Assistant or Associate Digital Media Producer - Gies College of Business

The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is seeking an Assistant or Associate Digital Media Producer for their Gies College of Business. This role involves collaborating with faculty to create high-quality media content for online courses, overseeing various phases of video production, and contributing to instructional media design and development.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate instructional media design projects from inception to completion and maintain a large volume of media files and project tracking documents
• Collaborate with faculty and Digital Media team members on storyboards, scripts, PowerPoint slides/Edit Decision Lists (multi-column scripts), and planning documents to facilitate effective integration of online learning content
• Offer video-driven creative design suggestions that are part of the collaborative development of the course’s curriculum plan and syllabus
• Serve as co-producer on standard Teaching & Learning development projects, including new course development, course redesign, and curation of existing content
• Complete post-production editing: Compiling raw footage and visuals into polished video drafts, and incorporate feedback from faculty, Learning Designers, and Quality Control staff to refine drafts into final video deliverables. Provide faculty with basic consultation and support around faculty-generated content such as home studio setups, simple field recordings, and basic video editing software
• Follow course production schedules and deadlines set by development sub-unit and/or other members of leadership. Provide regular progress updates to direct supervisor; alert direct supervisor, Project Manager, and relevant sub-unit members of any anticipated or realized delays in production
• Attend and contribute to standing team and project status meetings
• Participate in professional development
• Other duties as assigned
• Coordinate instructional media design projects from inception to completion, and maintain a large volume of media files and project tracking documents
• Responsible for the coordination between media production and instructional design
• Collaborate with faculty and Digital Media team members on storyboards, scripts, PowerPoint slides/Edit Decision Lists (multi-column scripts), and planning documents to facilitate effective integration of online learning content
• Offer video-driven creative design suggestions that are part of the collaborative development of the course’s curriculum plan and syllabus
• Serve as lead producer or co-producer on standard or moderately complex Teaching & Learning development projects, including new course development, course redesign, and curation of existing content
• Complete post-production editing: Compiling raw footage and visuals into polished video drafts, and incorporate feedback from faculty, Learning Designers, and Quality Control staff to refine drafts into final video deliverables
• Provide faculty with comprehensive consultation and support around faculty-generated content such as home studio setups, simple field recordings, self-service studio training, and basic through intermediate video editing software
• Onboard and train new hourly Digital Media staff
• Assist and provide feedback on the development and maintenance of internal and external process documentation
• Develop and maintain documentation related to faculty self-recording and self-publishing of media content
• Follow course production schedules and deadlines set by development sub-unit and/or other members of leadership. Provide regular progress updates to direct supervisor; alert direct supervisor, Project Manager, and relevant sub-unit members of any anticipated or realized delays in production
• Attend and contribute to standing team and project status meetings
• Participate in professional development
• Other duties as assigned

Skills

• Bachelor's degree in film/video production, cinematography, radio and television, documentary film production, photojournalism, communications, graphic design, or a closely related field to the position
• One (1) year (12 months) of experience in areas including non-linear video editing, motion graphics, video lighting and composition, camera operation, graphics design, audio recording, video production, or a closely related professional area
• Demonstrated experience with non-linear video editing software
• Demonstrated experience with video recording hardware and workflows, including camera setup and audio recording
• Two (2) years (24 months) of professional work experience in areas including non-linear video editing, motion graphics, video lighting and composition, camera operation, graphics design, audio recording, video production, or a closely related professional area
• Demonstrated experience developing video lectures/courses in a higher education setting
• Demonstrated experience with non-linear video editing software
• Demonstrated experience with video recording hardware and workflows, including camera setup, lighting placement, and audio recording
• Demonstrated experience still and motion graphics manipulation, including PowerPoint
• Position involves frequently moving and placing boxes that weigh more than 50 lbs
• Field recordings and occasional live events may require the ability to stand and move around for extended periods of time
• Master's degree in media production or a related field
• Solid understanding of safety practices related to setting up cameras, lights, and other video production gear. Experience switching live production broadcasts
• Experience recording, broadcasting, and editing green screen chroma key footage
• Experience collaborating with faculty members in a higher education environment for the development of online course video lectures
• Experience working within Title II Accessibility Standards and strict branding requirements
• Extensive cross-collaboration experience across multiple teams handling different aspects of course development and production
• Adobe Certified Professional in Digital Video Using Adobe Premiere Pro

Benefits

• Health
• Dental
• Vision
• Life Insurance
• Retirement Plan
• Paid time Off
• Tuition waivers for employees and dependents

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