Job Profile:

Creative Services Specialist 2

Job Family:

Creative Services

Time Type:

Full time

Max Pay – Depends on experience:

$56,350.00 USD Annual

Apply before 11:59 PM Arizona time the day before the posted End Date.

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree and three (3) years of experience appropriate to the area of assignment/field; OR, Any equivalent combination of experience and/or training from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities have been achieved.

Job Profile Summary:
Responsible for advancing the university's public image and reputation through routine media engagement and outreach activities to actively engage with media outlets, secure impactful coverage, and promote the university's stories, achievements, and expertise.

Job Description:

Position Salary Range: $54,600 - $56,350 annually; DOE

The role of the Multimedia Specialist within the Enterprise Brand Strategy and Management team captures and edits professional quality videos and photos that support advertising campaigns and university initiatives. This position creates high-impact photos and videos that support awareness and a positive perception of ASU by highlighting research, learning and community engagement. This position reports to the Assistant Director, Producer.

Working in a fast-paced environment, the Multimedia Specialist works on the team to plan for story ideas, including conducting interviews and capturing b-roll that reflects the depth of ASU’s academic and community work. The role makes both technical and creative decisions related to lighting, capture style, audio, composition and graphics, ensuring the final outcome meets a high standard of quality.

Strong collaboration with teammates and clients is essential including maintaining strong working relationships across the university. Staying current with equipment and industry trends is expected as is proactive scouting of possible locations and subjects for future coverage. Due to the nature of the work, flexibility to work evenings and weekends is required.

Essential Duties:

• Captures engaging photography and video that supports brand strategy and creative direction.

• Ensures technical accuracy, color consistency, audio clarity and overall creative quality.

• Edits photos and videos, retouching, color correction and resizing for final output.

• Navigates a wide range of project timelines, from rapid-turnaround requests to longer-term productions.

• Effectively communicates with visual, verbal and written skills, representing the brand team with professionalism, strong communication and a service mindset.

• Productively receives and incorporates feedback from multiple stakeholders.

• Makes recommendations based on best practices..

• Conceptualize and storyboard video ideas aligned with marketing goals, including promotional videos, event recaps, and social media content.

• Maintains and contributes to the team’s organized file management system.

• Responsible for the proper use, organization, and routine maintenance of production equipment. This includes ensuring gear is functional, stored correctly, and prepared for use across projects.

• Stays informed about emerging tools, equipment, techniques and trends in multimedia production to improve workflow and creative output.

• Mentors and cross-trains student workers other team members in areas of knowledge

Desired Qualifications:

• Operational knowledge of production gear (recording equipment).

• Working knowledge with photo/video/audio production equipment (cameras, mixers, etc.); digitizing; photo/video/audio post-processing and media conversion.

• Fundamental knowledge of principles regarding video editing, graphics and lower-thirds.

• Ability to plan, implement and shoot basic video, and produce basic programs as assigned.

• Setup audio and compose lighting to competent standards.

• Evidence of a portfolio of work demonstrating strong diversity of photograph and videography styles and different uses of lenses, lighting and indoor and outdoor settings

• Experience working with established brands and producing engaging creative while balancing the needs of brand standards.

Working Environment:

• Activities are primarily performed in a regular, climate controlled office setting subject to extended periods of sitting, standing, walking.

• Visual acuity and manual dexterity associated with daily use of desktop computer; bending, stooping, reaching, lifting and pushing objects of varying weights up to 50 pounds.

• Ability to clearly communicate verbally in English, read, write, see and hear to perform essential duties.

• May include exposure to external environment and climate conditions including walking on uneven surfaces, climbing and high temperatures.

• Regular review of completed tasks.
   

VIDEO:

• Essential duties may also require location work which may occur in adverse weather conditions.

• Locations may be interior or exterior in perhaps rugged conditions.

• Fragile electronic equipment must be transported both manually and with the assistance of portage devices.

• Operation of video and photographic equipment may be handheld for extended periods.

• Some equipment, such as lighting and cabling, can be dangerous during operation and setup.

Department Statement:

Enterprise Brand Strategy and Management is responsible for influencing how people around the globe think and feel about Arizona State University and its ability to positively impact our world. We work to establish, protect and differentiate the ASU brand in hearts and minds by working in concert with units across the ASU public enterprise. We are brand innovators, emotional storytellers, insights-driven strategists and creative artists building a body of work that brings the ASU brand to life and scales for enterprise-wide use. We are dedicated to increasing the strength of the ASU brand by improving perceptions of excellence, raising awareness and increasing pride across all audiences.

We do this important work by staying true to our values:

• Collaboration. We cannot and do not work in silos. We collaborate not just within the Brand team but with colleagues and teams across the ASU enterprise. Through the brand platform, brand standards and personal relationship building, we are uniters and network orchestrators.
• Creativity. We are passionate creatives excited by the work we do. We explore things from all angles, sweat the details and seek to create work that has meaning and is authentic, original, best in class and world renowned.
• Innovation. We reject the status quo. We are open to new ideas and embrace change not for the sake of change, but because we believe everything we do can always be done better to meet new goals, improve performance and advance the brand.
• Knowledge. We ask lots of questions and make decisions based on data and insights. We seek to understand our audiences and the performance of our work. We are curious lifelong learners.
• Optimism. When change comes, we see within it opportunity. We believe in the ASU Charter and in ASU’s ability to positively impact our world. We channel that optimism in our work, taking on any and every challenge with a can-do attitude.

ASU offers a total compensation package that includes valuable employee benefits, healthcare, retirement, tuition reduction program (eligible ASU Employee, their dependents and spouse), financial security, discounts, family resources and more. Explore ASU’s benefits options and degree program offerings.

Estimate the value of your total compensation: https://cfo.asu.edu/compensation-estimator.

Brand Strategy and Management at ASU supports hybrid remote work schedules two days per week, subject to approvals per ASU policy.

To learn more about us, visit brandguide.asu.edu.

Driving Requirement:

Driving is not required for this position.

Location:

Off-Campus: Mesa/Tempe

Funding:

No Federal Funding

Instructions to Apply:

Current Employees and Students should apply directly within Workday using the Jobs Hub. Use this link and log in using SSO:

https://www.myworkday.com/asu/d/inst/1$9925/9925$17569.htmld

To be considered, your application must include all of the following attachments:

• Cover letter
• Resume/CV

Note: Multiple documents can be submitted into the attachment box. Alternatively, merge all documents into one PDF for submission.

Please include all employment information in month/year format (e.g., 6/88 to 8/94), job title, job duties and name of employer for each position. Resume should clearly illustrate how prior knowledge and experience meets the Minimum and Desired qualifications of this position. NOTE: GA and Intern positions are counted as .5 for job experience (ie. 1 year equals 6 months experience equivalency). Only electronic applications are accepted for this position.

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