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Videography Assistant (Student Assistant 4)

 Position Summary:

University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources is seeking a resourceful, motivated and media-savvy college student who is enthusiastic about visual storytelling and skilled in using videography.

Working within UC ANR’s Strategic Communications unit, the Videography Assistant supports the Senior Videographer in shooting, producing, and editing video content for distribution across ANR’s media platforms & associated accounts.

The Videography Assistant also maintains and manages inventory related to sound and video recording, supports the UC ANR YouTube channel, and maintains and manages stored audio/video assets.

The Videography Assistant will be guided by the Senior Videographer in following best practices for digital content production. 

This position is a limited term appointment with a maximum of 16 hours of work per week with flexibility. The schedule will be arranged based on the student's academic schedule.

Key Responsibilities:

  • 60% - Support video production in the field and in the studio. Field production will involve accompanying the Senior Videographer on shoots to assist with cinematography, lighting, and audio recording tasks. Studio production will involve management of recorded assets and assistant editing tasks such as set-up of Premiere / Resolve projects, layout of assets on timelines, sound syncing, transcript generation, etc. Support/cover strategic events as assigned. 
  • 20% - Assist with management of YouTube channel / social media analytics, reporting, and compliance reports.
  • 10% - Moderate comments across YouTube profiles and engage with their communities.
  • 10% - Stored media management and curation

Compensation: 

$18.20 per hour

Requirements: 

  • Demonstrated experience creating digital content and measuring its success.
  • Demonstrated experience with Adobe Premiere or similar video editing platform.
  • Experience collaborating successfully on communications projects.
  • Strong visual storytelling skills.
  • Basic photographic composition/cinematography, lighting and audio recording equipment experience.
  • Ability to work in person at UC ANR Davis office and travel to other locations as needed.

Preferred Skills: 

  • Proficient bilingual communication/translation abilities in Spanish or another targeted California language.

 

Special Conditions of Employment:

If the student's schedule allows, there may be occasional in-state travel for this role.

Must be enrolled as a student at an accredited California community college, state college, or university with a minimum of 6 units.

As of January 1, 2014, ANR is a smoke- and tobacco-free environment in which smoking, the use of smokeless tobacco products, and the use of unregulated nicotine products (e-cigarettes), is strictly prohibited. 

Misconduct Disclosure Requirement: 

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. 

a. “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: 

It is the policy of the University of California to undertake affirmative action and anti-discrimination efforts, consistent with its obligations as a Federal and State contractor.