Social Media Content Producer

Wisconsin Athletics is looking for a Social Media Content Producer. The ideal candidate will be a creative, forward and brand centered producer who thrives in a fast-paced environment and is adaptable to change. This position combines a passion for video content creation and the ability to deliver engaging and relevant social media content that showcases and promotes UW's student-athletes and the department's mission.
The key responsibilities for this role at Wisconsin Athletics include:
- Shoot, edit and produce short/long form video content for Wisconsin Athletics owned digital channels
- Produce digital video content that supports social media, marketing, recruiting, ticketing, development and other department needs
- Attend live events and produce social content in-game
- Assist other internal units with various video content projects
- Collaborate with other internal units to ensure brand voice and consistency
- Contribute to content strategy development
- Create videoboard content to support gameday presentation
- Provide insight to push the department forward with emerging trends in social, digital media, as well as in-venue entertainment

• 40% Writes, edits, publishes, and integrates content on digital platforms that engages with audiences, including interviewing sources, researching topics, and assembling relevant multimedia elements
• 30% Facilitates and secures resources for digital content creation workflow within a work unit or project and collaborates with other teams on both long-term and short-term multimedia projects
• 20% Participates in the development and conceptualization of strategies for one or many identified digital platforms
• 10% Trains staff on digital concepts, strategies, and techniques

Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW-Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked goals.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison fulfills its public mission by creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every background - people who as students, faculty, and staff serve Wisconsin and the world.
For more information on diversity and inclusion on campus, please visit: Diversity and Inclusion

Preferred
Bachelor's Degree

- Minimum 3-years' experience successfully working in a creative production environment
- Minimum 3-years' experience in developing creative social content that has driven engagement and results
- Proficient knowledge of video editing/production and videography
- Demonstrated experience creating platform specific video content
- Basic understanding of how all social platforms (Facebook, Twitter/X, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, LinkedIn) and their communities work, including emerging platforms
- Ability to meet deadlines in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
- Proven ability to collaborate with other content creators and stakeholders
- Creative and strategic in nature with the ability to think outside the box and articulate "big ideas"
- Prefer experience in sports industry, ideally in college athletics
- Prefer experience with motion graphics creation

Full Time: 100%
It is anticipated this position requires work be performed in-person, onsite, at a designated campus work location.

Ongoing/Renewable

Minimum $50,000 ANNUAL (12 months)
Depending on Qualifications

Employees in this position can expect to receive benefits such as:
- Generous vacation, holidays, and paid time off;
- Competitive insurances and savings accounts; retirement benefits;
- Badger gear & season tickets for Badger football, men's basketball and men's hockey, and/or the varsity sports pass;
More Benefits information can be found at https://hr.wisc.edu/benefits/ . 

Conditions of Appointment: This is a 100% Academic Staff appointment. Salary will be assigned within the appropriate range, commensurate with the candidate's qualifications and experience. An excellent benefits package is also included. Successful applicants are responsible for ensuring their eligibility to work in the United States (i.e. a citizen or national of the United States, a lawful permanent resident, a foreign national authorized to work in the United States without need of employer sponsorship) on or before the effective date of appointment.
Unless confidentiality is requested in your online application, information regarding the names of applicants must be released upon request. Finalists cannot be guaranteed confidentiality.
UW-Madison conducts criminal background checks for final candidate(s).

To ensure full consideration, complete applications must be received by no later than 11:55 p.m. CST, on the assured consideration date. Please complete the online application and attach a cover letter addressing your qualifications and experiences specifically relating to the responsibilities of this position, a comprehensive resume, and contact information for at least three professional references. The hiring unit will notify finalists prior to any communication with these references.
Applicants selected to participate further in the selection process will be notified directly. All applicants will be notified once a final selection has been made and the search has been completed.

Tianwei Miller
[email protected]
608-265-4138
Relay Access (WTRS): 7-1-1. See RELAY_SERVICE for further information.

Digital Producer(PB016)

A42-INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS/GENERAL OPERATNS/VIDEO

Academic Staff-Renewable

295375-AS