SnoPlanks Academy - Lead

Position Summary

SnoPlanks Academy (SPA) is hiring Team Leads for our 2026-2027 Academy! Leads positions are three academic terms (Spring, Fall & Winter) with some potential Summer work closely supervised by SPA faculty. In a lead role, student employees will partner with faculty members to help lead, manage and delegate work. This offers student employees exposure to leadership opportunities and developing managerial skills specifically in the team’s workflow. In this role, student employees should have the bandwidth for additional work hours per week. Commitment is approximately 8 – 12 hours a week. These positions are located in Bend at the Cascades campus.

Anticipated hourly wage is $19.50 per hour Transferable Skill Development OSU is committed to ensuring students are prepared for success after graduation through intentional skill development as student employees. The competencies students develop while working at OSU are defined by the as the essential skills employers seek in their hires. In this position, students learn and build vital career-readiness skills in the primary areas below :

Critical Thinking, Teamwork, Leadership, Professionalism Position Duties The identified lead roles are :

Product team : responsible for designing, prototyping, and testing new boards, building demo fleet, interfacing with our manufacturer, Never Summer, in Colorado, researching and creating the next season’s line plan

Marketing team : responsible for overall brand identity, designing consumer relevant snowboard graphics, creating and executing marketing channel plans, content curation across media platforms, sales tool creation, creating brand awareness through events and ambassadors, refreshing and maintaining the commerce website.

Sales & Partnerships : responsible for channel, account and partner strategy. Establishes and maintains relationships with various partners. Identifies strategic events to generate sales. Coordinates various events and demos with consumers. Helps fulfill customer orders.

Project Management : partners closely with faculty members to help coordinate teams, monitors progress through projects, sets up meetings, and maintains meeting cadence. Creates and adjusts product, go to market and various work back calendars. Will also have a role in the financial aspect of the company and ad hoc situations as they rise. This person must be comfortable thriving in ambiguity, is organized and can efficiently multi-task. Minimum Qualifications Full Employment Eligibility Requirements can be found here :

• Must be academically enrolled in a high school, community college, or university and pursuing a program or course of study
• Must meet Academic Standing Requirements; students on academic suspension are not eligible for employment

Must meet the applicable minimal enrollment standard

High School student : Regularly enrolled in a high school or participating in a home-schooling program

Undergraduate and post-baccalaureate student : 6 credit hours per term

Undergraduate international student : 12 credit hours per term

Graduate student officially admitted to Graduate School : 5 credit hours per term

Graduate international student officially admitted to Graduate School : 9 credit hours per term