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McDaniel College, recognized nationally among "Colleges that Change Lives" and U.S. News and World Report top-tier liberal arts colleges, is a four-year private college of the liberal arts and sciences offering more than 70 undergraduate programs of study, including dual and student-designed majors, plus 20 highly regarded graduate programs. At McDaniel College we value our employees by offering our full-time employees tuition remission, 403B retirement accounts, paid time off, medical insurance, flexible spending accounts, life insurance, and paid maternity and parental leave. For more information about the college's benefits, please click here to review the 2024 benefits guidebook.
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Job Description:
The communications and marketing department of McDaniel College is not afraid to take risks, embrace bold concepts and create work that challenges the traditional higher education marketplace. Because of the beauty of campus, the diversity of our students, the philosophy of the College, and the division's willingness to consider fresh ideas, the Videographer/Photographer will have a platform to create innovative, exciting, creative, and truly excellent work.
Reporting to the Creative Director, the Videographer/Photographer supports the communications, publications, marketing, branding and special event efforts of the college. The Videographer/Photographer will perform a variety of college video and photo assignments and manage photo and digital assets in the college's digital asset management system. The Videographer/Photographer will have the ability to capture and produce video and photos in a compelling way to tell the McDaniel story. There is nothing "typical" about the work to be completed. With a heavy emphasis on video content, the Videographer/Photographer will be expected to have a truly creative eye and to make original, boundary-pushing work to differentiate the college from our peers.
The department is committed to providing the tools necessary for innovative and high-quality videography and photography. The selected candidate must have a demonstrated ability to meet tight deadlines and will be able to achieve technical, qualitative and quantitative goals while meeting overall project goals and creative excellence. This is a full-time position with a hiring range of $58,000 - $60,000.
Specific Responsibilities
- Provide video and photo content to fulfill communications and marketing needs at the discretion of the Creative Director;
- Create high-quality, well-edited videos that appeal to a variety of markets including prospective students, alumni, employees and more;
- Identify persuasive opportunities to incorporate video content across multiple platforms;
- Execute general and special assignments requiring professionalism and technical expertise, including but not limited to: candid coverage of campus activities and special events; editorial photos for publications; architectural photographs; headshots; spot news assignments, research profiles etc.
- Work with McDaniel's design team and other colleagues to provide ideas and alternate solutions, resulting in optimal results for the college and impactful, innovative creative;
- Efficiently schedule all assignments by utilizing time management skills;
- Develop and pitch creative concepts and, once approved, execute from planning to completion;
- Develop, manage, organize and continuously expand the content on the college's YouTube channel, working closely with student content creators to maintain relevancy;
- Ensure that videos are captioned to comply with accessibility standards.
- As necessary, help to fulfill requests for images and video of newsworthy campus events and stories to be supplied to external media outlets/organizations on behalf of the college;
- Manage and maintain the digital asset management system for the college, organizing and tagging photos and video content, identifying keywords for searches, and implementing/updating a photo tagging system;
- Continually update our campus image bank/photo library with photos of campus locations, buildings, faculty, staff and students;
- Responsible for batch editing, uploading and tagging photos;
- Assess requests for campus photography and videography and offer assistance in arranging for freelance photographers and videographers as required by workload or specific jobs;
- Recruit, train and support a Video Intern, ensuring high quality content from the student perspective;
- Solicit, collect and maintain all image use permission forms for subject as needed;
- Work closely with the writers, social/digital media, graphic designers, web and marketing teams to develop a video and photography plan to capture the images and video necessary to improve our website, stories, publications, social media, etc.
- Expected to complete a minimum of 4 videos/month.
- Support live stream requests as needed.
Requirements:
Qualifications
- A minimum of 3 years of experience as a videographer and photographer and used to working in a variety of environments.
- Bachelor's Degree in related field required.
- Experience working in high-level video production and post-production, including working knowledge of Visual Effects, audio engineering and film directing strongly preferred.
- High degree of attention-to-detail and an appreciation for how much small details impact overall creative results.
- Must have demonstrated professional photography and videography skills and experience working with multiple camera lenses, portable lighting kits and audio recording devices
- High degree of creativity and innovation; bold, modern and playful style and the ability to adapt tone to different projects.
- Demonstrated knowledge of photo and video equipment: DSLR camera body, lenses, lighting equipment, expertise in Photoshop, Lightroom, and non-linear video editing software.
- Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of digital assessment management systems.
- Extensive understanding of the Mac operating system and software file structuring.
- Must be able to maintain confidential information.
- Demonstrated ability to multitask and complete multiple projects at a high level on time.
- Extensive experience with Adobe Premiere Pro/Final Cut X video editing software.
- FAA Certified Drone Pilot preferred.
- Corporate or educational video/photography experience preferred.
- All applicants are expected to present a portfolio showcasing their range of experience.
Physical Characteristics
- This position requires sitting for long periods of time at a computer.
- This position has lifting involved but not more than 40 pounds at a time.
- Finger/hand dexterity is required.
- Position may at times require photography or videography from high locations that necessitate climbing and use of ladders. Must be able to carry and set-up equipment, and be available on nights and weekends when necessary.
- The overall setting of the job unpredictable based on location of videography/photography shoot.
Additional Information:
McDaniel College is committed to building a diverse workforce that reflects the student body. McDaniel College, in compliance with federal and state laws and regulations, does not discriminate in the recruitment, admission, and employment of students, faculty, and staff in the operation of any of its educational programs and activities. McDaniel College will not tolerate any discrimination or harassment on basis of any protected status including protective hairstyle, race, religion, color, ancestry or national origin, disability, age, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, pregnancy, military status, genetic information, marital status, veteran's status, or any other actual or perceived legally protected characteristics. For more information on the College's commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion, please visit: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion | McDaniel College.
Application Instructions:
Completed applications must include the following: cover letter addressing position qualifications and related experience; resume; names and contact information of three professional references; a completed job application; and portfolio showing range of experience. Review of applications begins immediately and continues until position is filled.
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