Media Specialist (7455U) #74959

At the University of California, Berkeley, we are dedicated to fostering a community where everyone feels welcome and can thrive. Our culture of openness, freedom and belonging make it a special place for students, faculty and staff.

As a world-leading institution, Berkeley is known for its academic and research excellence, public mission, diverse student body, and commitment to equity and social justice. Since our founding in 1868, we have driven innovation, creating global intellectual, economic and social value.

We are looking for applicants who reflect California's diversity and want to be part of an inclusive, equity-focused community that views education as a matter of social justice. Please consider whether your values align with our Guiding Values and Principles, Principles of Community, and Strategic Plan.

At UC Berkeley, we believe that learning is a fundamental part of working, and provide space for supportive colleague communities via numerous employee resource groups (staff organizations). Our goal is for everyone on the Berkeley campus to feel supported and equipped to realize their full potential. We actively support this by providing all of our full-time staff employees with at least 80 hours (10 days) of paid time per year to engage in professional development activities. Find out more about how you can grow your career at UC Berkeley.

Summer Sessions, Study Abroad, Lifelong Learning & University Extension (SSALLEX) is the extended education division of the University of California, Berkeley, and an essential part of the University's mission to extend the research and scholarship of UC Berkeley to a global community.

SSALLEX is a vibrant and dynamic organization that enables more than 60,000 visiting UC and potential Cal students, parents, faculty, academic units, international business partners, and central campus service providers to engage in campus activities. The department provides more than 2,000 summer courses, fall freshmen programs, study abroad experiences, global internships, and year-round programs or courses, lectures, special events, and interest circles for older adults.

Team Overview

We are the Media team at SSALLEX, passionate about creating inclusive and impactful digital content that resonates with diverse audiences. Our combined services encompass comprehensive support across marketing, academic, and instructional areas. We manage webinars, live events, promotional content, course media, and social media outreach. Our team provides office hours and live-online training, alongside vendor and media asset management, ensuring seamless delivery of both academic and marketing initiatives. Through platform and AI integration, we optimize content creation while maintaining full accessibility support to ensure inclusivity in all our offerings.

The First Review Date for this job is December 26, 2024

Applications will be considered beyond this date into January 2025.

Application Review Process

At UC Berkeley SSALLEX, we prioritize a personal touch in our hiring process. A dedicated team member reviews all applications, ensuring that each candidate receives thoughtful consideration. We value the unique qualities that every individual brings and look forward to learning about your experiences.

Produces design and layout for a variety of web applications, as well as information architecture.

Project and Media Operations Functions:

• Produces academic course media in collaboration with instructional designers and instructors or other subject matter experts. Assist in envisioning and implementation of efficiency enhancing workflows for course media production and publication.
• Ensure proper publish, inventory, storage, and retention of all produced media artifacts. Produces design, plans, resources and layout for a variety of digital media projects and initiatives. Responsible for end-to-end pre-production technical design and setup for video production in studio or on location
• Produces and shares deliverables in accordance with project vision; including design, final product, and post-project artifacts including any supplemental materials (captions, transcripts, analytics, etc)
• Meets and consults with clients on a variety of digital communications projects including moderately complex assignments; develops, presents, and recommends web content, site architecture and visual material.

Project Management Functions:

• Participates in phases across media project workflow including, concept design, pre-production, post-production, distribution and asset management. Works collaboratively with staff from Marketing, instructional designers and instructors or other subject matter experts. Determines resource requirements, prepares and tracks project schedules, budgets
• Meets and consults with clients on a variety of projects including complex assignments, and develops, presents, and recommends means and methods of vision execution. Maintains relationships with customers to ensure that multimedia projects under his/her responsibility receive proper inputs and outputs as to customer requirements.
• Ensures alignment with brand messaging and ambassadorship

Maintains currency with emerging and state-of-the-art technical and other web-related equipment, requirements and developments (for example, accessibility issues) and recommends and as directed, takes action to ensure compliance.

Documents procedures, protocols, and technology for internal and external consumption. Maintains currency with emerging and state-of-the-art technical and other web-related equipment, requirements and developments (for example, accessibility issues) and recommends and as directed, takes action to ensure compliance.

Accountable for ensuring technical accuracy and understandability of web content.

• Thorough understanding of technical language and requirements of the assigned work.
• Exceptional Customer/Client Focus.
• Experience with media and event production planning, and design
• Initiative. decision making. teamwork and leadership orientation.
• Experience with post-production, developing multimedia content across web, email, social. Strong proficiency with content creation and distribution software, tools, and platforms
• Experienced in the operation and maintenance of audio and video equipment and technologies
• Knowledge of media production AV principles - sound, lighting, camera operation and videography
• Ability to diagnose and troubleshoot local and remote issues during live event delivery
• Ability to handle high-pressure live delivery and broadcast environments
• Flexible availability to accommodate varied event schedules
• Thorough skills to develop and implement proposals and original ideas and correctly identify opportunities and effectively solve problems.
• Thorough interpersonal communication skills.
• Thorough skills to develop and implement original ideas and correctly identify and effectively solve problems.
• Bachelor's degree in related area and / or equivalent experience / training.

This is a one-year, full-time contract position with the possibility for extension.

This role is eligible for a remote/hybrid schedule within the United States, with some in-person presence required based on business needs. Working hours are in Pacific Standard Time (PST). This position requires that the employee to come to the location as needed, with 72 hours' notice.

This position is eligible for full UC Benefits. For information on the comprehensive benefits package offered by the University, please visit the University of California's Compensation & Benefits website.

Under California law, the University of California, Berkeley is required to provide a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role and should not offer a salary outside of the range posted in this job announcement. This range takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to experience, skills, knowledge, abilities, education, licensure and certifications, analysis of internal equity, and other business and organizational needs. It is not typical for an individual to be offered a salary at or near the top of the range for a position. Salary offers are determined based on final candidate qualifications and experience.

The budgeted salary range that the University reasonably expects to pay for this position is $80,400.00 - $100,000, annually.

This is not a visa opportunity.

To apply, please submit your resume and cover letter.

Please include, as part of your application a brief (1-2 paragraph) statement on your thoughts and/or contributions to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging in your professional experience.

Advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion are fundamental to our UC Berkeley Principles of Community, which states that "every member of the UC Berkeley community has a role in sustaining a safe, caring, and humane environment in which these values can thrive."

This job is part of the Employee Referral Program. If a UC Berkeley employee is referring you, please ensure you select the Referral Source of "UCB Employee". Then enter the employee's Name and Berkeley email address in the Specific Referral Source field. Please enter only one name and email.

As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts a conditional offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; received notice of any allegations or are currently the subject of any administrative or disciplinary proceedings involving misconduct; have left a position after receiving notice of allegations or while under investigation in an administrative or disciplinary proceeding involving misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of misconduct with a previous employer.

"Misconduct" means any violation of the policies or laws governing conduct at the applicant's previous place of employment, including, but not limited to, violations of policies or laws prohibiting sexual harassment, sexual assault, or other forms of harassment, discrimination, dishonesty, or unethical conduct, as defined by the employer. For reference, below are UC's policies addressing some forms of misconduct:

UC Sexual Violence and Sexual Harassment Policy
UC Anti-Discrimination Policy
Abusive Conduct in the Workplace

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