Senior Communications Specialist

Position Information

Posting Number

Posting Number S06306P

Position Title

Position Title Senior Communications Specialist

Department

Department VP Mktng, Msgn, & Engmnt

Location

Location Arlington

Job Family

Job Family Communications/Public Affairs

Position Status

Position Status Full-time

Work Hours

Work Hours Standard

Work Schedule

Monday – Friday; 8:00am to 5:00pm

• This position requires occasional availability outside of standard business hours, including early mornings, evenings, and some weekends, both on and off campus.
• Some local and regional travel required for meetings, events, and conferences.

Open to

Open to External and Internal

Salary Salary is commensurate based on qualifications and relevant experience up to $65,000.

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Job Summary

The Senior Communications Specialist develops and executes compelling strategic content in a variety of media, which support and communicate the top priorities of the University. The Senior Communications Specialist will assist the Director of Multimedia with the day-to-day operations of the unit and serves as a key project manager responsible for ensuring the creative alignment of content, direction, and ensures consistent, high-quality deliverables and adherence to all critical deadlines.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Develops innovative, creative, and strategic digital and social media and marketing, news, public relations and corporate communications video solutions to support high-priority communications and marketing objectives for The University of Texas at Arlington while maintaining consistently high- quality standards on all productions.
• Conducts required research such as personal interviews and other back-grounding techniques to obtain necessary information to develop concepts.
• Conducts interviews with faculty, staff, students, and alumni and helps direct video and photo shoots.
• Creates storyboards and work plans, helps write and edit scripts, and seeks appropriate approval and input at key points prior to, and during, all phases of production.
• Schedules and scouts locations, maintains contacts and resources for talent selection, stays abreast of relevant University events for coverage and documentary opportunities, identifies and suggests opportunities for content and coverage.
• Utilizes all current technology, formats, and standards in videography, sound, photography, and video editing to deliver final products in accordance with project directives.
• Makes technical and creative decisions regarding such elements as appropriate lighting, shooting angles, lens selection, placement and type of microphones, locations, use of movement and interview style, and participates in projects’ visual and audio development.
• Works closely with all functional areas of the central Communications and Marketing office and campus marketers/communications officers to ensure integration of various design objectives and to develop creative, compelling visual solutions, and provide technical support for a wide variety of projects across multiple platforms (digital, online, live performance).
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with a concentration in digital marketing, photography, television production, cinematography, multimedia production, journalism or related field.
• Five (5) years of experience in a professional media production environment or an equivalent mix of education and relevant experience in similar role.
• Strong proficiency with current professional videography and photography equipment.
• Demonstrated proficiency in graphic, Web online, and video production software editing and production programs such as Final Cut Pro and the Adobe Creative Suite.

Preferred Qualifications

• Five (5) years of video editing experience.
• Two (2) years working in After Effects.
• Two (2) years working with MAC Operating System.
• Experience at a video production facility, advertising agency, corporate or…