Student Work Opportunities

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Hands-on Student Work Opportunities

The following positions have been submitted to the MCMA Webmaster (Donnie Laur - This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) or they have been gathered from available campus resources. A full list of current job postings for student work jobs is available from the Financial Aid Office website at http://www.siu.edu/~fao/jobs/jobs.htm.

The jobs that are listed here focus on SIU student work opportunities have the possibility to provide hands-on experience for a MCMA student.

The College of Mass Communication and Media Arts also provides Career Services professional development workshops during the fall and spring semesters that help students develop resumes, cover letters, and other necessary materials as well as help with other professional development skills. Students may also sign up for MCMAĆ­s Job Opportunities listserv by emailing This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
Posted Positions
Summer Morning Board Operator

WSIU Radio Operations currently has an opening for a Summer Morning Board Operator. Student must be enrolled full-time for the summer semester. The Morning Board Operator works 5am to 9am Monday through Friday, and is responsible for running board for local news during Morning Edition. They are also responsible for monitoring the transmitters and station outputs, light production work, and other radio operational duties as needed. This must be a dedicated, responsible person willing to be awake and alert during early morning hours. Contact Lisa Morrisette at 453-6185 ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )

Website, Marketing, Social Networking

The SIU Alumni Association is seeking a creative individual to update and maintain the Association's Website. The individual will be responsible for posting new stories, events, and other content to the main site as well as maintaining the Association's Facebook page. Knowledge of HTML will be helpful. The ideal candidate should be detail oriented and have an interest in marketing the site as well as enhancing the social and career networking areas of siualumni.com. This position is open to undergraduate students only and a valid driver's license is required. Please send resume to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Alumni Services.


Continuous Postings
COMPUTER/MEDIA LAB ASSISTANTS

Provide practical assistance and technical support in a Mac OS X computer lab. Positions require dependable, punctual, self-motivated students with excellent customer service/people skills, good written and verbal communication skills, and flexible morning, night, and weekend availability. Ideal candidates are undergraduate freshmen and sophomores with hands-on-digital media productions experience (as video editors, audio pros, graphic designers, visual effects artists, etc.), majoring in Cinema & Photography, Radio-Television, Journalism, Art & Design, and Music. Email Eric Rowan ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) or apply in person at Computer Learning Center 4/New Media Center in the Communications Building, Room 9 (basement). NO PHONE CALLS, PLEASE!

Master Control Operator

Previous Master Control experience. Mandatory VOLUNTEER TRAINING to start (all operators begin as volunteers for at least 1 semester).. Familiar with tape set for on-air playback; satellite down linking experience; various duties associated with master control. Broadcasting Services Communications Bldg 1048 and 1075. Please call Jim Eagelston at 453-6133 to set up an interview.

Department of Cinema and Photography



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Offers undergraduate and graduate courses in the history, theory, criticism, and production of cinema, photography, and digital arts. Our educational orientation is a holistic, arts and humanities based understanding of media as social and cultural practice.

Department of Radio-Television



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Offering a combination of theoretical and practical hands-on opportunities such as radio stations, broadcast television, and alt.news.

School of Journalism



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The SoJ combines a broad exposure to the liberal arts with a detailed understanding of journalism in modern society.

Graduate Studies



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The MCMA Graduate Studies Program is a flexible, college-wide program that emphasizes a cross-disciplinary approach where intellectual and creative diversity are recognized as integral to artistic and scholastic excellence.