

The Web & Digital Media team is looking for a student editor to assist with web support for www.tntech.edu and its many sub-pages. Students with an aptitude for writing and problem-solving are highly encouraged to apply! This position does not require any experience with web editing, design, or development, though experience of that kind is a definite plus; training will be provided! 

Web support student editors will work directly with the Web & Digital Media team on a variety of projects and will gain valuable experience in web management. As businesses and social interactions take place more and more online, websites are ever more important. Learn the importance of accessibility, what goes into maintaining a brand identity in an online environment, and the day-to-day monitoring required to ensure a professional online presence. 

Applicants should have a basic familiarity with computers and be comfortable operating them. Experience with Mac OS, web management, writing content for web-based platforms, or web development is preferred; if you have examples of your work, please submit your portfolio for review. All applicants must submit a cover letter explaining their interest in this position and a resume to the application form.

The Web & Digital Media team is looking for a digital media student worker who will need to be able to design and coordinate content that supports our digital map and signage platforms that is visually appealing and aligns with the university’s brand and messaging. Skills in Adobe Creative products, Canva, or other digital content creation tools is required.

The student will support the director of web and digital media in general management and upkeep of the university’s public-facing campus maps through its content management system. Experience using online maps, such as Google, Apple, or OpenStreetMap is required. Experience with creating maps through Google Maps, OpenStreetMap or other map platforms is preferred.

Lastly, the student will support the web & digital media team to regularly survey the campus and collect information on the most relevant news and updates, buildings, points of interest, and other features to enhance the map and digital signage usability and regularly help the team to troubleshoot and resolve any bugs or issues.

Strong organizational and problem-solving skills, as well as a keen on for design and attention to detail that is required.

The Office of Communications & Marketing is seeking a student to serve as a communications intern. The intern will work directly with the communication coordinator to assist with copyediting and communications projects on behalf of the university. 

As a communications intern, you’ll have the opportunity to work alongside professional staff to perform publication review by finding any grammatical and/or spelling errors, reviewing for Associated Press and Tennessee Tech styles, verifying factual information and checking for the correct use of university logos. You may also assist with researching information and other special projects.

Applicants should be detail oriented, possess strong writing and copyediting skills and be familiar with or willing to learn AP Style. Submit a cover letter explaining your interest in this position and a resume to the application form.