Q Center, University of Washington
Student Engagement and Marketing Specialist
UW’S Q CENTER
The Q Center has been serving LGBTQ+ and allied students, staff, and faculty for over 20 years at the University of Washington. We are located on the Seattle campus inside the Husky Union Building. We offer programming, resources, and support to meet the evolving social, emotional, and wellness needs of our community members. We envision a community guided by principles of justice, compassion, respect, and liberation and we work to model those principles in our work every day.
The Q is a student-centered, community serving, center that values justice-oriented perspectives, strong work ethic, and meaningful engagement with the community around us. Through programs and resources, the Q Center offers students, staff, and faculty connections and possibilities. As an employee, you would contribute and be a part of a brave, affirming, liberatory, and celebratory environment for students, faculty, staff, and alumni of all sexual and gender orientations, identities, and expressions.
In addition to being a resource for students, staff, and faculty across campus, for student staff, The Q Center also serves as a professional development program, designed to provide students with skills and frameworks for work and life beyond the Q Center and the University of Washington. We both expect a strong work ethic and offer professional development in kind.
POSITION PURPOSE
The Q Center is seeking an engaging and collaborative undergraduate student to join our student staff. This role will involve engaging with fellow students both in-person as well as leading marketing and communications efforts for the student staff team. This role has the potential to take on additional responsibilities such as facilitating a discussion or activity group, running recurring community events, and contributions to the thriving and collaborative work environment at the Q Center. This student staff member is expected to uphold the mission and values of the Q Center and be an intentional, accountable partner in transforming our center’s culture.
Promising candidates will possess a passion for working in a student-centered office, stay focused in a fast-paced and lively work environment, and make strong and responsive decisions through collaboration with other leaders to support the center’s values, goals, and mission. Promising candidates will not be determined solely based on their prior knowledge or experience with the range of possible tasks associated with this role; the Q Center is more interested in hiring a student with passion for learning, excitement for trying new things, and alignment with the center’s values, goals, and programming/operational needs.
DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
Marketing and Communications – 75%
- Using multimedia skills, contribute to the Q Center’s marketing and communication efforts; this may include social media, flyering, campaign design, etc.
- Work collaboratively with other Q Center staff to steer both short- and long-term goals.
- Coordinate with peers for marketing materials to be shared through socials on a weekly basis.
- Collect Q Center events, programs, and opportunities on a monthly basis to create a monthly newsletter.
- Create, maintain, and edit content for the Q Center to align with our branding.
- Develop and disseminate information with internal and external campus partners on Queer-related issues and opportunities through Instagram.
- Cultivate professional working relationships with other UW-affiliated social media accounts to provide mutually beneficial outreach efforts.
- Will ensure Title II accessibility alignment for all digital outputs by April 2027.
- Will provide marketing and design support services (including design creation) for programs across the Q Center upon request.
Moderation Responsibilities – 10%
- Dedicate no less than 2 hours per week to reviewing, engaging, and providing moderation support to the Q Center Instagram inbox, escalating challenges or concerns to supervisors.
Primary Q Center Operations and Miscellaneous Duties – 15%
- Represent the Q Center through tabling at an event a minimum of 1 time per quarter.
- Support with front desk coverage for a minimum of 2 hours per week.
- Support with substitution for front desk shifts.
- Collaborate with other Q Center employees and teams to pick up tasks or program coverage as needed or assigned.
- Aid miscellaneous events and projects (such as, but not limited to, Lavender Graduation, Winter Kiki, Q Center events etc.).
- Support with EnGender program service delivery including binder sizing, etc.
- Support with occasional marketing and communication needs, directly supporting the efforts of the Student Engagement Team.
IMPACT TO THE UNIVERSITY
This position will play a key role in advancing the Q Center’s mission and values university-wide by ensuring all Q Center programs, events, and opportunities are made accessible to students across multiple platforms.
POSITION COMPLEXITIES
Candidates should demonstrate interest and proficiency in digital marketing, visual design, Canva and or Adobe editing excellence, and inbox moderating skills. Strong teamwork, time management, and project management skills are essential.
SUPERVISION
This position will report to the Q Center’s Associate Director for task supervision and Assistant Director for program supervision. This position will receive professional development and coaching from the Director of the Q Center.
WORKING CONDITIONS
This role is work study eligible. This is a student position limited to a maximum of 19 hours per week. More than 50% of the total hours available for this position must be completed on-site, in-space. For remote hours, this position must work independently with minimal oversight from the Director. Evening and weekend hours may be necessary. On and off-campus time may be necessary for this role. Pay for this role will range between $23 and $27, depending on demonstrated experience, skill, capacity, and scope/body of work.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
- Strong interest in engagement and facilitation skills and strong interpersonal skills.
- High level of skill and confidence with instagram.
- High level of skill and confidence in using Canva.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills; ability to communicate diplomatically and effectively with staff and students alike.
- High attention to detail and accuracy.
- High level of demonstrated professionalism and judgment.
Equivalent combination and experience may substitute for required qualifications.
To Apply: Deadline July 10th, 2026 by 5pm PST
To apply for this position, please send your resume and cover letter to the Q Center Director at brennonh@uw.edu. These materials must be submitted as PDFs or MS Word documents. For this position, we also ask for examples of marketing materials you have produced which should also be submitted in PDF format. Applications without all three materials will not be considered. Applications submitted after the deadline will not be considered. In your subject line, you must include your name and title of the position to which you are applying.
