The Department of Design housed in Chalmers Hall prepares animators, illustrators, experience designers, graphic designers, marketing creatives, motion designers, photographers, product designers, UX/UI developers, and other multidisciplinary communicators to thrive as innovative practitioners and socially-engaged leaders in an ever-changing professional field.
- 50%: Support course preparation, tutorials, lab sessions.
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40%: Assist professor in grading homework assignments & exams.
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10% Other duties as assigned.
- Must be in good academic standing
- Demonstrated ability to follow instructions as demonstrated in application materials.
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Working knowledge of common design software as demonstrated in application materials.
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Department of Design student.
During the semester term of the appointment, the student hourly must be enrolled in no fewer than 6 credit hours. For summer periods the student hourly must: (1) have been enrolled in no less than 6 hours in the past spring semester or (2) be pre-enrolled in the upcoming fall semester in no less than 6 hours or (3) be enrolled in summer session or (4) be admitted to study in the upcoming fall semester. Student Hourlies may be undergraduate or graduate students. (Exceptions granted for GRA/GTA/GA appointments DO NOT apply to Student Hourly appointments).
(1) Student employees are not eligible for remote work arrangements unless an exception is approved by the unit leadership and HR.
(2) This is an hourly/non-exempt position. A student employee cannot hold an hourly/non-exempt position and a salaried/exempt graduate or undergraduate position (GRA/GTA/GA/RUA/RGA) concurrently.
In addition to the online application, the following documents are required to be considered for this position:
Cover letter describing how you meet the required and preferred qualifications.
Resume
List of three (3) professional references
Application review begins Saturday August 1, 2026 and will continue until a qualified pool of applicants are identified.
Jeremy Shellhorn
jeshell@ku.edu
11.00
Saturday August 15, 2026
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