Student Media Editorial Advisor

Educational Specialist

Hiring Unit: OFC OF VP FOR STUDENT SUCCESS, STUDENT CO-CURRICULAR SUCCESS, STUDENT LIFE & DEVELOPMENT

Location:

UH at Manoa

Closing Date:
July 20, 2026

Band: B

Salary: salary schedules and placement information

Full Time/Part Time:
Full-time

Month: 11-month

Temporary/Permanent:
Permanent

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Exercises leadership and supports students responsible for the delivery of student media programs which are aimed to improve students' journalistic integrity, writing literacy and interpersonal and leadership skills in a media setting.
• Provides editorial mentorship and fosters professional development by guiding student editors in reading, evaluating and selecting literary/journalistic submissions.
• Advises students on the structure and knowledge of journalistic practice in a multimodal media environment to gather information, write, edit, and design digital media platforms (inclusive of print, online and broadcasting).
• Conducts training on the ethics and responsibilities of the press or broadcast media, writing and editing principles, interviewing techniques and fundamental design to ensure students have an overall understanding of contemporary media.
• Initiates and supports policies that will ensure that students have the freedom to establish and operate student media, free from institutional censorship that reflects the constitutional right of the free press and adheres to professional and ethical standards prescribed by the Society of Professional Journalism.
• Guides student staff in establishing, implementing, applying, and evaluating a responsible editorial/broadcast policy and management style that reflect the best ideals of the student media. Uses best practices and sound academic processes.
• Ensures collaboration between student media programs and teams especially student volunteers, student employees, and others that promote the co-curricular experience and out-of-classroom learning.
• Exercises budgetary discretion and accountability for delegated accounts.
• Develops, implements and evaluates a program training curriculum for student media that is based on sound editorial principles and student development theory that results in students producing a better-quality media product in the out-of-classroom setting.
• Provides organizational advising, counseling and training to assigned student media organizations, student media leaders, and student program staff members in order to improve students' interpersonal and leadership skills to work effectively within organizational settings. Uses industry and peer best practice standards in the delivery of the program curriculum.
• Assesses student learning in the areas of student leadership and student organizations. Uses student leadership development theories to identify critical skills and to evaluate skill attainment as well as personal learning outcomes for students.
• Researches and collects data related to student media programs including digital and internet-based communication channels, student leadership, organizational development, and in areas that will contribute to short and long-term program development.
• Builds and maintains positive working relationships with relevant academic programs, particularly Communication, Speech, Journalism, English, and Art to maximize student participation in student media programs and to promote students' abilities to interrelate classroom and practical publication learning.
• Accesses professional resources within the local and national community to support the programming curriculum.
• Serves as the liaison for Student Life and Development in collaboration with UH Office of Communications and UH News, Department of Public Safety, Office of Risk Management, College of Social Sciences particularly Journalism, Communicology, and other key University departments to ensure lines of communication are open as it pertains to student media.
• Performs proper oversight for assigned workspace(s) and reports facility maintenance needs to appropriate facilities staff, in a timely manner.
• Assists in developing and facilitating training in the administration of assigned student media programs to direct reports as well as support to other units, as requested or needed.
• Provides training, supervision, guidance, and coaching to ensure optimal staff performance.
• Participates via institutional and/or personal membership in relevant professional associations appropriate to the position.
• Keeps abreast of trends and best practice standards by participating in professional development opportunities.
• Works beyond normal business hours including evenings, weekends, and/or holidays as needed.
• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Possession of a baccalaureate degree in journalism, broadcast communication, English, advertising, education or related field and 3 year(s) of progressively responsible professional experience with responsibilities for journalism and media publication or providing educational services or counseling, of which at…