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Student Copywriter

Part-time

University of Utah

SALT LAKE CITY, UTPart-timeSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed 2 days ago

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At a glance

Compensation
No compensation found
Location
SALT LAKE CITY, UT
Schedule
Part-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The University of Utah’s Communications and Outreach team in the Office of the Chief Financial Officer seeks a part-time student employee to support writing across the enterprise. The role offers hands-on experience in professional writing, digital communications, and content development for internal and external audiences, with one-on-one mentoring and opportunities to build a writing and editing portfolio.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Professional WritingDigital CommunicationsContent DevelopmentAudience EngagementProject CoordinationCross-Functional Collaboration

Qualifications

Sophomore or Junior

Full job description

The Communications and Outreach team in the Office of the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) seeks a part-time student employee to help support writing efforts across the enterprise. The position offers the chance to gain hands-on, real-world experience in professional writing, digital communications and content development for internal and external audiences. The ideal candidate is a sophomore or junior majoring in Communications, English, Journalism or related program. The student employee will collaborate with team members to generate website content, email communications, news and announcements and support in other departmental communication initiatives as needed.Learning Opportunity:This position provides practical experience and one-on-one mentoring in professional communications, digital content strategy, editorial planning and communication process improvement. The student will build a portfolio of writing and editing experience while developing skills in audience engagement, project coordination and cross-functional collaboration.

How this job compares

Set against the 1,956 open Communications jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 6, 2026.

Pay
  • This postingNot listed
  • US median$108–162K/yr1,007 salary ranges
  • US median$22–38/hr341 hourly ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 35 open Communications jobs in Utah and 1,956 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Utah
Experience
Communications postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 3 to 8 years (1,225 postings).
Education
828 of the 1,956 open Communications jobs (42%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 6, 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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