Join The UniMovers Team

Are you looking to join a tightly knit community of local students? Do you want to earn good money and make lifelong friends in a high-growth position? Then consider joining our team at UniMovers! 

We are looking for honest and hardworking students that possess a great attitude, strong work ethic, and a passion for customer service. Prior moving experience is helpful, but not necessary.

If you feel like we’ve described you, then we want YOU! If you are applying to be a mover, please fill out the application above. For all other positions, please send your resume to admin@unimovers.com with the job title in the subject line. We look forward to hearing from you!

Available Positions

POSITION SUMMARY

It’s more than moving. It’s more than just a job.

Working as a Mover is an opportunity for you to cultivate new relationships and connections with people in your community; connections that you could use in your professional career.

As a UniMover, most of your work will be assisting families moving into and out of their homes. You will be moving personal belongings and furniture, and it is your job to be the kind, trustworthy face of UniMovers. You have the opportunity and should aim to impact a customer’s life every day with your friendliness, work ethic, and overall camaraderie.

As the name implies, our Uni movers make this company what it is, so it is pertinent that you uphold the highest standards. After joining, you will have access to excellent training materials to continually train yourself for career development.

All movers must be able to pass a background check and provide proof that they are a current student, starting school within a year, a recent graduate, or taking some time off from school (maximum gap of 1 year).

JOB REQUIREMENTS, QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE:

  • Communicate well with customers
  • Commit to a weekly schedule based on your availability
  • Pick up moving jobs when available
  • Be able to lift at least 50 pounds
  • Possess the ability to work in a team setting
  • Great interpersonal skills
  • Strong work ethic & ability to work without constant guidance
  • Uphold the five core values of UniMovers: Stay Human, Be Transparent, Uplift the Community, Continually Grow, and Have Fun

BENEFITS:

  • $15 per hour plus tips
    • All Eastern Iowa movers starting at 18/hr
    • Average wage with tips across locations $24-$25/hr
  • Flexible hours
  • Potential to move up to Manager, Director of Operations, and UniMovers licensee.

POSITION SUMMARY
Working as a Project Manager you will be in charge of recruiting and managing a team of movers to achieve all project goals within the given constraints. This is a big opportunity to work on and oversee a large 6-figure contract.

Additional responsibilities may include the following:

In this position, you have the opportunity to be a real beacon in your community. You will act as a leader in the organization and in Cedar Rapids working with other organizations, businesses, and non-profits.

JOB REQUIREMENTS, QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE:

  • Excellent communication
  • Managerial experience
  • A real desire to make a positive impact in your community
  • Be able to lift at least 50 pounds
  • Experience working as a part of a team
  • Possess the ability to work in a team setting
  • Great interpersonal skills
  • Strong work ethic & ability to work without constant guidance
  • Uphold the five core values of UniMovers: Stay Human, Be Transparent, Uplift the Community, Grow Together, and Have Fun

BENEFITS:

  • $22 per hour plus tips (Our data shows that tips increase the hourly rate by $7.78-$11.28 on average)
  • Flexible hours
  • This is a position where we want to see someone stick with and grow with the company. If the candidate performs well, we foresee them stepping into the role of Director of Operations and possibly as a franchise owner.

POSITION SUMMARY:
Working as a Project Manager you will be leading the work of a team to achieve all project goals within the given constraints.
You will be responsible for cultivating new relationships and connections with people in your community; connections that you could use in your professional career.
In this position, you have the opportunity to impact a customer’s life every day with your friendliness, work ethic, and overall camaraderie.

