Job Description
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Apply from your existing Workday account in the Jobs Hub. Do not apply from this website. A cover letter is required for all positions; optional for facilities, campus services, and hospitality roles unless otherwise specified. Job Description Summary The Creative Content Producer captures the Wake Forest student experience through visual storytelling. Reporting to the Marketing & Communications Manager (Senior Specialist), this role produces high-quality photo and video content for digital channels, websites, and publications. The Creative Content Producer works collaboratively across Campus Life departments to create authentic, engaging visual stories that elevate divisional identity and connect students to programs and initiatives. •This position is not eligible for sponsorship of non-immigrant or immigrant Visa status through Wake Forest University. All eligible applicants are encouraged to apply. Job Description Essential Functions:
Produces and edits original multimedia content, including video, photography, motion-based assets and audio deliverables for promotional use in support of Campus Life programs, events and initiatives, meeting quick turnarounds for same-day posting and other projects. Maintains a centralized library of Campus Life photography and video assets, ensuring quality control and adherence to correct file and metadata conventions. Translates multimedia divisional goals into storytelling approaches and innovative visual content solutions. Produces creative multimedia content that reflects the vibrancy of the student experience, for use across multiple platforms. Ensures all content aligns with University brand and accessibility standards while introducing innovative, creative approaches to storytelling. Contributes original multimedia content that enhances divisional campaigns and storytelling initiatives. Exercises independent judgment in allocating time, resources, and focus across projects. Establishes and manages the content pipeline, workflows, and planning processes. Manages multimedia interns, recommending effective production practices and storytelling strategies. Required Education, Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:
Bachelor's degree or equivalent of at least two years of professional experience in videography, filmmaking, public relations, communications, journalism, or a related field. Experience and knowledge of video production, including but not limited to shooting, non-linear editing, color correction and audio editing. Proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud (Premiere Pro, Photoshop, Lightroom, etc.). Demonstrated ability to capture authentic, candid, and mission-driven content. Strong organizational skills and attention to detail. Ability to manage multiple projects concurrently; ability to meet deadlines. Ability to work flexible hours for evening/weekend coverage of student events. Must be well-versed in color grading, audio mixing and creating basic support graphics. Creative thinker who can balance the institutional brand and Campus Life initiatives with novel concepts. Familiarity with digital media workflows and audio production equipment, including the various uses, capabilities, applications, limitations, and costs. Must possess superior image-making and storytelling capabilities. Accountabilities:
Works independently and collaboratively. Provides direction to the Student Multimedia Team during content capture and production, ensuring quality, consistency, and alignment with creative vision. Physical Requirements:
Light walking. Occasional lifting or carrying equipment up to 50 lbs. Bending, stooping, reaching and climbing. Environmental Conditions:
Indoor/Outdoor. Some exposure to weather-related conditions. Additional Job Description Disclaimer:
This position profile identifies the key responsibilities and expectations for performance. It cannot encompass all specific job tasks that an employee may be required to perform. Employees are required to follow any other job-related instructions and perform job-related duties as may be reasonably assigned by the employee's supervisor. To help provide a safe learning and living community, Wake Forest University conducts background investigations and drug screens for all final candidates being considered for employment. Wake Forest seeks to recruit and retain a diverse workforce and encourages qualified candidates across all group demographics to apply. Wake Forest University is committed to providing access and reasonable accommodation in employment for individuals with disabilities. Time Type Requirement Full time Note to Applicant:
This position profile identifies the key responsibilities and expectations for performance. It cannot encompass all specific job tasks that an employee may be required to perform. Employees are required to follow any other job-related instructions and perform job-related duties as may be reasonably assigned by his/her supervisor. In order to provide a safe and productive learning and living community, Wake Forest University conducts background investigations and drug screens for all final staff candidates being considered for employment. Equal Opportunity Statement The University is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes all qualified candidates to apply without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, genetic information, disability and military or veteran status. Accommodations for Applicants If you are an individual with a disability and need an accommodation to participate in the application or interview process, please contact AskHR@wfu.edu or (336) 758-4700. About WFU:
Wake Forest University, formed in 1834, has experienced decades of growth and innovation. WFU is a distinctive university that combines a liberal arts core with graduate and professional schools and innovative research programs. The University embraces the teacher-scholar ideal, which prizes the personal interaction between students and faculty. It is a place where exceptional teaching, fundamental research and discovery, and the engagement of faculty and students in the classroom and the laboratory are paramount. Wake Forest University is a community that seeks the enlightenment and freedom which come through diligent study and learning. Its higher goal, however, is to give life to the University motto "Pro Humanitate," as members translate a passion for knowledge into compassionate service. The community shares a tradition that embraces freedom and integrity and acknowledges the worth of the individual. The heritage, established by the school's founders and nurtured by succeeding generations, promotes a democratic spirit arising from open-mindedness and discourse. Wake Forest fosters compassion and caring for others. Its collective strength and character are derived from the values and distinctive experiences of each individual; therefore, it affirms the richness of human intellect and culture and its contribution to knowledge, faith, reason, and dialogue. Furthermore, it strives toward a society in which good will, respect, and equality prevail. To that end, Wake Forest University rejects hatred and bigotry in any form and promotes justice, honor, and mutual trust. The University is comprised of:
the undergraduate college, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, School of Business, School of Divinity, School of Law, and School of Medicine (located on the Bowman Gray campus with Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center) and today enrolls about 4,846 undergraduates and 2,823 students in graduate programs at its principal location, the Reynolda campus. Students at Wake Forest University enjoy a great deal of access to and interaction with world-class faculty both in and out of the classroom setting with a student-faculty ratio of 11:1. Wake Forest employs approximately 2,772 full and part-time faculty and staff. Wake Forest is a collegiate university offering a vibrant, intellectual community with a rich cultural life, an impressive array of facilities, and a strong athletics program competing in the fifteen-team Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). Since its founding, the university has adopted the motto "pro humanitate," which is exemplified by a deep institutional commitment to public service and engagement with the world. Wake Forest has a strong commitment to holistic, eight-dimensional well-being for students, faculty and staff as evidenced in the Thrive initiative. Winston-Salem, North Carolina Wake Forest is located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, a beautiful, mid-sized city centrally located in the Piedmont-Triad region of North Carolina. Winston-Salem is a family-friendly city with high quality schools, numerous outdoor recreational activities and events, and is known for its vibrant and thriving arts scene. Winston-Salem residents enjoy close proximity to the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains (1.5 hours) and Atlantic beaches (4 hours), a moderate climate with four distinct seasons, a very reasonable cost of living, and an eclectic variety of restaurants, wine bars, and breweries for dining with friends and family. Winston-Salem offers many of the amenities of a large city but with the sense of community and quality of life of a smaller town.
