Job Description 40% - The Public Relations Director shall be responsible for maintaining the Student Senate social media accounts, and website. 10% - The Public Relations Director is responsible for formulating and coordinating a Student Senate Outreach Plan for the academic year. 10% - The Public Relations Director shall be responsible for distributing news releases to local media sources with pertinent Student Senate news, as well as monitoring coverage of senate in local media sources. 10% - The Public Relations Director shall be responsible for sending and correspondence, on behalf of the Student Senate, to individuals, organizations, and businesses. 5% - The Public Relations Director shall be responsible for distributing news releases outlining the decisions of the line-item, block, and fee review committees to the Student Senate website and Student Senate social media accounts, as well as to local media outlets at 38 their discretion, within 72 hours of the conclusion of line-item, block, and fee-review committees. 5% - The Public Relations Director shall be responsible for publicizing the Spring General Election, which shall include the creation of an election guide on the Student Senate website and a non-partisan guide of the Student Coalitions and Candidates running in the election. 5% - Work with the Outreach Director to support them through social media and official communications to student organizations. 5% - Be responsible for other tasks as may be assigned by the Student Senate Constitution, the Student Body President, the Student Executive Council, or the Student's Assembly. 2% - The Public Relations Director shall be responsible for creating and maintaining a calendar on the Student Senate website with all publicly available Student Senate council, committee, board, and other relevant meetings and events sent to the Public Relations Director, via email. 2% - Serve as an ex-officio, non-voting member of the Students Assembly and Student Executive Council. 2% - Coordinate and ensure streaming all Students Assembly meetings. 2% - Create and/or approve all Student Senate logos and branding directions. 2% - Maintain an up-to-date list of all Student Senate passwords. Required Qualifications * During the semester term of the appointment, the student hourly must be enrolled in no fewer than 6 credit hours. For summer periods the student hourly must: * have been enrolled in no less than 6 hours in the past spring semester or * be pre-enrolled in upcoming fall semester in no less than 6 hours or * be enrolled in summer session or * be admitted to study in the upcoming fall semester. Student Hourlies may be undergraduate or graduate students. (Exceptions granted for GRA/GTA/GA appointments DO NOT apply to Student Hourly appointments) Preferred Qualifications * Public Relations experience * Social Media experience * Knowledge of Student Senate * Great communications skills * Initiative and innovative * Microsoft Word experience * Web experience * Adobe Suite experience