As an LSE Student Conference Ambassador, you’ll help us develop and promote our annual Interdisciplinary Student Research Conference, a space to interrogate how we approach research questions and disseminate knowledge by hearing from LSE students and alumni. The conference will be held on 14 June during LSE Festival week.
Working as part of a small team of ambassadors, your tasks might include:
- Filming and editing video content for the LSE website and social media
- Writing newsletter articles, social media and blog posts
- Supporting the smooth running of the conference in June
- Editorial ownership of the conference programme
- Engaging with students and staff members face-to-face and over email to promote the conference
- Gathering content at the conference (e.g. vox pops, photos, interviews with participants)
- Documenting and sharing your own experiences with student research.
About you
- Excellent English written and verbal communication skills
- A creative thinker, able to use your initiative to solve problems
- Excellent proof-reader with an eye for detail
- Able to work well independently and as part of a team
- Highly organised and confident to handle logistical and administrative tasks
- Desirable skills include filming and editing video content
- Other creative skills like photography or design using Canva, as well as previous events experience, are a bonus
- All levels of study are welcome to apply.
What you’ll get
- Experience working in a busy communications office
- See your work published on LSE channels
- Be part of the team behind a flagship student event
- Help develop LSE’s student research culture
- £13.54 per hour.
Working hours
Please note that this is a flexible, part-time role, and some weeks will be busier than others, but you will need to commit a minimum of two hours per week. Successful applicants should expect to come into the LSE Communications Division office on campus on a Thursday or Friday once per week during term time. Additional hours can be undertaken remotely.
How to apply
Please send a concise cover letter explaining why you are suited to this role (max 400 words), along with an example of content you've created - this could be a video, blog post, social media post etc., to communications.internal@lse.ac.uk. Use the subject line: Conference Ambassador application. The deadline for applications is 11:59pm on Monday 6 February.
Interviews will take place week commencing 13 February.
Please note that all applicants must be able to demonstrate that they are eligible to work in the UK at the point at which the role commences.