Job Description

UW Bothell offers student employment opportunities to help prepare students by providing practical work experience. Students are provided professional development and mentoring to develop skills to support post-graduation employment preparation and success.

Title: Makerspace Project Assistant

Makerspace Project Assistants (PAs) provides customer service, operations support, and marketing for the Makerspace, which is under the department of Student Engagement & Activities (SEA). Project Assistants work in a team and perform their duties both individually and collaboratively. Under the supervision of SEA professional staff, the Project Assistants support everyday Makerspace operations, which involves staffing the front desk, answering questions, cleaning and maintaining the space, performing maintenance on the machines, as well as supporting student organizations and clubs with event supplies, information, and poster printing. PAs also assist with overseeing the SEA department inventory, collecting and entering data, leading marketing and tabling efforts, maintaining social media and website, doing occasional presentations about getting involved on campus, and performing general office work.

Project Assistants gain valuable job skills, including project management, teamwork, web editing, social media management, marketing, budgeting, customer service, space operations management, time management, and more.

Project Assistants who apply for a second or third year of employment may gain additional marketable skills, including leadership, meeting facilitation, office management, and more.

Student Engagement & Activities (SEA) - Duties & Responsibilities:

• Contribute respectfully to the diverse and inclusive work environment at UWB and the Student Engagement & Activities (SEA) department

• Perform outreach to students about Makerspace and SEA programs, events, and services to promote student involvement, and provide current information about campus resources

• Maintain active, timely communication with advisor(s)/supervisor and team

• Connect with the UW Bothell student body to find out what different students want and/or need

• Maintain documents and folders in a shared digital filing system, on the student engagement platform, social media, and other technology assigned by the department

• Perform clerical duties including documenting and updating processes, data entry, maintaining work calendars, and scheduling meetings

• Support and staff SEA events and operations as needed. This includes but is not limited to: Makerspace tabling events, New Student Orientation, Welcome Week, SEA org support, Admitted Student Day, and other large-scale campus events

• Represent the SEA department at events and as requested by supervisor

• Support the recruitment of future student leaders during hiring processes

Role-specific duties

• Support and assist with all Makerspace activities and other SEA activities as needed (Campus Events Board, Club Council, Student Media)

• This role will focus more on supporting the Makerspace and day-to-day duties there such as staffing the front desk, answering questions, assisting with projects, and teaching students how to use the various machines in the Makerspace

• Provide information about the Makerspace, SEA, and related programs, events, and services to students

• Utilize social media to connect with students

• Publicize and staff student events as determined by supervisor

• Assist with development and publishing of website content for SEA department and student organization

• Promote student involvement:

• • Develop and execute quarterly social media campaign

• • Propose, develop, and manage distribution of SEA promotional materials (swag, flyers)

• • Maintain updated, accurate digital event calendars

• • Support marketing for the Makerspace and other SEA units

• Perform office management duties, such as: update job manuals and how-to guides, research and order supplies, receive shipments, process invoices, manage office cleaning schedule, staff front desk, cleaning the space, and respond to general inquiries

• Assist in organizing end-of-quarter celebrations for SEA student leaders

• Respond to and incorporate feedback from supervisor and peers 

• Collaborate and coordinate with other SEA orgs and campus partners 

• Participate in budget tracking and co-managing organization’s finances 

• Evaluate and improve the effectiveness of your work

• Develop, distribute, and analyze assessments for programs, events, and initiatives

• Reflect on your job performance, adjust and build skills as needed

• Assist with projects and tasks as assigned by their supervisor

Time Commitments:

• Work hours

• • 12.5 - 15 hours/week during fall quarter

• • 12.5- 15 hours/week during winter quarter

• • 10-19.5 hours/week during spring quarter

Hours must be regularly scheduled during business hours of 9 am to 5 pm, Monday through Friday.

Must be available to attend weekly team meetings, 1-2 hours per week, times TBD.

