Help Shape Bradley’s Digital Campus Experience!

Want to help build and promote the digital home for Bradley University?

Join the Be Connected Student Team and make a real impact on how students, faculty, and staff access information, connect with each other, and navigate university life.

We’re looking for creative, collaborative, and tech-savvy students to support Be Connected 2.0—the next phase of Bradley’s digital engagement platform (powered by Pathify). Students selected for this team will serve in one or several functional roles, each shaping a different part of the platform experience.

About Be Connected

Be Connected is Bradley’s unified digital experience platform—your one-stop hub for systems, services, events, academics, campus life, and more. Its purpose is to provide a holistic, student-centered digital experience that improves success, connection, and confidence across all Bradley communities.

Whether it’s finding resources, navigating campus services, or staying engaged, Be Connected aims to make information easy, intuitive, and accessible when users need it.

You will help with the following tasks as part of a team of students.

1. User Testing & Satisfaction

Organize small focus groups and usability tests.
Identify issues and propose actionable improvements.
Assist in analyzing analytics

2. Communications

Build and execute a Communications Plan
Create visuals or short-form videos
Support accessibility improvements in written content.

3. Operations & Data

Assist with analytics reports (usage, page views, search behavior).
Help track content health, flag outdated resources, and support workflows.
Audit and refresh content

4. Content Migration

Add content to Be Connected and apply tagging/meta-data.
Maintain a shared content inventory for tracking

Personal Benefits:

Be part of a fun, forward-thinking project that’s shaping the future of Bradley’s digital experience.
Gain skills that boost your education and future career through hands-on,real user experience, content strategy, communications, or technical work
Grow as a professional—strengthen your leadership, design, communication, and project management skills.
Work directly with classmates, faculty, and staff to create engaging digital experiences for the Bradley community.
Collaborate with university teams on exciting initiatives that impact students across campus.
Build your network by connecting with campus leaders and key university partners.
Share your work confidently by presenting ideas and solutions that shape Bradley’s digital portal

Required Qualifications:

Comfortable with technology, with a willingness to learn new digital tools quickly.
Creative problem-solver who enjoys finding solutions and improving processes.
Team player who can bring fresh ideas with strong communication skills
Enrolled full-time with a minimum GPA of 3.0
Dependable, professional, and able to maintain confidentiality (especially around student and employee records)

Additional preferred skills may include:

Writing, editing, or content creation experience
Research, survey, or feedback collection experience
Web development familiarity (HTML/CSS/JavaScript)
Data or analytics interest
Graphic design or multimedia skills
Strong interpersonal or outreach abilities

How to Apply

Please submit the following:

1. Resume

Include any relevant experience such as digital projects, writing samples, design work, outreach involvement, or a portfolio link (if applicable). Show us what you could bring to the team!

2. Cover Letter

Address the following questions:

What has been your experience using Be Connected or another campus portal?
Which of the Be Connected 2.0 responsibilities interests you most, and why?
How do you see yourself contributing to the future of Bradley’s digital experience?
If you do not meet all requirements, what strengths or experiences would still make you a strong candidate?

Location

On campus — Morgan Hall

Flexible hours + hybrid options may be available for certain tasks.

We live in an increasingly interconnected world where discovery happens through collaboration that spans technical and socioeconomic boundaries. We support the National Science Foundation’s assertion that national and global societal challenges cannot be solved by a single discipline. Therefore, to prepare the leaders of tomorrow, we embrace the idea of convergence, which allows our graduates to develop critical thinking skills to tackle the complex challenges that face humanity. Here in the Caterpillar College of Engineering and Technology, we seek to infuse interdisciplinary approaches in our curricula, research efforts and community service, in partnership with stakeholders, to provide students with exceptional learning experiences and the ability to contribute solutions with positive societal impact. We invite you to visit our Business and Engineering Convergence Center, home to state-of-the-art laboratories, active learning classrooms, and collaborative learning spaces. We offer BS civil, mechanical, electrical, industrial and manufacturing engineering programs accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, manufacturing engineering technology program accredited by the Engineering Technology Accreditation Commission of ABET, and a construction management program accredited by ACCE. We offer an array of engineering masters degrees as well. Strong ties with national and international industry partners allow us to provide cutting-edge experiential learning opportunities for our students, including industry-sponsored senior design projects. Our engineering and technology alumni include industry leaders at Fortune 500 companies, trailblazing innovators and entrepreneurs, and top-level researchers and academic leaders. Visit our webpage at https://www.bradley.edu/academic/colleges/egt/ or contact us at becdean@bradley.edu to discover more about the Caterpillar College of Engineering and Technology.

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