Media Specialist - VCU Online and Continuing and Professional Education
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA
Full-time
Education
Posted on April 10, 2024
Summary
About VCU Online and Continuing and Professional Education–
VCU Online is a leader in providing quality higher education using a number of delivery methods, including fully online and hybrid. The unit broadly supports faculty and academic units in their efforts to leverage technology to optimize student learning, and provides strategic leadership in developing, expanding and enhancing VCU's online learning programs and energizing the assessment and continuous quality improvement of current and new technology mediated courses and programs.
VCU Continuing and Professional Education, in partnership with the colleges and schools at Virginia Commonwealth University, provides and supports quality continuing and professional education and skills training for individual, local, regional and national impact. VCU Continuing and Professional Education harnesses the power of VCU — including more than 3,300 instructional faculty and adjunct instructors, an academic medical center and long-standing community relationships — to create the best learning opportunities available to nontraditional adult learners.
The position is a Media Specialist (Communications Coordinator) for VCU Online and Continuing and Professional Education. The successful candidate will work on media projects for and with faculty and will be able to step into a variety of video and audio production roles while also being skilled in post-production. The specialist will be expected to interact with a diverse university population, both in collaboration with faculty on projects and with students doing video and audio field work on campus and on location around Richmond.
Specific duties include:
- Successfully utilize Adobe Premiere, After Effects, and Audition software for a variety of different types of media projects
- Work on educational content
- Set up and strike lighting equipment
- Operate cameras
- Operate boom microphone
- Transport equipment to various locations in the field on and off campus
- Assist faculty who are creating their own media
- Propose solutions on a project basis to address post-production needs of faculty members
- Explain new tools and concepts clearly and with patience to new learners
- Attend department meetings
- Manage digital photography at department events
- Help with event set up and clean up
- Other relevant duties as assigned
AI should not be used for any part of the application submission or process.
Minimum Hiring Standards
- Bachelor's degree, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant work experience
- Advanced Adobe Creative Suite skills
- Notable experience working on a project using Adobe Premiere, or an equivalent software
- Notable experience working on a project using Adobe After Effects, or an equivalent software
- Notable experience working on a project using Adobe Audition, or an equivalent software
- Experience in video production
- Experience in audio production
- Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written skills
- Must have a pleasant, positive, professional attitude and adhere to confidentiality of records and information and must abide by the VCU Code of Conduct
- Proven ability to work as a team member on collaborative projects
- Ability to explain new tools and concepts to faculty who are new learners of media production
- Demonstrated experience working in and fostering a diverse faculty, staff, and student environment or commitment to do so as a member of the VCU community
- Knowledge of University policies, procedures and organization guidelines required, and ability to interpret and apply those guidelines
- Demonstrated ability to organize, prioritize, and handle multiple tasks in a diverse, fast-paced environment within deadlines
- Must be able to work independently and make sound recommendations and decisions to resolve problems and make improvements
- An educational background in Mass Communications, Film, Electronic Communication Arts, Kinetic Imaging, or a related field
Essential physical functions: Climbing, Walking, Sitting, Lifting, Repetitive motion, Average to fast paced, Ability to respond to multiple stimuli
Essential cognitive functions: Memory, Reasoning, Analyzing, Hearing, Logic, Reading, Written communication, Verbal communication
Salary Range: $42,000-$52,000
Position Details:
Department: VCU Online and Continuing and Professional Education
Employment Type: UF - University Employee FT
Restricted Status: No
FTE: 1
Exemption Status: Non-Exempt
ORP Eligible: No
