The Orange Bike Project is UT’s community bicycle workshop and rental station. We provide hands on bicycle maintenance as well as semester and short term rentals for all students and staff of UT. We are located in 27th Street Garage (TSG) behind the SSB. We are currently looking for two student leaders to join our team as part-time paid interns. We are looking for an outreach coordinator and a Rental coordinator. To apply, please send an application to orangebike@www.utexas.edu
Outreach* Coordinator: Is responsible for all communications
- Maintain bimonthly newsletter and recruit and keep track of subscribers
- Create all facebook events and update OBP’s Facebook with relevant information and events
- Develop advertising campaigns
- Maintain relationships with non university entities such as Bike Austin and search for opportunities to raise awareness for OBP as well as safe cycling in Austin.
Rental* Coordinator: Serves as the primary contact for rental requests and reservations and is responsible for maintaining the Daily Rental Fleet. Also responsible for advertising OBP rentals to student and staff
- Maintains Rental Log
- Handles Reservation Emails
- Handles Cataloging of Rental forms
- Trains new coordinators on the rental procedure
- Handles keys and locks
- Communicates with other university departments to advertise rental program
*All coordinators will be present at shop hours so ALL will be trained to rent out bikes, handle cash transactions, and be trained in bike mechanic basics.
*Bullet points under each position are a required minimum. Every employee of OBP is encouraged to develop and carry out their own ideas to increase rentals, bicycle education, and OBPs presence on the UT campus.
For more information on UT’s Orange Bike Project please visit our Facebook page: UT’s Orange Bike Project or our website at http://www.utexas.edu/parking/bike/orange.html
Link to application: OBP application