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Req Id: 40465
Job Title: Educational Video Management Specialist - Student Service
City: West Lafayette
Job Summary
Purdue University Online’s instructional design team seeks a dependable student worker to support a large-scale initiative to showcase course content on Purdue's YouTube channel. This role offers hands-on experience with educational technology workflows, video processing, and quality assurance in a higher education environment.
Job Responsibilities
- Execute a structured, semi-automated process for identifying, downloading, and processing course videos from our Learning Management System (LMS) and video distribution platform
- Run provided scripts to modify videos and generate metadata and thumbnails for YouTube upload
- Verify successful video rendering and conduct quality checks on metadata
- Maintain accurate records of processed courses and any issues encountered
- Communicate proactively about progress, questions, and roadblocks
Required Qualifications
- Learning agility: Ability to quickly understand and follow detailed technical processes, even without prior technical experience
- Attention to detail: Careful verification of outputs and metadata to ensure quality
- Communication skills: Proactive in asking questions, reporting progress, and escalating issues appropriately
- Judgment: Ability to distinguish between problems you can troubleshoot independently and those requiring supervisor input
Preferred Qualifictions
- Prior experience following technical procedures or workflows
- Basic comfort with digital file management
- Prior experience running programs in a terminal or working within a Jupyter notebook
Learning Opportunities
- This position provides experience with:
- Educational technology systems and workflows
- Video processing and quality assurance
- Process documentation and execution
- Working with automated tools and scripts
- Professional communication in a higher education setting
Work Environment
- Flexible schedule of 10 hours per week, with a regularly scheduled weekly meeting
- Direct mentorship and training from Lead Instructional Designer
Hourly Rate
$11.00/Hour
FLSA Status
Non-Exempt
Benefits Eligibility
NO
Posting Start Date: 1/21/26
Salary : $11