"Co-Curricular Fellow"

Position Overview

The Hubbard School of Journalism and Mass Communication in the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities invites nominations and applications for a part-time Curricular Development Fellow to assist educational initiatives that support student professional development. Specific responsibilities for the position will be negotiated with the director.

Responsibilities

The role of the fellow is to support extracurricular educational initiatives for specific programs through administrative oversight and student engagement and mentoring in ways that align with the candidate’s professional background.

Additional responsibilities include:

• Advise students about professional career concerns both individually and collectively through group engagement.
• Contribute to the delivery of educational initiatives through professional interactions and standard-setting.
• Provide collaborative mentoring, as assigned, or substitute instructional support for educational initiative programming or engaged-learning activities.
• Participate in School colloquia and provide updates on developments and trends in the professional field through reading, participation in professional organizations, publications, public speaking and network development within the community.
• Support the unit’s efforts to infuse professional competencies and principles in line with accreditation expectations.

This is a temporary, part-time position during fall semester 2025 (8/25/2025 to 1/7/2026) or spring semester 2026 (1/8/2026-5/24/2026), or both. This does not constitute a posting for vacancies, but establishes a pool of applicants should openings be available during the Academic Year 2025-2026. This position may be renewed, subject to satisfactory performance and available funding.

Compensation

Compensation range: $2,000-$4,000 per semester dependent on experience, qualifications and project scope.

Required Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree and at least three years of documented professional achievement in a relevant journalism, advertising, public relations, or media industry field or equivalent. Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Demonstrated professional experience relevant working on issues related to strategic communication, journalism, and media and information curriculum.

Preferred Qualifications

Professional experience at the national and local level in nonprofit, journalism, agency or corporate settings. Work experience in journalism to include significant regional and/or national reporting assignments, visual editing and/or reporting skills. Work experience in strategic communication to include management of significant communication budgets, public relations and advertising campaigns.