
Student Event Associate
Part-timeAUSTIN, TXPart-time$13/hrSeen 6 days agoSeen in employer's feed 6 days ago
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The Student Event Associate supports event logistics and university outreach across four campus locations. The role includes coordinating with stakeholders, providing day-of event support, preparing event spaces and materials, maintaining inventory and documentation, and assisting with student staff training. The position requires student eligibility, a Texas driver’s license, and a minimum of five hours of work per week.
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include coordinating event logistics, managing communications, assisting with setup and teardown, maintaining inventory, and ensuring event spaces are prepared. The role requires strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to work collaboratively with various stakeholders. Job ResponsibilitiesEvent OutreachDirect emails to the appropriate individual and respond to emails within 48 hours.Partner with stakeholders to coordinate meetings and review event proposals.Event SupportEnter event details into the Momentus system.Provide day-of event support across four campus locations, including coordinating real-time changes, delivering audiovisual (AV) assistance, and offering responsive customer service and problem-solving to both clients and stakeholders.Conduct walkthroughs of event spaces before and after events and coordinate with the Event Organizer. Communicate changes to appropriate parties and assist with event setup flips.Support Conference and Event Services leadership by providing event-related information and operational support.Pull inventory and create event-specific setups. Maintain inventory lists, research new supplies, and oversee AV and event equipment inventoriesOrder, prepare, and distribute event materials. Document damaged or missing items.Operate and monitor lighting, AV systems, and door access.Assist with interviews for Longhorn Hospitality and plan training for new student staff.Maintain Event Service documentation in designated locations and systems.Update and create web content related to events and conferences.Compile assessment feedback for events and conferences.University OutreachSchedule benchmarking meetings with other universities. Create proposals based on benchmarking.Other duties as assigned.RequirementsComplete 24 semester hours before employment.Work a minimum of 5 hours per week.Maintain a GPA of 2.5 or above and remain in good disciplinary standing.No other assistantship or employment during the period of employment, unless approved (max 5 hours/week on-campus).Limit course load to 16 credit hours during long sessions and 12 hours during summer.Must be a regularly enrolled student at the University of Texas at Austin as defined by the Quantity of Work Rule in the General Information catalogueMust have a Texas drivers license. Staff will operate a University vehicle due to the nature and responsibility of this position.Compensation$13.00 / hourWorking ConditionsTasks involve climbing stairs, bending, stooping, kneeling, and lifting up to 20 pounds. You will be trained in and expected to use safe lifting and transport techniques.Standard UniformBusiness Casual attire.Required MaterialsResume
How this job compares
Set against the 607 open Event Coordinator jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$13/hr
- US median$18–21/hr196 hourly ranges
This rate, $13/hr, is 34% below the US median midpoint ($20/hr) — in the lowest quarter of Event Coordinator hourly ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 78 open Event Coordinator jobs in Texas and 607 across the US. 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Texas
- UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN (this employer)29 open
- Michaels11 open
- Main Event (D&B)7 open
- Experience
- Event Coordinator postings that state a minimum ask for 2 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 3 years (226 postings).
- Education
- 32 of the 607 open Event Coordinator jobs (5%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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