Student Assistant - Multimedia Producer

Job Description

The University of Florida College of the Arts seeks a Multimedia Producer for the Digital Worlds Institute. The role involves capturing and editing high-quality video and photographic content to document institute events, student projects, and interdisciplinary initiatives.

The Multimedia Producer reports to the Associate In Advising and Associate Director and works in close collaboration with the Social Media & Communications Coordinator to align visual assets with the institute’s broader marketing strategy. They also work directly with the Social Media & Communications Coordinator to plan and execute multimedia content.

The responsibilities include:

• Film and photograph projects highlighting Digital Worlds programs, student spaces, and interdisciplinary experiences.
• Edit short-form video content (Reels style) and long-form features for the website and social channels.
• Maintain care of photo and video equipment; organize and archive the institute’s digital media library.

Qualifications

• Must be a currently enrolled University of Florida student (minimum 2.0 GPA).
• Demonstrated proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud (specifically Premiere Pro, After Effects, and Photoshop).
• Experience with DSLR/mirrorless camera operation, lighting, and audio recording.
• Available to work on-campus at the Norman Gym Building.
• Able to commit to 10 hours per week.

Preferred

• Possess solid filming, photography, and editing skills, with the ability to craft and maintain a consistent voice and tone with imagery.
• Experience with industry-standard techniques for sound, lighting, and camera equipment.
• Ability to demonstrate critical thinking and an eye for detail and accuracy.
• An interest in thinking creatively, strategically, and collaboratively.
• Evidence of skill in designing and facilitating work that advances curiosity, respect, open intellectual discourse, and the welcome incorporation and well-being of all in an environment of complex differences.

About the Role

The Digital Worlds Institute in the College of the Arts seeks a Multimedia Producer. The Multimedia Producer is responsible for the visual identity and media production for the Digital Worlds Institute. This role involves capturing and editing high-quality video and photographic content to document institute events, student projects, and interdisciplinary initiatives.

Benefits

The University of Florida College of the Arts intends to be a transformative community, responding to and generating foundational shifts in the arts and beyond. As business and academic professionals, artists, scholars, advisors, and teachers, we, the staff of the College, embrace the complexity of our evolving human experience and seek to empower our colleagues, students, and faculty to respond to and shape that experience fearlessly through critical thinking, creativity, constructive questioning, and respectful dialogue.

Pay

$15 an hour

Schedule

10 hours per week

About COTA and the University of Florida

The Digital Worlds Institute (DW) is an interdisciplinary institute that offers academic and research programs at the intersection of the arts, communications, and technology. Founded in 2001 as a partnership between the College of the Arts and the College of Engineering, DW has grown its initiatives across additional units including the Colleges of Education, Journalism & Communications, and the Health Sciences. DW offers both a graduate and an undergraduate program in Digital Arts & Sciences.

The College of the Arts is an engine of transformation that generates paradigmatic shifts in the arts and beyond, while nurturing adaptability, innovation, and excellence. We foster an environment where novel creative practice, leading research, and experiential learning thrive. Our students, faculty, and staff interrogate and respond to the ever-changing relationship between technology and the human spirit. We prepare future leaders in artistic professions and creative industries, while developing student capacity for interdisciplinary scholarship that serves and engages local and global communities.

The University of Florida is a comprehensive learning institution built on a land grant foundation. We are The Gator Nation, a community dedicated to excellence in education and research and shaping a better future for Florida, the nation and the world. Our mission is to enable our students to lead and influence the next generation and beyond for economic, cultural and societal benefit. UF is a graduate research institution with more than 50,000 students and membership in the prestigious Association of American Universities. Gainesville, which is consistently ranked as one of the nation’s most livable cities, is located midway between the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean. Together, the University and the community comprise the educational, medical and cultural center of North Central Florida.