Employment Opportunities
WUGA currently has this paid position:
WUGA Website and Social Media Coordinator (Part-time)
WUGA is looking for a part-time Website and Social Media Coordinator to maintain WUGA.org and WUGA'S social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram and Threads. This individual will provide critical social media support to promote and enhance the connection of WUGA FM with listeners in Athens and surrounding counties. Duties may include managing station podcasts, developing original website reporting on local issues and events, creating data analytics reports and strategizing social media and website content accordingly. Familiarity with Adobe Creative Suite preferred.
This position reports to the WUGA Program Director.
To apply, submit your resume and cover letter through the UGA jobs portal: https://www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/411381
WUGA FM offers internships to University of Georgia students in a variety areas of radio station operation. Interested candidates should apply through https://app.joinhandshake.com
News/Athens News Matters
Interns in the newsroom have an opportunity to contribute content, written or voiced, to WUGA FM's news products, including daily newscasts and our weekly public affairs program, Athens News Matters.
Many of our interns have gone on to successful careers in broadcasting at NPR and its affiliate stations. Working with our news producers and reporters, interns work on scripts for news stories, conduct research, work with anchors to prepare them for interviews, edit audio, and with exceptionally qualified candidates, report, produce, and voice their own work.
The ideal candidate for this internship should have strong writing skills, a familiarity with how to write journalistically, and have a proven ability to meet deadlines.
Operations/Production
Develop a detailed understanding of the operational functions at an NPR-affiliated radio station. Provide hands-on support in preparing program materials, conducting program historical research, observing station staff in preparing automation systems for error-free, professional-sounding broadcasts. Acquire detailed understanding of the broadcast process. This is an on-site internship.
WUGA Website and Social Media Coordinator (Part-time)
WUGA is looking for a part-time Website and Social Media Coordinator to maintain WUGA.org and WUGA'S social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram and Threads. This individual will provide critical social media support to promote and enhance the connection of WUGA FM with listeners in Athens and surrounding counties. Duties may include managing station podcasts, developing original website reporting on local issues and events, creating data analytics reports and strategizing social media and website content accordingly. Familiarity with Adobe Creative Suite preferred.
This position reports to the WUGA Program Director.
To apply, submit your resume and cover letter through the UGA jobs portal: https://www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/411381
WUGA FM offers internships to University of Georgia students in a variety areas of radio station operation. Interested candidates should apply through https://app.joinhandshake.com
News/Athens News Matters
Interns in the newsroom have an opportunity to contribute content, written or voiced, to WUGA FM's news products, including daily newscasts and our weekly public affairs program, Athens News Matters.
Many of our interns have gone on to successful careers in broadcasting at NPR and its affiliate stations. Working with our news producers and reporters, interns work on scripts for news stories, conduct research, work with anchors to prepare them for interviews, edit audio, and with exceptionally qualified candidates, report, produce, and voice their own work.
The ideal candidate for this internship should have strong writing skills, a familiarity with how to write journalistically, and have a proven ability to meet deadlines.
Operations/Production
Develop a detailed understanding of the operational functions at an NPR-affiliated radio station. Provide hands-on support in preparing program materials, conducting program historical research, observing station staff in preparing automation systems for error-free, professional-sounding broadcasts. Acquire detailed understanding of the broadcast process. This is an on-site internship.