Federal Work Study - Film/Video Assistantship

Undergraduate Research Assistantship (Film/Video) to work on community engagement research project, Our Story: LGBTQ Stories of Eastern North Carolina, primarily related to collecting, recording, and documenting oral history interviews conducted as part of this project. (Fall 2024-Spring 2025). About the project: https://art.ecu.edu/ourstoryenc/

Candidate will be responsible for setting up tech equipment and staging area for interviews, testing, operating, and maintaining equipment for oral history collection process, recording and documenting oral history interviews, working with film/video digital file formats and workflow processes, backing up files and working with team members to transfer recorded interview files to the library digital archives team for post-edit.

Candidate will also assist with scanning and photographing visual and written artifacts submitted by candidates for the project, uploading visual and written artifacts to library digital repository, and other related tasks to collecting, documenting, and archiving oral histories for this community engagement project.

Other tasks may be assigned based on related skills.

Our setup/equipment includes:

-Work as a member of research team consisting of the faculty mentor.

-Complete assignments as directed by faculty mentor.

-Meet ~once/two-weeks (Day/Time based on candidate and faculty's availability)

-setting up tech equipment and staging area for interviews

-testing, operating, and maintaining equipment for oral history collection process

-recording and documenting oral history interviews

-working with film/video digital file formats and workflow processes

-backing up files and working with team members to transfer recorded interview files to the library digital archives team for post-edit.

-scanning, photographing, and documenting visual and written artifacts submitted by candidates.

Training with specific equipment can be provided, but expectation is that student is familiar with film/video equipment, processes, and workflow through the academic year (fall 2024 - spring 2025). Schedule is TBD and based on team and participant availability through the upcoming year.

Commitment: 5 hours/week
Hourly rate: $12

For questions or to inquire further about the position, please contact:
Cat Normoyle normoylec18@ecu.edu Office: 252-328-1304

Preferred Applicants will be:

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To be eligible for FEDERAL WORK STUDY positions, students MUST BE QUALIFIED and RECEIVE a FEDERAL WORK STUDY AWARD from the ECU Financial Aid Office (Old Cafeteria Complex, 252-328-6610).
Job Description per grant funding
Please contact Cat Normoyle normoylec18@ecu.edu for interview appointment.