Program Manager, Career Services - Los Angeles

99999BR

Off-Campus: Los Angeles

Program Manager CA

Job Description

At Arizona State University, we measure ourselves not by whom we exclude, but rather by whom we include and how they succeed. Unlike many other top film schools, which measure themselves by who they exclude, The Sidney Poitier New American Film School is inclusive. ASU's undergraduate film majors represent the creative diversity of our country, with more than 40 percent of its students from under-represented backgrounds.

Under general direction, the Career Services Program Manager coordinates and manages administrative functions to include development and implementation of management and operations strategies.

This role will provide career services support to the growing Film program in Los Angeles. The Career Services Program Manager will be responsible for the school’s internships, job opportunities, and alumni relations to aid in our students’ success in the Film industry. Essential duties include, but are not limited to, conducting internship and career consultations with students; acting as a liaison with students, faculty and the employment community; and developing special programs and activities to meet career planning and placement needs.

On Jan. 25, 2021, Arizona State University publicly announced the launch of The Sidney Poitier New American Film School, one of the largest, most egalitarian film schools in the country, operating in three cities across Arizona and California. In the last 15 years, the film program in ASU’s Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts has thrived, and with the launch of the new school and new facilities, ASU positions itself as a new kind of film school. The Sidney Poitier New American Film School operates across three cities, including a brand-new 118,000-gross-square-foot state-of-the-art facility which opened in 2022 in downtown Mesa, Arizona, 7 miles from the university’s Tempe Campus. The school also operates in the newly renovated ASU Herald Examiner building in downtown Los Angeles, the former home of the Hearst publishing empire, giving film students from every background an opportunity to connect with the entertainment capital of the world and bolstering the presence the film program already has in L.A. through the Semester in LA experience. Students also have opportunities to use Hollywood technology through partnerships, including with the John Hughes Institute and with Dreamscape Immersive, the world’s leading virtual reality company.

Department Name

New Amer Film School

Full-Time/Part-Time

Part-Time

Grant Funded Position

This is not a grant funded position and is not contingent on future grant funding.

Salary Range

$30.00 - $38.36 per hour; DOE

Essential Duties

• Act as a liaison with the community, students, faculty and staff in facilitating internship and job opportunities for our students.
• Conduct internship and career consultation with students.
• Develop special programs and activities to meet career planning and placement needs.
• Identify and maintain community and industry partners to provide internship and job opportunities for our students.
• Manage projects, including day-to-day functions (coordination and integration of information) as well as long range planning and design.
• Assess unit operation functions related to career services, and develop and implement policies, procedures and objectives.
• Work independently and as part of a team, to solve problems, and make strategic decisions in alignment with the mission and vision of the unit.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in a related field AND five years administrative/coordination experience; OR, Master's degree in field appropriate to area of assignment AND three years administrative/coordination experience; OR Any equivalent combination of experience and/or education from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities have been achieved.

Desired Qualifications

• Experience in the global entertainment industry.
• Experience in planning and implementing career development programs.
• Experience in higher education.
• Experience in having competency and sensitivity to diverse backgrounds.
• Experience in film, media or related fields.
• Experience in self-direction once projects are identified, and perform as a high functioning team member in a position that requires flexibility and resiliency. 
• Experience identifying prospective external stakeholders and initiating relationships with them, building external pipelines.

Working Environment

• Regular use of standard office equipment including, but not limited to computer workstation / laptop (keyboard, monitor, mouse), printer, fax, copier, and telephone.
• This position is based in Los Angeles at the ASU California Center on Grand.
• Some travel may be required to meet with potential partners and attend conferences and job fairs, and may occasionally travel to the Film School’s Tempe and Mesa campuses in Arizona.
• Activities are performed in an environmentally controlled office setting subject to extended periods of sitting, keyboarding and manipulating a computer mouse. 
• Regular activities require ability to quickly change priorities which may include and/or are subject to resolutions of conflicts.
• Ability to clearly communicate to perform essential functions.
• Office equipment including, but not limited to computer workstation / laptop (keyboard, monitor, mouse), printer, fax, copier, and telephone.
• Days and Schedule: This is a part-time, 20 hour per week position

Department Statement

The Herberger Institute comprises the School of Art; School of Arts, Media and Engineering; The Sidney Poitier New American Film School; School of Music, Dance and Theatre; The Design School; and the ASU Art Museum. With 130 degree and certificate options, and programs ranked top 20 in art, design, music, theatre, digital culture, film, dance and more, plus a top university art museum, a leading immersive media facility, and national and international partnerships, the Herberger Institute is a powerhouse of art, culture and design. 

Our mission is to position designers, artists, scholars and educators at the center of public life and prepare them to use their creative capacities to advance culture, build community and imaginatively address today’s most pressing challenges.

The vision of the Herberger Institute is to advance the New American University by embedding designers, artists and arts-based inquiry at its core and throughout the communities it serves locally, nationally and internationally. With 7,000+ students, mare than 700 faculty members, and 130 program options, the Herberger Institute is committed to redefining the 21st-century design and arts school.

As part of Arizona State University, the most innovative university in the nation, the Herberger Institute seeks to drive and scale new ways for arts and design to have impact in our world. We invite you to join our work.

Values:

• Creativity as a core 21st-century competency
• Design and the arts as critical resources for transforming our society
• Innovation, enterprise and entrepreneurship
• Interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary collaboration and research
• Social embeddedness
• Projecting all voices
• Excellence

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• Alternative work schedules can include four, 10-hour workdays in a workweek; a nine-day, 80-hour schedule over two workweeks for exempt employees only; and staggered start and stop times.
• Hybrid work is an arrangement where employees spend a minimum of 60% of their regular workweek at their primary ASU work location. Dean or vice president-level approval is required.

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Application deadline is 3:00PM Arizona time on the date indicated.

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Resume should clearly illustrate how prior knowledge and experience meets the Minimum and Desired qualifications of this position.

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IMPORTANT NOTE: What is the meaning of “equivalent combination” in the minimum qualifications? It means one year of higher education or 24 credit hours, is equal to one year of experience. For example, a four year Bachelor’s degree is equal to four years of experience.