MultiMedia Specialist

MultiMedia Specialist

Arizona State University

Campus: Tempe

105156BR

Job Description

Are you a tech-savvy creative passionate about storytelling and pushing the boundaries of multimedia production? Join the Creative x Communications team at ASU Enterprise Technology, the university’s central IT division, where we leverage technology to serve our community. 

We’re seeking a motivated, self-driven Multimedia Specialist to join our team. In this role, you’ll focus on videography, photography, social media, and content creation. You will use your creative expertise to produce compelling multimedia content, streamline production workflows, and foster collaborative efforts. With strong creative vision, technical proficiency, and mastery of advanced tools, you’ll play a pivotal role in delivering high-quality videos, photography and interactive media.

Additionally, you will have access to advanced tools, including AI, to enhance all aspects of multimedia production, from concept development to final output. This includes generating innovative ideas, creating detailed storyboards, and developing engaging scripts. You will also produce animations and motion graphics, ensuring efficient and high-quality production. Integrating AI tools for sound design and project management will be key as you continuously learn and adopt new technologies to stay at the forefront of the industry.

Your work will also be instrumental in transforming educational content through multimedia, gaining visibility across the broader ASU community and showcasing the role of technology in education.

As with everyone on the ET team, our intentional focus on diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging as well as culture and communications are core responsibilities in this role. With an increased emphasis on authenticity, compassion, and inclusivity, this position strives to embody and advance our ET Positive Core.

If you’re ready to elevate your multimedia skills and work in an environment that values collaboration, creativity, innovation, and excellence, we want to hear from you!

We’re looking for a:

• Creative visionary: Someone who seamlessly blends traditional media production techniques with AI advancements to create stunning and compelling visual content.
• Tech enthusiast: A tech-savvy individual with a passion for digital media and the skills to design, develop, and deliver high-quality multimedia projects.
• Committed innovator: A professional who enhances educational content and user experiences, ensuring they are engaging, accessible, and cutting-edge.
• Storyteller: A creative mind passionate about crafting compelling narratives around the role of human-centered technology.
• Skilled artist: A talented photographer and videographer who can capture compelling images, attend and manage photoshoots, edit photos and videos, and upload them quickly. You'll also be responsible for photographing senior leadership at ASU, ensuring their visual presence aligns with our brand standards.

Salary Range

$55,000 - $65,000 per year; DOE

Close Date

22-October-2024

Essential Duties

Concept development:

• Use brainstorming tools to generate innovative concepts and ideas that align with project goals and assist in creating detailed storyboards by automating layout suggestions and visual flow. 
• Utilize advanced editing tools, including AI, to generate and refine scripts for videos, podcasts, and other multimedia content, ensuring engaging and coherent storytelling. Create high-quality visual content, such as images, video clips, animations, and graphics, to support Enterprise Technology’s storytelling and marketing initiatives.

Creation, design and illustration:

• Design, create, edit and deliver engaging multimedia and web-based graphics, videos, sound elements and capturing photography that adheres to ASU brand standards.
• Develop layout/template design concepts and select appropriate illustrative, photographic, and sound materials.
• Apply AI tools to maintain a consistent visual style across all design elements, ensuring brand alignment.
• Leverage AI tools to repurpose existing content into different formats, such as transforming written articles into videos or podcasts, maximizing content utility and reach.

Technology integration and collaboration:

• Support in-person operations of studios, maintaining and troubleshooting multimedia studio technologies.
• Stay informed on the latest multimedia tools and trends to provide innovative ideas and recommendations.
• Collaborate with multimedia team members at Enterprise Technology and across the ASU enterprise, fostering a culture of continuous learning and knowledge sharing.

Social media platform development:

• Develop content for our social media presence on Instagram, LinkedIn, and YouTube to increase followers and engagement by creating and executing strategies that drive audience growth and interaction across our platforms.
• Collaborate with the CxC team members to produce engaging, high-quality, and platform-specific content (videos, graphics, and posts) that resonate with target audiences.
• Stay updated on social media trends, tools, and emerging platforms, integrating them into our strategies to maintain a competitive edge.

Culture and Collaboration: 

• Take responsibility for fostering culture, advancing our values, and championing engagement in all its forms.
• Collaborate across our teams as well as participating in ET/ASU events and programs.
• Demonstrate commitment to valuing diversity and contributing to an inclusive working and learning environment. 

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Media Communications, Film or Video Production, Design, or Graphic Design, Graphic Arts, or a closely related field AND two years of progressive experience GRAPHICS (Proficiency) Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator - or - VIDEO (Proficiency) video/audio production. OR, Any equivalent combination of experience and/or education from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities have been achieved.

