UDC Pepsi Student Brand Ambassador Program

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Do you crave a challenge, have a creative spark, and love to bring the energy? Do you want a real-world marketing gig with million-dollar brands? Are you driven to do an excellent job while working independently? Are you an active student and know your college campus like the back of your hand?  Where the hotspots are? What the biggest clubs are? What about Greek Life?

If so, you may be the perfect PepsiCo student brand ambassador.

UDC Pepsi Campus Ambassadors are current students at UDC. Their role is to engage in outreach to students at their campus about the UDC and Pepsi partnership, and to support all campus events sponsored by Pepsi. Campus Ambassadors report to the Office of Auxiliary Enterprises (OAE).  Campus Ambassadors will also work closely with the UDC Office of Marketing. There will be one ambassador for the Van Ness campus and another for the Community College campus.

Qualifications:

• Currently enrolled at UDC taking a minimum of 6 hours
• Have minimum 2.5 GPA
• Outstanding customer service skills
• Ability to positively engage the student body, faculty and staff
• Ability to represent the Pepsi brand in a positive manner
• Experience utilizing social media platforms (ie. Instagram, Facebook, SnapChat and Twitter)
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Social influencer
• Ability to engage a crowd and naturally outgoing personality
• Strong team player but also possessing the ability to work independently
• Ability to multitask and prioritize workload (academic and brand ambassador)
• Access to cellphone and/or computer
• Self-starter
• Results-oriented
• PowerPoint and Excel experience
• Some experience with photography and videography

Requirements/What you will do:

• Promote a variety of PepsiCo beverages
• Plan/Host one event per month during the academic year creating brand awareness to the University community (total 9 events)
• Partner with athletics on special promotions for all sports
• Take surveys during each event to report back to Office of Auxiliary Enterprises (OAE) for data collection
• Pass out Pepsi products during events planned and hosted by ambassador
• Ensure product knowledge and brand talking points are communicated effectively
• Submit recaps and pictures immediately after events complete
• Create a unique customer experience to increase brand awareness and build customer loyalty
• Document events on social media.
• Have a problem-solving mindset, but know when you might need a hand
• Comply with program, campus, and legal guidelines

Why Else Should I Apply?

• Stipend available for brand ambassador
• Perks: Brand Ambassadors will be supplied with several different PepsiCo products to sample.
• Experience: This is your opportunity to gain some real-world marketing experience with some major international brands (Can you say resume-builder?)

Hours Required:

• About 2-8 hours per week for 8 weeks

Do you have what it takes?

Submit a 30 sec video/commercial showcasing the UDC Pepsi partnership and highlighting the best attributes of the UDC community.

Submission Guidelines

• Submit a 30-sec video/commercial showcasing the UDC-Pepsi partnership and highlighting the best attributes of the UDC community.
• Submit resume (please include your student N number)
• Submit YouTube link (make your video unlisted) of video/commercial created
• Submit a brief statement as to why you should be a UDC Pepsi Brand Student Ambassador

Submit all items in one email and/or questions to udc-communications@udc.edu.

DEADLINE –  January 18, 2019 @ 5pm.

Winner will be announced on Live Stream of Pepsi Ribbon Cutting on January 23, 2019