Online Video Media Developer (HR Title : Multimedia Specialist II)

Salary Range :

Salary commensurate with experience and qualifications

About SMU

SMU’s more than 12,000 diverse, high-achieving students come from all 50 states and over 80 countries to take advantage of the University’s small classes, meaningful research opportunities, leadership development, community service, international study and innovative programs.

SMU serves approximately 7,000 undergraduates and 5,000 graduate students through eight degree-granting schools :  Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences, Cox School of Business, Lyle School of Engineering, Meadows School of the Arts, Simmons School of Education and Human Development, Dedman School of Law, Perkins School of Theology and Moody School of Graduate and Advanced Studies.

SMU is data driven, and its powerful supercomputing ecosystem – paired with entrepreneurial drive – creates an unrivaled environment for the University to deliver research excellence.

Now in its second century of achievement, SMU is recognized for the ways it supports students, faculty and alumni as they become ethical, enterprising leaders in their professions and communities. SMU’s relationship with Dallas – the dynamic center of one of the nation’s fastest-growing regions – offers unique learning, research, social and career opportunities that provide a launch pad for global impact.

SMU is nonsectarian in its teaching and committed to academic freedom and open inquiry.

About the Department :

SMU’s

Online Production Services (OPS)

team, part of the

Office of Information Technology (OIT) , designs high-quality, engaging online courses that have impacted over 10,000 students since 2019. OPS partners with faculty and course developers to provide end-to-end support, including instructional design, technology integration, and research-based pedagogy for all levels of online teaching experience.

As a unit within OIT’s

Academic Technology

division, OPS contributes to the university’s broader mission to support teaching, learning, and innovation through technology. OIT delivers dependable services and forward-thinking solutions that enhance the SMU experience. Team members in OPS collaborate across campus to elevate digital learning and advance online education initiatives.

About the Position :

This role is an on-campus, in-person position.

This position will primarily serve as a Online Video / Media Developer reporting to SMU's Online Production Services group developing courses for the Simmons School of Education and Human Development. The Online Video / Media Developer will create digital course materials such as still and motion graphics, professional quality audio and video media, and basic animations. They will collaborate with faculty and Instructional Designers to produce multimedia content and help ensure multimedia content is accessible for diverse learners. Additionally, this position will conduct internal Quality Matters course reviews and serve to build out SMU’s growing in-house, online course production services capabilities.

Essential Functions :

Leads and manages video media production for broad range of strategic university-level, OIT, online program and ad-hoc projects from initial pre-production with stakeholders to delivery and distribution through campus platforms.

Collaborates with professors, subject matter experts, and instructional designers on course multimedia design and delivery. Provides consultation and training for professors and subject matter experts on how to create high-quality lecture recordings, video and image accessibility, fair use practices, and file management.

Edits digital media content using nonlinear software systems, electronic and motion graphics, animations, digital effects, sound effects and music into finished packages that meet appropriate branding guidelines, quality rubrics, customer expectations and other approvals. Creates motion graphics for use in media.

Directs and records video and audio both in studio and on-locations as required by stakeholders, talent, faculty and other subjects. Operates high-quality cameras, audio, grip and lighting gear to acquire video and media content both in-studio and on-location.

Maintains studio, studio scheduling, and studio equipment.

May supervise studio student workers.

Monitors advances in media solutions and techniques.

Continually refines studio and production processes to include advances that improve media and video production services for campus.

Makes recommendations regarding purchases of equipment, staff assignments and production operations.

Conduct Quality Matters Course reviews.