JOB REQUIREMENTS, QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE:

  • Communicate well with customers
  • Commit to a weekly schedule based on your availability
  • Build relationships with community non-profits and other organizations in Eastern Iowa
  • Pick up moving jobs when available
  • Be able to lift at least 50 pounds
  • Possess the ability to work in a team setting
  • Great interpersonal skills
  • Strong work ethic & ability to work without constant guidance
  • Uphold the five core values of UniMovers: Stay Human, Be Transparent, Uplift the Community, Continually Grow, and Have Fun

BENEFITS:

  • $20 per hour plus tips (With tips, our Project Managers make roughly $28/hr on average)
  • Flexible hours
  • Potential to move up to Project Manager, Director of Operations, and UniMovers Franchise Owner

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Administrative Assistant is the first personal interaction a prospective client has with our company. They play an integral part in the success of UniMovers. As the Administrative Assistant, your primary role will be taking phone calls and scheduling upcoming moves. Hours are not set, however, it is expected that you promptly return missed phone calls. Strong communication with the branch head and other movers is necessary. 

While this position is mainly focused on taking phone calls, it may require you to “wear many hats” by assisting in many of the day-to-day operations.

JOB REQUIREMENTS, QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE:

  • Strong communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills
  • Possess the ability to work in a team setting
  • Access to a smart phone and computer
  • Be a current student or have graduated within the past year
  • Knowledge of Slack and Google Calendar is preferred

BENEFITS:

  • Ability to work from home
  • Indispensable work experience for future careers

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Social Media Manager is responsible for engaging past present and future UniMovers clients by planning, implementing, managing and monitoring the company’s Social Media strategy in order to increase brand awareness, improve marketing efforts and increase sales.

JOB REQUIREMENTS, QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE:

  • Strong communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills
  • Access to a smart phone and computer
  • Be a current student or have graduated within the past year
  • Knowledge of Facebook, Instagram, Yelp, and Google my Business preferred

BENEFITS:

  • Ability to work from home
  • Flexible schedule
  • Valuable public relations learning and work experience
  • Working with a startup, your work will have a visible impact

POSITION SUMMARY:

Our bloggers, journalists and content writers are genuine storytellers that help us grow our content and engage our readers. They are high-energy, self-directed, deadline-oriented individuals working to educate and inform about moving by researching and writing articles in an engaging style. They may also work with and interview owners and movers to write location-specific articles.

JOB REQUIREMENTS, QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE:

  • Access to a computer
  • Knowledge of basic SEO preferred, but not required
  • College student working towards a degree in English/journalism/communications is preferred, but may be substituted with previous writing experience
  • Experience with WordPress, content creation and/or journalism preferred

BENEFITS:

  • Ability to work from home
  • Flexible schedule
  • Build your writing portfolio and gain authority as a writer (Each blog post is attributed to YOU)
  • Work and learn alongside an amazing team open to collaborating and sharing skills, information, and resources. 

POSITION SUMMARY

The ideal candidate’s primary responsibilities will be capturing and editing still photographic and video activities. Videography duties will focus mainly on storytelling projects. Must have a detailed working knowledge of video editing equipment and working within a file-based video environment. Required to have a general knowledge of camera applications, location lighting, and related audio equipment.

JOB REQUIREMENTS, QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE:

  • Great communication skills
  • Access to a computer and phone
  • Access to transportation
  • Previous photography/videography experience preferred
  • College student working towards a degree in photography, art, or related field is preferred, but may be substituted with related experience
  • Preference will go to applicants with experience and access to high megapixel still photographic equipment

BENEFITS:

  • Flexible schedule
  • Ability to build a professional portfolio
  • Work with a high-growth company

POSITION SUMMARY

Conduct Field Marketing events on campus and at student events to increase brand awareness and generate applicants.

• Submit 10 required event pictures with a written recap of the event within 24 hours after the event has been completed
• Distribution of promotional materials and items
• Keep in constant communication with your direct supervisor

JOB REQUIREMENTS, QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE:

  • Communicate well with others
  • Comfortable in the uncomfortable
  • Great interpersonal skills
  • Marketing experience preferred
  • Access to a printer required
  • Uphold the five core values of UniMovers: Stay Human, Be Transparent, Uplift the Community, Continually Grow, and Have Fun

BENEFITS:

  • Work when you want
  • Flexible hours
  • Meet new people
  • Competitive pay