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Student Video Production Assistant
Job Description: 70%- Video Production & Editing • Produce and edit short- and long-form marketing and social media videos, including student and faculty profiles, research and study space features, recruitment pieces, strategic initiative videos, and other key message content. 10%- Content Ideation & Planning • Develop and pitch ideas for social media and other video content during communications team meetings. 10%- Team Collaboration • Collaborate with other student assistants on the College’s communications team to support digital marketing projects. 5%- Event Marketing Support • Assist with marketing tasks related to events. 5%- Additional Communications Support • Perform other communication-related tasks as assigned.
Disclaimer: The University of Kansas prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, national origin, age, ancestry, disability, status as a veteran, sexual orientation, marital status, parental status, gender identity, gender expression, and genetic information in the university's programs and activities. Retaliation is also prohibited by university policy. The following person has been designated to handle inquiries regarding the nondiscrimination policies and is the Title IX coordinator for all KU and KUMC campuses: Associate Vice Chancellor for Civil Rights and Title IX, [email protected], Room 1082, Dole Human Development Center, 1000 Sunnyside Avenue, Lawrence, KS 66045, 785-864-6414, 711 TTY.
Work Schedule: 10-15 hours per week.
Contact Information to Applicants: Heather Anderson [email protected]
Required Qualifications: • Experience with Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects video editing software as stated in application materials. • Experience with video technology, DSLR camera shooting, audio and lighting equipment as stated in application materials. • Video production/editing skills as evidenced in application materials.
Preferred Qualifications: • Experience in photography and animation, as indicated in application materials. • Previous office/clerical experience, as indicated in application materials. • Familiarity with Adobe Photoshop CS6 and PC Operating Systems, as indicated in application materials.
Position Overview: The Student Video Production Assistant will assist the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Dean’s Office in producing video profiles, recruitment videos, motion graphics, and more, primarily featuring students and faculty in the College. The position requires experience in all aspects of video production, especially in the production phases. The videos will be professional quality for internal and external audiences, in addition to fun, casual videos for social media. You will work as part of the communications team with the assistant director of communications and the director of communications and marketing. In return, we will offer you hands-on, marketable training in a busy marketing and communications office, and the chance to play a creative role in promoting the University of Kansas.
Video examples: • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-fyvqAjTU0 • https://www.youtube.com/@kucollege/videos • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXZfOActmO0 • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXZfOActmO0
Additional Candidate Instruction: A complete application will include: • Resume/ CV • Cover Letter addressing required/ preferred qualifications • Original video samples To ensure full consideration, please apply before the application deadline of August 27th, 2026.
Position Requirements: During the semester term of the appointment, the student hourly must be enrolled in no fewer than 6 credit hours. For summer periods the student hourly must: (1) have been enrolled in no less than 6 hours in the past spring semester or (2) be pre-enrolled in the upcoming fall semester in no less than 6 hours or (3) be enrolled in summer session or (4) be admitted to study in the upcoming fall semester. Student Hourlies may be undergraduate or graduate students. (Exceptions granted for GRA/GTA/GA appointments DO NOT apply to Student Hourly appointments).
Employment Conditions: (1) Student employees are not eligible for remote work arrangements unless an exception is approved by the unit leadership and HR.
(2) This is an hourly/non-exempt position. A student employee cannot hold an hourly/non-exempt position and a salaried/exempt graduate or undergraduate position (GRA/GTA/GA/RUA/RGA) concurrently.