Join The Club's Marketing Team
- Human Resource Assistants
- Mar 8
- 3 min read
Do you want to help build a marketing strategy for the DC Blogging Club? Through campus initiatives, events, workshops, and online content, the Marketing Team works together to promote the club, foster creativity, highlight student achievements, and strengthen the club’s presence both on campus and online. Marketing Assistants gain practical experience in branding, communication, and content strategy while contributing to a growing student media platform.
What Does The Marketing Team Do?
The Marketing Team works closely with the Marketing Coordinator, Lead Content Editor, Art Coordinator, and Lead Graphic Designer to promote everything the DC Blogging Club does, from event launches to social media campaigns. Our goal is to create engaging, consistent messaging that reflects the club’s mission of empowering students through blogging, creativity, and digital literacy.
Behind the scenes, the team brainstorms ideas, plans campaigns, and creates content. Using metrics from our website and social media, they also review and analyze data to track engagement. Their goal is to ensure the club maintains a strong and recognizable presence across all platforms, including Instagram and Facebook.
The Marketing Team also works offline on campus through poster distribution, tabling events, and acting as representatives who help educate students about upcoming activities. While supporting behind-the-scenes operations is important, Marketing Assistants are not required to attend each event—though they are always welcome to collaborate with the Events Team.
What Does A Marketing Assistant Do?
As a Marketing Assistant, you’ll support the day-to-day marketing efforts of the club while developing practical skills along the way. Your responsibilities may include:
Assisting with planning and creating social media content for platforms such as Instagram and Facebook.
Supporting promotional campaigns for club events, meetings, workshops, and special initiatives.
Collaborating with club leadership to ensure marketing content aligns with club goals, values, and branding.
Attending events to take photos and videos for social media.
Writing captions, announcements, and promotional copy.
Tracking and analyzing basic engagement metrics—such as likes, shares, comments, reach, and follower growth—as a team to inform marketing decisions.
Supporting on-campus marketing efforts by distributing posters and flyers.
Helping maintain a consistent visual identity and tone across marketing materials.
Coordinating with content creators and club members to highlight blog posts, achievements, and student voices.
Contributing creative ideas to increase engagement and visibility during meetings.
Assisting with content calendars, documentation, and other administrative marketing tasks as needed.
What’s In It for You?
Be listed on the website as part of the club’s Leadership Team.
Gain hands-on marketing and communications experience.
Build a professional portfolio.
Develop leadership and teamwork skills.
Network with students, club leaders, and faculty.
Make a visible impact on campus life.
Add a leadership role to your resume.
The Ideal Candidate
This role is ideal for students who are curious about marketing, branding, and digital content creation and who want to gain real experience in a supportive, student-run organization. While students in Marketing, Communications, Business, Media, or Human Resources programs may find this role especially relevant, anyone with strong communication skills and an interest in creative outreach is encouraged to apply.
Requirements
Strong written communication skills with attention to tone, clarity, and grammar.
Ability to operate a phone camera and perform basic video editing.
Interest in marketing, social media, and digital content.
Ability to work collaboratively in a team-based environment.
Strong organization and time-management skills.
Reliability, professionalism, and a willingness to learn.
Must be a current full-time Durham College student.
Assets (Nice to Have)
Experience managing or contributing to social media accounts.
Familiarity with Canva, Adobe tools, or similar design platforms.
Basic understanding of analytics or content scheduling tools.
Interest in blogging, writing, or digital storytelling.
Previous involvement in clubs, student leadership, or campus events.
How to Apply
If you are not currently a member of the club, you can apply to this role through our general application on the Join Us page. Within the survey, there is a question asking if you would like more information on any of our club’s sub-groups, including the Marketing Team. Check the box next to the Marketing Team, and someone from our HR Team will follow up with more information.
If you are already a club member, reach out to the Club Director or HR Team in the club chat to learn more. If you can’t access the chat, please use the contact form on the website to inquire about the role.
Time Commitment
This is a part-time, volunteer student leadership role. Time commitment varies depending on club activities and campaigns, with an average of a few hours per week. Tasks are divided among participating team members and are largely collaborative.
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