Career Opportunity: Smart Trips Austin Communications Ambassador

Are you passionate about helping people connect to their community? Do you want to make an impact in assisting fellow Austinites increase their mobility by walking, bicycling, scooting, riding the bus, and carpooling? If so, this job is for you!

Smart Trips Austin is hiring a full-time, Communications Ambassador to conduct community outreach and lead online communications for the 2019 program. The Communications Ambassador will be hired and managed by members of the project team from the Austin Transportation

Department, Capital Metro, and Alta Planning + Design and will work closely with two other outreach ambassadors.

This year, the City of Austin and Capital Metro have partnered to bring the Smart Trips Austin program to the northern portion of the Eastern Crescent. The program will help residents try new transportation options through personalized communications and community engagement, the distribution of customized information and incentives, and fun events like walking tours, bike rides, scooter tours, and transit adventures.

Please send a resume, cover letter, and writing samples (if available) by end of day Monday, March 18th, to ashley.greenstein@austintexas.gov. Please include the words “Smart Trips Austin Ambassador” in the subject line. Electronic submissions only; no mailed or faxed submissions will be considered. No phone calls, please.

Smart Trips Austin is willing to flex work hours to fit a student’s schedule. More details can be found here.