The Cluster Staff Positions

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Job Family: Student Regular Wage, Student Work Study

Department: Student Affairs, General University

Supervisor: Sheronda Abbott

Job Title: The Cluster Staff Positions

Job Description:

Write, take photos, make videos, and/or create social media posts for Mercer's award-winning online student newspaper, The Mercer Cluster. We publish stories daily from August to May. Students are encouraged to attend our meetings to pitch ideas and develop their journalistic, writing, and digital content creation skills. Meetings will be held weekly in The Cluster's office space in the Mercer Innovation Center and are open to all students regardless of major.

Some knowledge of writing, photography, video, and social media is a bonus, but not required. Knowledge of AP style, Photoshop, and InDesign is also a bonus.

Please submit past articles or work using this link

Pay Rate:$10.00/hour, paid by the published piece and not hours worked.

Scheduled Hours: 10

Start Date: 08/13/2026

End Date: 05/10/2027