Media Production Assistant - OEC Studio
About The Position
The ITS Media Services studio team is seeking motivated Student Production Assistants with a strong interest in audio-visual systems and media production technologies. This position offers hands-on experience supporting all levels of university clients in the OEC Multimedia Studios as well as a variety of academic and high-profile event productions. Students will setup and support all types of studio recordings. This role is ideal for students in production track courses as well as passionate about post-production, live media production, emerging AV technologies, system design, and networking. You will support studio productions, troubleshoot equipment, help integrate new technologies, and contribute to full-cycle media production workflows.
Requirements
- Ability to stay focused and attentive—willing to put personal phone aside on shift.
- Strong interest in broadcast media production systems technologies
- High comfort level with computers and emerging media technologies
- Ability to learn quickly and work collaboratively
- Strong communication and teamwork skills
- Reliability, professionalism, and attention to detail
Nice To Haves
- Experience with broadcast media production technologies (from high school or college /university) such as cameras, lighting equipment, video editing software, audio
- Interest in system design strategies, signal flow, and media production best practices, network troubleshooting, VLANs, and LAN/WAN environments
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with instructors, clients, and production teams to record, edit, and produce content in university studios.
- Work with the Sr. Academic Media Producer and STELAR media production team on video projects.
- Manage post-production workflows (editing) for assigned projects, ensuring timely and high-quality deliverables.
- Be available during assigned shifts to support instructors, student groups, and university productions.
- Configure studio equipment to meet production requirements.
- Occasionally serve as the operating engineer for studio productions.
- Support daily operation of the OEC Multimedia Studio.
- Troubleshoot issues with video routing, cabling, lighting, audio devices, and streaming/recording systems.
- Perform on-the-spot break/fix repairs to keep productions running smoothly.
- Maintain familiarity with professional studio production equipment.
- Alongside full-time staff, student Production Engineers, explore and experiment with new live broadcast production and recording technologies.
- Contribute to testing and adopting emerging technologies into existing infrastructure.
- Work collaboratively with Media Services Central Engineering staff
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