Desired Qualifications

• Evidence of storytelling capabilities in capturing effective interview content through video shooting, editing, and production, with the ability to manage and actively participate in photo and video shoots.
• Experience with Adobe Creative Suite applications and a strong understanding of web design standards, including proficiency in Drupal.
• Operational knowledge of video, sound, and podcasting production/recording equipment.
• Experience in professional photography techniques and photo editing software.
• Experience utilizing generative AI tools to create engaging, high-quality visual content and personalized, immersive multimedia experiences.
• Experience developing and executing growth strategies for social media platforms, specifically Instagram, LinkedIn, and YouTube, to increase followers, engagement, and audience interaction.
• Evidence of effective communication and collaboration skills.
• Experience in work that requires organizational and project management skills.
• An AI evangelist with a solid working knowledge of its applications in storytelling.
• Ability to model empathy, compassion and emotional intelligence.
• Experience working in a values-led organization, emphasizing equity, inclusion and belonging.
• Ability to help foster a safe psychological space for all teammates where everyone can thrive.
• Ability to stimulate changes in individual, institutional, and corporate behaviors to create a more sustainable environment.
• Ability to lead by example in communicating, participating and encouraging support of the institution’s sustainability programs.

Working Environment

• Primary location is at our Tempe Campus 8am to 5pm, Monday through Friday. Hybrid schedule as determined by supervisor and within ASU/Enterprise Technology guidelines. 
• Activities are primarily performed in a regular, climate controlled office setting subject to extended periods of sitting, standing, walking
• May include exposure to external environment/climate conditions including walking on uneven surfaces, climbing and high temperatures. 
• VIDEO: Essential duties may also require location work which may occur in adverse weather conditions.
• Locations may be interior/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. Regular review of completed tasks.

Department Statement

Enterprise Technology (ET) embraces its role as both an enabler and catalyst for advancing the vision and work of the New American University. We are a values-driven organization. Our commitments are reflected in all of the work we do in pursuit of operational excellence, the experience and delight of our community, and our strategic and innovation initiatives. Applicants must be eligible to work in the United States.

Join the team that sparks human-centered innovation

 ET is a rapidly reconfigurable and entrepreneurial organization at ASU that prioritizes and executes to meet the needs of our community of learners, faculty, researchers and staff. Our work emphasizes autonomy, flexibility and distributed decision-making to leverage the strengths of individuals. Together, we embrace a culture that nurtures, engages and embraces diverse voices with a shared lens of positive community impact and expanded opportunities for collaboration.

Why join us?

 Mission oriented. Everything we do is to advance ASU’s charter -- measuring who we include and how they succeed. We are staunch champions of learner success and put people first.

Flexibility. Our flexible work environment allows employees to explore opportunities with their supervisor beyond the traditional work schedule. Opportunities include hybrid work where staff are in person three days per week.

Culture forward. We embrace a Positive Core culture: Belonging, Relational, Authentic, Visionary and Empowered. The ET fabric weaves together diversity, equity and inclusion applied in our daily work and interactions. 

Scale of impact. Our work changes the world. With 180k+ learners, faculty, researchers and staff, working with ET means you have the capacity to improve many lives and entire communities.

World-class, low cost education. Our professional development is built in! ET encourages staff to seek additional certificates and degrees via ASU’s top ranked programs with major tuition breaks.

Exposure to industry giants. ET partners with Amazon, Apple, Cox, Verizon, Salesforce, Alteryx and a diversity of technology companies to enhance our innovations and deepen their impact.

Special Instructions to Apply: 

Please include a link to your portfolio in your cover letter. This portfolio should showcase diverse multimedia projects (videos, photography, graphic designs, podcasts, web pages) and provide concrete examples of your ability to produce high-quality visual and audio media.

To assess your proficiency with AI tools, please indicate in your cover letter if any part of your application materials was created using AI. Briefly describe how AI was used, the tools employed, and the reasoning behind utilizing these technologies. This will offer valuable insights into your approach and innovative use of AI. Additionally, if AI has been integrated into your portfolio projects, highlight this to demonstrate your practical application and creativity with these tools.

ASU Statement

Arizona State University is a new model for American higher education, an unprecedented combination of academic excellence, entrepreneurial energy and broad access. This New American University is a single, unified institution comprising four differentiated campuses positively impacting the economic, social, cultural and environmental health of the communities it serves. Its research is inspired by real world application blurring the boundaries that traditionally separate academic disciplines. ASU serves more than 100,000 students in metropolitan Phoenix, Arizona, the nation's fifth largest city. ASU champions intellectual and cultural diversity, and welcomes students from all fifty states and more than one hundred nations across the globe.

ASU is a tobacco-free university. For details visit https://wellness.asu.edu/explore-wellness/body/alcohol-and-drugs/tobacco

Arizona State University is a VEVRAA Federal Contractor and an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other basis protected by law.

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ASU conducts pre-employment screening which may include verification of work history, academic credentials, licenses, and certifications.

Background Check Statement

ASU conducts pre-employment screening for all positions which includes a criminal background check, verification of work history, academic credentials, licenses, and certifications. Employment is contingent upon successful passing of the background check.

Fingerprint Check Statement

This position is considered safety/security sensitive and will include a fingerprint check. Employment is contingent upon successful passing of the fingerprint check.

Instructions to Apply

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

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.

ASU does not pay for travel expenses associated with interviews, unless otherwise indicated.

Only electronic applications are accepted for this position.

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.

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