Student job: EDLAB is looking for a student colleague with design skills

• Around 8 hours per week.
• Temporary contract for one year or more through InterUM
• You will work partly at EDLAB and may need to attend selected events and activities on location.

• Create and adapt designs for social media and other digital channels.
• Design communication materials such as reports, booklets, flyers, posters, presentations and website banners.
• Edit short videos and prepare visual content in the correct formats for different channels.
• Learn and apply the UM house style and EDLAB’s visual identity consistently.
• Adapt designs for different formats, purposes and audiences.
• Organise design files and templates so that they can be easily found, adapted and reused.
• Attend selected EDLAB events and activities to record video.
• Support the communications advisor with social media texts, website content, news items, interviews and event reports, depending on your skills and interests.

• You are currently enrolled as a student at Maastricht University.
• You have an affinity with visual design, communications and educational topics.
• You have a good eye for layout, typography, colour, images and visual consistency.
• You can work with Canva, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator or InDesign
• You can edit videos using Adobe Premiere Pro.
• You can interpret a brief and turn it into a clear and appealing design.
• You work carefully and pay close attention to detail.
• You can plan your work, manage different assignments and meet agreed deadlines.
• You can work independently and respond constructively to feedback.
• Additional writing, interviewing, photography and event reporting skills are highly valued.
• You communicate clearly in English.
• Please include a portfolio of relevant design work with your application.

• Varied design assignments across EDLAB’s online and printed communication channels.
• The opportunity to develop your design skills and expand your portfolio.
• Guidance and regular feedback from the communications advisor.
• Experience working with the UM house style and producing materials for different audiences and purposes.
• A friendly working environment with colleagues from different educational and professional backgrounds.
• A desk at EDLAB, with some flexibility to work from home.

EDLAB is Maastricht University’s Centre for Teaching & Learning. We interact with the UM teaching and learning community, support educational development and share knowledge and resources that improve teaching and learning.

EDLAB was founded in 2015 and is based at the Tapijn barracks in Maastricht. Our team works on topics such as Problem-Based Learning, educational innovation, professional development, student engagement and education research.

For more information, visit:
https://www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/edlab