Work conditions

• Most work is in-person, with 2 hours per week of optional remote administrative work with prior approval

• Virtual work requires use of Zoom, Teams, and other platforms (training provided)

• Event set up and take down may require lifting boxes and equipment up to 20 lbs

• Work is completed in a shared, open-office workspace with minimal privacy

• PAs are provided with an assigned desk and desktop computer

Pay Rate:

$21.30 per hour

Pay rate anticipated to increase January 1st, 2027 by TBD amount

Employment Period

September 9th 2026 - June 30th, 2027

UW Bothell Diversity Statement: Diversity and Inclusion are core values and priorities of the University of Washington Bothell. Our work begins with the acceptance and celebration of the differences that are represented through the many diverse and minoritized communities on our campus and in the surrounding community. We recognize that we are bound together in a collective experience and that our actions impact all in our community. When we focus on the lives of the most marginalized groups among us, we also create conditions of equity, justice and academic excellence for everyone.

As embodied in our Diversity Action Plan, we are engaged in an ongoing process of identifying and confronting the ways in which institutional and interpersonal discrimination inhibits the lives and education of our students, staff and faculty.

All new student employees must also complete UW's online Title IX course about preventing and responding to sex-and gender-based violence and harassment.

Qualifications

Qualifications:

In order to be eligible for this position, applicants must be: 

• Committed to working in a culturally diverse environment 

• Interested in contributing to the mission and goals of Student Engagement & Activities (SEA) and UWB

• A matriculated University of Washington Bothell student

• Able to commit for the entire academic year, incl. fall, winter, and spring quarters

• Enrolled in at least 6 credits as an undergraduate student or at least 5 credits as a graduate student each quarter of employment

• Able to work in person (percentage of in-person work depends on position)

• Able to participate in quarterly trainings - dates listed below (subject to change):

• • Fall: September 9th-October 7th 2026 (this includes residential move in assistance and welcome events)

• • Winter: Friday, January 8, 2027

• • Spring: April 2, 2027

• • Additional trainings, as determined by supervisor 

• In good standing with UWB. Good standing is defined as: 

• • Must have a 2.5 cumulative and quarterly GPA 

• • Must be in good judicial standing (student conduct) 

Required Qualifications: 

• Basic working knowledge of event, workshop, and/or meeting planning 

• Strong interest in contributing to the mission of SEA: offering meaningful engagement to students and advocating for social justice 

• Strong interest in working in a diverse team, navigating different viewpoints, and making balanced group decisions  

• Experience in leading a team of volunteers or peer student leaders on large projects 

• Strong interest in improving campus and the UWB community for students 

• Ability to manage multiple projects and tasks, prioritize effectively, follow through on commitments, and meet deadlines 

• Ability to take initiative, proactively identify problems and creative solutions, and make informed decisions 

• Computer skills: ability to use email, Zoom, Canvas, Microsoft Word, and PowerPoint  

• Presentation skills: able to convey information in a clear, concise, and compelling way 

• Research skills: able to independently find relevant, accurate information online and in person 

• Written communication skills: able to convey information in a focused, coherent, and accurate way  

• Collaboration experience (class project, work experience, personal) 

• Demonstrated ability to hear and consider different perspectives 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with inventory and organizing supplies

• Experience successfully planning and executing events

• Intermediate presentation skills

• Graphic design skills

• Ability to learn new technology quickly

• Familiar with a variety of tools and workshop equipment; experienced as a user of a fabrication or machine shop

• Interest in any kind of design. Artistic skills are a plus

• Some IT/web skills, marketing/outreach, customer service/retail experience

• Experience working with hands-on arts and crafts

• Involved in other student organizations

• Experience with one or more of the following are a plus:

• • Sewing / embroidery

• • Cricut

• • Electronics / embedded design

• • Woodshop environments

• • 3D printing

• • Machining & power tools

• • 3D modeling

• • Computer Aided Design (CAD)

• • CNC milling

• • Social media, marketing, event-planning

Application Instructions

Application Instructions:

To submit a complete application, you will need your resume available to upload.

Applications submitted after the due date will be accepted, but they may not be considered if there is a large pool of applicants.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

University of Washington is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.

Diversity is a core value of University of WA Bothell. We believe the power of diversity enriches all of us by exposing us to a range of ways to understand and engage with the world, identify challenges, and to discover, design and deliver solutions. To learn more, read our Diversity Statement

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

University of Washington is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.

Diversity is a core value of University of WA Bothell. We believe the power of diversity enriches all of us by exposing us to a range of ways to understand and engage with the world, identify challenges, and to discover, design and deliver solutions. To learn more, read our Diversity Statement