Video Production Assistant

Berklee College of Music • Boston, MA

19h • Hybrid

About The Position

Berklee’s Division of Pre-College, Online, and Professional Programs (POPP) is seeking a Video Production Assistant. This includes work with Berklee Online, the largest and most celebrated online music college in the world. The position offers the proper candidate the opportunity to be involved in Berklee College of Music’s educational offerings through the production and creation of video content for courses and other projects. The successful candidate will help the video team take projects through the full video production lifecycle. They will edit various stages of video projects, and make revisions, based on review input from the project’s Video Producer, as well as assist with the file management, backups, and archiving of assets. The candidate will also help with video shoots as needed. This is an excellent opportunity to expand your background in video editing techniques and production. For examples of our work, go to the Berklee Online YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/c/berkleemusic/videos) to see some sample media.

Requirements

• Current student at Berklee College of Music or Boston Conservatory at Berklee.
• Enrolled at least half-time in a degree, diploma, or certificate-seeking undergraduate or graduate program. Summer is the only semester in which a student can maintain employment without being enrolled. In this case, the student must be pre-registered for the upcoming fall semester. This exception does not apply to fall or spring semesters.
• Have a valid United States Social Security Number (SSN).
• Remain in “valid” Visa status as applicable.
• A minimum 2.0 cumulative GPA. Students in their first semester can work, even though they do not have an official GPA until the completion of their first semester.
• Federal Work Study student may apply.
• In good disciplinary standing.
• Must be located in the U.S.
• Very well organized.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Highly efficient in digital file management and asset organization.
• Familiarity with Google Suite, particularly Google Sheets.

Nice To Haves

• Committed to at least two semesters.
• Basic demonstrated video production and postproduction experience.
• Basic video editing.
• Audio editing.
• Airtable.

Responsibilities

• Edit video using ScreenFlow and other editing software, manage digital files, and select stills from video for thumbnail display.
• Export edits from the above work, upload them to an online collaboration platform for review, and make revisions on those edits as requested, according to tasks assigned by the Video Producers.
• Assist the Senior Digital Asset Manager with video backup, archiving, asset tracking, and data management, including closed caption editing.
• Help with video shoots as needed.
• Assist with transporting equipment to location sites, if needed.

Benefits

• We will train the selected candidate in all the necessary areas.
• Time commitment per week is flexible.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed