MUDfest Marketing Administrator 2025

MUDfest 2025 – Marketing Administrator Call-out

Applications close : Tuesday 20 May 2025 at 5:00 PM AEST

Join the MUDfest Production Team!

We’re looking for a creative, organised and strategy-minded student to shape the public face of MUDfest 2025 as Marketing Director.

🎯 Role Focus Areas

  • Brand & Campaign Strategy – set the look, tone and messaging of the festival across all platforms

  • Digital Content & Social Media – plan, schedule and produce engaging posts, stories, reels and newsletters

  • PR & Partnerships – liaise with media outlets, student channels and arts partners for maximum reach

  • Asset & Deadline Management – coordinate with the UMSU Design team, printers and sponsors to keep everything on-brand and on-time

  • Volunteer Leadership – recruit and mentor a small crew of marketing volunteers

 

📅 Festival & Work Timeline

  • Festival dates: 19 – 23 August 2025

  • Key venues: Arts & Cultural Building (BN 159), Student Pavilion (BN 162), Market Hall (BN 189), Festival Hub @ IDA Bar (BN 168)

  • Full availability required: 11 – 29 August 2025 (bump-in, festival week, pack-down)

  • Typical load: ~2–4 hrs/week Feb → July, increasing in the four weeks pre-festival

 

💰 Remuneration

This is a contracted position with flexible work arrangements.
Flat project fee: $1,500 (paid in three instalments).

 

🌟 Key Selection Criteria

  • Currently enrolled University of Melbourne student (including VCA & Conservatorium)

  • Proven interest or experience in marketing, communications or media (on-campus or external)

  • Strong copy-writing skills and familiarity with social-media management tools (e.g. Meta Business Suite, Later, Mailchimp)

  • Ability to translate the 2025 festival theme — “Refraction: One Self, Many Reflections” — into compelling public messaging

  • Excellent planning, communication and problem-solving abilities

  • Collaborative mindset and confidence working with creatives, designers and volunteers

 

📝 How to Apply


Submit your Expression of Interest via the online form 👉

Please attach as separate files (PDF or Word):

  1. Cover letter (max 1 A4 page) addressing the Key Selection Criteria

  2. CV

Applications close: Friday 20 May 2025 at 5:00 PM AEST

Short-listed applicants will be invited to interview the following week (online or in-person at the Creative Arts Office, Level 3, BN 159).

 

❓ Questions?

Email your 2025 Creative Producers, Tianyi & Riya, at arts@union.unimelb.edu.au

 

Be the voice of the Southern Hemisphere’s largest student-run arts festival — help shape MUDfest 2025!