Multimedia Specialist

Scope and Purposes:

The multimedia specialist will work as an integral member of the PR & marketing team and will be available for occasional weekend and evening assignments.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: (not all-inclusive)

• Design, create, and produce presentations, social media, and special projects for marketing, communications, recruitment, and special events using sound, video, and other multimedia tools.
• Collaboratively create, develop, and maintain the creative vision of AUK using photography and videography.
• Collaborate with other specialists, including writers, graphic designers, and photographers to incorporate their work into final video productions.
• Apply closed captioning to all video productions in support of accessibility; also attach relevant metadata and captions for indexing.
• Manage and organize a vast library of media using a digital asset management system.
• Provide for storage and proper care and maintenance of video (and photo) equipment.
• Design, plan, produce, and maintain social media to effectively market the AUK brand; provide analytics to assist with future ads and campaigns.
• Collaboratively manage multimedia assets on social media platforms, such as Instagram, YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook, etc.
• Enforce institutional policies in producing videos, purchasing music licensing, archiving product documentation, and report and recommendations for best practices.
• Coordinate with outside companies to create and edit video footage for special projects; select and supervise contract personnel for videography services.
• Provide service excellence through courteous, informed, accessible, and professional engagement.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• A motivated self-starter and proven team-player with the ability to deliver a high level of interactive customer service and proactively solve problems.
• Must be creative, tech savvy, and possess excellent communication skills.
• Familiarity with Windows and Mac operating systems and Microsoft Office are also required.
• Must be able to work under pressure in a fast-paced, high-demand, deadline-driven setting.
• Must work well with students, faculty, and staff at all levels within a diverse, multi-cultural, collaborative environment.