Multimedia Production Specialist III

Job Title

Multimedia Production Specialist III

Agency

Texas A&M Engineering

Department

Engineering Communications Group

Proposed Minimum Salary

Commensurate

Job Location

College Station, Texas

Job Type

Staff

Job Description

Why work for Texas A&M Engineering?

Who we are

Texas A&M Engineering is a large employer in the great and growing cities of Bryan/College Station, offering thousands of career opportunities in a wide variety of fields. We are deeply committed to recruiting and retaining a talented workforce that embraces our core values of respect, excellence, leadership, loyalty, integrity, and service. Texas A&M Engineering offers competitive salaries, full benefits, an extensive support network, and above all, an enriching and highly collaborative working community that is deeply passionate about our vision for higher education, research, and public service.

Job Description

Purpose:

This position reports to the Digital Design Senior Manager and is a member of the Creative Services team in Texas A&M Engineering Communications. The Multimedia Production Specialist III, under general supervision, produces high quality, high impact videos and photos that elevate awareness of Texas A&M Engineering activities. Responsible for creating multimedia communications activities for the College of Engineering and the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station. This position provides specialized technical skills for the production of video news stories, photography, and audio-visual content and materials for the engineering program.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborated with stakeholders to produce, record, direct, publish, and edit promotional, commercial, and news videos.
• Participates in all steps of video pre-production including pre-production meetings, concept development and storyboarding, working with writers on scripts, and scouting shoot locations.
• Supports development and production of visualization projects and makes technical recommendations.
• Sets up and operates cameras, lighting units, microphones, and other equipment for field production.
• Plans and performs video post-production tasks, including logging footage, creating rough cuts, color correction, editing audio, and incorporating static images and motion graphics.
• Collaborate with digital designers for static and motion visual graphics.
• Prioritizes, organizes, and schedules work assignments and projects.
• Designs and constructs lighting arrangements for studio and location video productions.
• Maintains Texas A&M Engineering image identity standards. Researches and recommends new multimedia software.
• Evaluates products and services for quality standards.
• Plans, develops, supervises, and participates in special projects. Provides input to policies, rules, and regulations.
• Ensures ADA compliance of all digital productions (e.g., captions, text contrast, etc.)
• Supervises the Multimedia Specialist II.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

What we need:

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant field or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Five years of related experience.

Work Location:

• Main Campus – College Station, TX.

About Engineering Communications

Engineering Communications develops and implements communications and marketing plans focusing on key priorities of the engineering program as defined by the engineering leadership team. It also serves as a communications resource for many stakeholders and, as time allows, accommodates requests for assistance. An award-winning team of communications, marketing, graphic design, web, and public relations professionals, focuses on strengthening the brand and image of the Texas A&M University College of Engineering, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, Texas A&M Engineering Program, Texas A&M University and The Texas A&M University System.

Texas A&M Engineering provides an outstanding benefits package including but not limited to:

• Competitive health benefits.
• Generous paid vacation, sick time, and holidays.
• Vision, Dental, Life, and Long-Term Disability insurance options.
• Teachers Retirement System of Texas (TRS), a defined benefit retirement plan with 8% employer contribution.
• Additional Voluntary Retirement Programs: Tax Deferred Account 403(b) and a Deferred Compensation Program 457(b).
• Flexible spending account options for medical and childcare expenses
• Robust free training access through LinkedIn Learning plus professional development opportunities.
• Tuition assistance https://engineering.tamu.edu/information/esac/educational-assistance-programs.html
• Wellness program release time offered to employees to promote work/life balance.

Helpful Applicant Information

Required Materials for Application:

• Resume/CV
• Three work references with their contact information; at least one reference should be from a supervisor/former supervisor.
• Letter of interest

Compensation Philosophy:

• Recruit and retain high-performing workforce through competitive compensation and career development including career pathing, coaching and skills development.
• Offer total rewards, flexible benefits, professional development, performance recognition and work-life balance.
• Ensure resources are readily available and utilized to attract and retain the highest quality researchers, faculty, and staff.  

Employment Eligibility Verification

• If hired, you will be required to complete the federal Employment Eligibility Verification I-9 form.  You will be required to present acceptable and original documents to prove your identity and authorization to work in the United States.  Documents need to be presented no later than the third day of employment.  Failure to do so will result in delay of start date.

All positions are security-sensitive. Applicants are subject to a criminal history investigation, and employment is contingent upon the institution’s verification of credentials and/or other information required by the institution’s procedures, including the completion of the criminal history check.

Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Veterans/Disability Employer.