Brand Creator; Video and Digital Content

0601346

Brand Creator (Video and Digital Content)

Exempt

Full-Time

12 Months

Full Academic Year

Staff

Design and Brand Management

Bring Wheaton College’s story to life through video and digital content that makes people stop, connect, and imagine themselves here. The Brand Creator (Video & Digital Content), turns student experiences, academic discovery, and campus energy into authentic stories that inspire prospective students, families, alumni, and the wider Wheaton community. As part of the Creative team in Marketing and Communications, this video-first storyteller takes ideas from concept through production and delivery across social media, the website, and digital campaigns.

Working closely with the Creative Director and campus partners, the role combines hands‑on production with fresh creative thinking to support enrollment, engagement, advancement, and brand visibility. This is an opportunity to discover great stories across campus, experiment with new formats, and create work that helps shape how audiences experience Wheaton.

Find and develop authentic stories that capture Wheaton’s personality and show how students explore, grow, and transform. Create concepts, scripts, outlines, and interviews featuring student life, academics, athletics, faculty expertise, alumni success, and institutional priorities. Translate marketing goals and complex topics into engaging visual narratives aligned with Wheaton’s brand and messaging.

Capture and edit compelling short- and long-form video for studio and on‑location projects. Operate video,audio, and lighting equipment; combine footage, sound, and motion graphics into polished content. Produce vertical and horizontal formats, ensuring strong visual quality, clear audio, accurate captions, and accessible digital communications consistent with ADA and WCAG standards.

Create and adapt content for Instagram, Tik Tok, You Tube, Linked In, Facebook, the college website, digital advertising, landing pages, and email. Work with channel owners on publishing and performance optimization. Follow platform trends, audience behaviors, and emerging formats to test fresh approaches that strengthen engagement and expand Wheaton’s reach.

Capture photography for campus events, student experiences, athletics, visiting dignitaries, faculty and staff headshots, and campus imagery. Proactively seek out meaningful moments and stories that keep Wheaton’s content library fresh. Edit and prepare photographs for use across institutional communications and marketing channels.

Manage projects from pre‑production planning and scheduling through filming, editing, review, and final delivery. Balance deadlines and competing priorities with careful attention to detail. Organize, tag, archive, and maintain video and photography in the college’s digital asset management system for efficient access and long‑term use. Evaluate emerging production tools and responsible uses of AI to improve quality and workflow.

Collaborate with directors, writers, social media producers, web colleagues, and campus partners to develop content supporting recruitment, enrollment, advancement, and brand awareness. Contribute ideas in creative planning and brainstorming. Coordinate student content creators, freelancers, photographers, videographers, and consultants as needed, providing creative direction and production oversight.

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