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Employment Period

May 19, 2025 - August 3, 2025

30- 40 hours per week with a schedule based on business needs to include weekends, holidays, and occasional evenings 

Responsibilities

ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ Public Relations

• Provides positive public relations for ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ to the Conference Groups
• Serves as a representative for ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ to the Conference Guests
• Acts as a campus Host or Hostess to the Conference Guests

Conference Planning

• Assists in coordinating all conference activities for each assigned group (reserving spaces, dining or catering, and housing for camps) 
• Manages and ensures the timely receipt of required camp documents
• Acts as daily contact person to assigned groups; serves to "personalize" ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½'s services for the conference
• Works closely with other departments of ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ and communicates with many campus personnel
• Attends weekly staff meetings
• Assists in gathering required documents to include Protection of Minors Certification, Certificates of Insurance, Reunification Plans and Liability Forms
• Attend check-in to provide directions to campus venues, answer overall questions regarding the conference and be a welcome to attendees
• Performs work as assigned by the Director of Operations for Campus Services

Conference Follow-up

• Cooperates with the Director in preparing the fiscal reports required at checkout for each assigned conference
• Writes a final evaluation for each assigned conference
• Turns in all pertinent information to the ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ Office of Conference Services

Requirements

• Strong knowledge of ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ Campus
• College student of current Freshman, Sophomore, or Junior standing
• Ability to assume responsibility for assigned duties and use own initiative in solving problems
• Typing and/or computer skills is a plus
• MS Office skills strongly preferred
• Strong organizational and time management skills
• If selected, staff member is required to attend training sessions.

Benefits

• In addition to an hourly wage, campus housing, and  a partial meal plan.

Interested?

Contact Abigail Smith at abigails@smu.edu with an email of interest (cover letter) and your current resume.  Interviews will be scheduled on an ongoing basis beginning in February until all positions are filled.