Jr Multimedia Specialist

PURPOSE: Under the general direction of the Interim Director, Marketing and Communications, and the day-to-day guidance of the Multimedia Strategy Lead, the Jr. Multimedia Specialist contributes to the planning, production, editing, organization, and distribution of multimedia content supporting California State University, Monterey Bay's marketing, communications, advancement, recruitment, and institutional storytelling initiatives.

The incumbent serves as a multimedia content creator with a primary emphasis on professional video production while also capturing professional photography supporting university marketing and communications. Working within established brand standards, production workflows, and communication strategies, the Jr. Multimedia Specialist creates compelling visual content for university websites, social media, digital marketing campaigns, publications, executive communications, campus events, and institutional storytelling initiatives.

The incumbent demonstrates knowledge of and works within the university's Brand Promise, Brand Pillars, Brand Personality, and Brand Photo Styles, ensuring all multimedia content consistently reflects the university's visual identity, strategic messaging, and institutional priorities. The incumbent contributes to the long-term organization, management, and preservation of the university's multimedia assets while supporting University Communications' mission to strengthen the university's reputation through engaging visual storytelling.

include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Performs professional editing of photography and video content produced by University Communications staff, freelancers, contractors, student employees, and campus partners.
• Edits interviews, documentaries, promotional videos, executive communications, recruitment campaigns, event recaps, social media content, and other institutional multimedia projects.
• Performs color correction, color grading, audio cleanup, sound mixing, captioning, graphics integration, formatting, rendering, exporting, encoding, and final delivery of multimedia assets.
• Reviews multimedia assets for technical quality, accessibility compliance, brand consistency, metadata accuracy, and production standards prior to publication.
• Organizes, archives, keywords, captions, and maintains university photography and video assets utilizing Photo Shelter and other digital asset management systems.
• Maintains metadata standards, file naming conventions, folder structures, archival procedures, backup systems, and organizational workflows supporting long-term preservation and accessibility of institutional multimedia assets.
• Coordinates media transfers, cloud storage, production archives, file delivery, and retrieval of multimedia assets supporting university communications.
• Assists in organizing historical multimedia collections and preparing existing photography and video assets for future marketing, recruitment, advancement, and institutional storytelling initiatives.
• Maintains organized digital libraries supporting efficient retrieval and reuse of university multimedia assets across departments.
• Assists in developing efficient multimedia workflows that improve production quality, asset organization, and long-term usability of institutional content.

• Captures professional video content supporting university marketing, communications, advancement, recruitment, executive communications, fundraising, and institutional storytelling initiatives.
• Produces interviews, student testimonials, faculty profiles, alumni stories, documentaries, promotional videos, recruitment videos, executive messaging, social media content, and branded multimedia campaigns.
• Operates professional cinema, mirrorless, DSLR, mobile, drone, and supporting camera systems utilizing appropriate lighting, composition, stabilization, and professional audio recording techniques.
• Captures high-quality B-roll, interviews, environmental footage, and supporting visuals for university websites, digital marketing campaigns, social media, presentations, advertising, publications, and institutional communications.
• Assists with multimedia coverage of university ceremonies, executive events, special events, strategic initiatives, and the university's Five Signature Events, ensuring consistent visual storytelling across the institution.
• Works collaboratively with University Communications staff…