Req #: 234331

Department: COLLEGE OF EDUCATION

Job Location Detail: Hybrid/Remote Eligible

Posting Date: 05/20/2024

Closing Info: Open Until Filled

Salary: $5,670 - $6,090 per month

Shift: First Shift

Notes: As a UW employee, you will enjoy generous benefits and work/life programs. For a complete description of our benefits for this position, please visit our website, click here. (https://hr.uw.edu/benefits/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/02/benefits-professional-staff-librarians-academic-staff-20230701_a11y.pdf )

As a UW employee, you have a unique opportunity to change lives on our campuses, in our state and around the world. UW employees offer their boundless energy, creative problem-solving skills, and dedication to build stronger minds and a healthier world.

UW faculty and staff also enjoy outstanding benefits, professional growth opportunities and unique resources in an environment noted for diversity, intellectual excitement, artistic pursuits, and natural beauty.

The University of Washington (UW) is proud to be one of the nation’s premier educational and research institutions. People are the most important asset in our pursuit of excellence in education, research, and community service. Our staff enjoy outstanding benefits and professional growth opportunities, in an environment noted for diversity, community involvement, intellectual excitement, artistic pursuits, and natural beauty.

Backed by the University of Washington, Cultivate Learning’s research-powered, practice-based approach, creates a fertile environment for innovation in the fields of early learning and expanded learning opportunities. Every child deserves to flourish from a foundation of quality learning. This core belief drives our work to provide talented learning professionals support and training to build and strengthen that foundation. We are champions of service and align with partners and initiatives that foster positive outcomes for children, families, and educators. We commit to equity by working to remove systemic oppression and institutional racism. We nurture environments of belonging and diversity where we communicate openly and support and value each other. We practice innovation and quality by actively seeking creative ideas from multiple perspectives to evolve and inform the research and resources we develop.

Cultivate Learning has a current opportunity for a Media Producer with strong team-building skills, creative curiosity, and well-rounded technical skills in video production and editing. The Media Producer is responsible for producing video, audio, and photo-based multimedia content for Cultivate Learning’s resource development and communication outreach initiatives. This person will produce media that reflects current early learning and expanded learning opportunities research, effective practices, and community-focused state and national initiatives to boost access to quality workforce training materials. The Media Producer will join a mid-sized creative team of staff who specialize in producing professional learning resources for a diverse range of audiences. The Media Producer requires thorough attention to detail, thoughtful evaluation of appropriate uses of visual representations and should have advanced technical skills in video editing and cinematography. This position reports to the Manager of Media Production. There is no relocation support for this position.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The duties of the Media Producer will include, but are not limited to the following:

• Film, record, and edit original video, photo, and audio content for courses, learning modules, professional development trainings, communication campaigns, and other multimedia resources developed by Cultivate Learning.

• Exercise advanced video editing techniques with skill and creativity, while also meeting technical requirements.

• Revise video drafts through to final delivery.

• Process raw media to asset library.

• Follow production schedules from planning to completion, working closely with Media Liaison, content experts, and other production management team members.

• Co-develop scripts for videos and voice over recordings.

• Schedule and facilitate audio recording sessions for narrated voice-overs.

• Lead productions and work with non-actors on camera (in video and photography settings)

• Follow media production protocols regarding media permissions and waivers.

• Implement and apply accessibility standards for videos (work with captions and transcripts)

• Convey creative ideas clearly in multiple forms of communication, i.e., verbal, written, visual, one-on-one or group.

• Organize projects and workloads to meet deliverables in a fast-paced deadline driven working environment.

• Other duties as assigned. MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor’s Degree in Media and Communication, Film Production, Digital Arts, or a related field

• 4 years of proven experience in Cinematography, Video Post-production, Motion Graphics/Animation Creation Equivalent education/experience will substitute for all minimum qualifications except when there are legal requirements, such as a license/certification/registration. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

• Strong photography, cinematography, and audio production skills

• Initiative, imagination, and a solid understanding of storytelling principles.

• Demonstrated commitment to Cultivate Learning’s core values of equity, inclusion, diversity, service, quality, and innovation.

• Proficiency with Mac-based production tools including but not limited to: Adobe Premiere, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe After Effects, Audacity, and Annotation Edit.

• Experience with online music libraries, selecting, editing, and mixing music with narration.

• Comfort with ambiguity and the ability to pivot in new directions based on the changing needs of the organization, the team, and the communities we work with.

• Ability to work effectively as an individual, collaborate as a member of a team, and represent the multimedia work with partners and stakeholders.

• Must be willing to travel locally and nationally.

• Must be flexible and able to work some evenings and weekends.

• Valid driver’s license (or ability to gain one before employment). DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience filming or photographing children and teachers in early learning centers, pre-schools, or similar environments.

• Generate post-production motion graphics and other multimedia elements that support overall video visual treatment.

• Proficiency in Spanish or Somali language.

• Advanced knowledge and experience developing multilingual media.

• Experience creating multimedia-based educational materials.

• Experience working in virtual training or virtual conference platforms.

• Preference to those residing (or soon to reside) in the greater Seattle area. CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

• Work Samples and/or Digital Portfolio Link required

University of Washington is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, among other things, race, religion, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, sex, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.