Director of Creative Media and Office Manager

Stillman College•Tuscaloosa, AL

About The Position

Stillman College seeks a creative, organized, and mission-driven Director of Creative Media and Office Manager to build the President’s creative media function and ensure the efficient daily operation of the Office of the President. The position reports directly to the President and works in collaboration with the Director of Communications, who retains approval authority for institutional messaging, brand standards, public relations, and crisis communication. Approximately 80 percent of the role is devoted to creative media and 20 percent to office management. The creative media portion is supported by federal Title III funds, and the office management portion by institutional funds; the incumbent completes periodic time-and-effort certifications. The Director produces photography, video, interviews, social content, and visual stories for the College; covers presidential and institutional events; and supports creative media efforts for Athletics and other senior leaders as needed. The role also develops storytelling series, maintains a publishing calendar, builds and organizes a central photo and video archive, and recruits, trains, schedules, and supervises student creatives. The Director tracks content output and results and reports regularly to the President. The office management portion includes managing office systems, supplies, and records; processing purchasing requests and monitoring the office budget with Finance and Administration; coordinating meeting and event logistics; and scheduling and supervising work-study students. The position coordinates closely with the Executive Assistant to the President and is expected to maintain confidentiality and discretion. Evening and weekend availability is required for events as needed. The successful candidate must have a bachelor’s degree in communications, journalism, digital media, film, photography, marketing, or a related field; at least three years of professional experience in photography, videography, and digital content production; and a portfolio demonstrating photography, video, and storytelling work. Office administration or operations experience is preferred, and higher education experience is strongly preferred. Applicants should include a portfolio or links to recent work. Employment is contingent on a pre-employment background investigation, including information from social media and other internet sources; a prior conviction does not automatically disqualify a candidate, and individualized review may be conducted.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution in communications, journalism, digital media, film, photography, marketing, or a related field.
Minimum of three years of professional experience in photography, videography, and digital content production.
Portfolio demonstrating photography, video, and storytelling work.
Ability to manage multiple priorities, deadlines, and requests.
Professional discretion and sound judgment in a high-visibility executive office.
Availability for evening and weekend events as required.
Ability to collaborate effectively with students, faculty, staff, alumni, donors, and external partners.
Strong work ethic and high level of personal and professional integrity.
Successful completion of a pre-employment background investigation.

Nice To Haves

Experience in office administration or operations.
Experience in higher education.
Proficiency with professional editing and design software such as Adobe Premiere Pro, Lightroom, Photoshop, or comparable tools.
Experience managing institutional social media channels and publishing calendars.
Experience building and maintaining digital asset archives.
Experience supervising and training students or junior staff.
Experience in an executive office or with office budgets, purchasing, and records.
Familiarity with HBCU culture and the mission of historically Black colleges and universities.

Responsibilities

Build and lead the President’s creative media function in collaboration with the Director of Communications.
Lead photography, video, interviews, social content, and visual storytelling for the College and approved institutional priorities.
Develop recurring storytelling series featuring students, alumni, faculty, scholarships, traditions, and community impact.
Produce approved short- and long-form stories, profiles, event recaps, and multimedia projects.
Maintain an annual storytelling calendar aligned with fundraising, alumni engagement, enrollment, College events, and presidential priorities.
Prepare captions and accessible assets and publish approved content through authorized College channels.
Accompany the President to institutional, community, and external events to document the College’s presence and leadership.
Publish approved content from presidential and major institutional events in real time or promptly afterward.
Document academics, student life, athletics, campus events, milestones, and institutional achievements.
Support the Director of Athletics’ creative media efforts, including coverage of Stillman Athletics and the return of football.
Support creative media efforts of other senior leaders as needed.
Create donor, scholarship, stewardship, and alumni impact content with Institutional Advancement.
Produce student experience and campus content with Admissions.
Coordinate permissions, factual review, campaign timing, and calls to action with the department responsible for each message or campaign.
Build and maintain a centralized photo and video archive with consistent naming, metadata, storage, access, and backup practices.
Create a reusable library of current images and video for leadership, Institutional Advancement, Admissions, and campus departments.
Maintain visual documentation of major institutional milestones as part of the College’s historical record.
Recruit, train, schedule, and supervise student creatives; provide experience in photography, videography, editing, interviewing, social content, and equipment care.
Establish procedures for student supervision, releases, equipment checkout, and credit for student work.
Track published content, audience reach, engagement, turnaround time, archive growth, and department support; report regularly to the President and use results to adjust plans and recommendations.
Manage daily operations of the Office of the President, including office systems, supplies, and records.
Process purchasing requests and monitor the Office of the President budget in coordination with Finance and Administration.
Coordinate logistics for meetings and events hosted by the Office of the President.
Schedule and supervise work-study students assigned to the Office of the President.
Coordinate closely with the Executive Assistant to the President to ensure the office operates smoothly and responsively.
Align creative media with the College’s communications strategy and follow College policies for releases, privacy, image and music licensing, account security, procurement, inventory, and equipment.
Maintain confidentiality and discretion, serve on institutional committees, participate in College events as assigned, and perform other duties as assigned by the President.