Videographer

POSITION SUMMARY: Supports all video content creation for Communication & Marketing.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

GENERAL

• Plan, shoot, and edit high-quality video content for marketing, recruitment, advancement, and campus communications
• Create video content specifically designed for:
  • Enrollment funnels (awareness → consideration → decision)
  • Digital campaigns (social media ads, landing pages, email campaigns)
  • Social media messaging
• Operate and maintain video equipment (cameras, lighting, audio, drones if applicable)
• Manage all stages of production: pre-production (concepting, scripting), production (filming), and post-production (editing, color grading, sound design)
• Ensure technical excellence in video/audio quality and adherence to brand standards
• Work closely with senior editor to edit footage

POST-PRODUCTION

• Edit videos for multiple outputs (short-form, long-form, vertical, captioned versions)
• Flow specific procedure given by Senior editor for video asset storage, organization, and archiving
• Prepare files for distribution across digital platforms and internal systems

EVENT COVERAGE

• Film key institutional events (homecoming, performances, athletics, academic highlights)
• Capture evergreen campus footage for ongoing marketing use
• Maintain a robust visual library of b-roll

COLLABORATION

• Work closely with marketing team members
• Manage own work with clear timelines and deliverables
• Work with team to stay informed on platform trends, video styles, and evolving best practices in higher-education marketing

SOCIAL CONTENT SUPPORT

• Work with social media manager to shoot content when higher quality is called for
• Assist with live streaming events (commencements, chapel, special events) mainly as a camera operator

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

REQUIRED

• Experience operating professional video camera equipment.
• Flexible, adaptable, and teachable.
• Good interpersonal skills and works well with a team.
• Consistent excellence in communications, both written and verbal.

PERFERED

• Experience working on a video & marketing team environment.
• Experience with video color correction.
• Experience with, and knowledge of, digital video content for social media.
• Ability to manage/execute multiple priority projects simultaneously.

An applicant must be a born-again Christian who has a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Each applicant must agree with and affirm the Bob Jones University creed, mission (see https://www.bju.edu/about/creed-mission.php) and core biblical doctrines regarding areas such as the Bible, the triune God, man and salvation, etc.  Employees are expected to maintain a conservative lifestyle and support Bob Jones University’s positions on issues such as beverage alcohol and addictive substances, creation, marriage and human sexuality and the sanctity of life, etc., (https://www.bju.edu/about/positions.php). Employees are to be active members of a local Bible believing church which holds orthodox theology.  Applicants must be committed to providing students an excellent, worldclass education from a biblical worldview.