Video Producer

About the Role

The Producer will collaborate with faculty, instructional designers, and production teams to create premium, engaging educational video content for online programs. This role combines technical production expertise with creative storytelling, cinematography, and faculty direction to elevate the quality and engagement of Syracuse University Global’s online courses. This position will guide faculty through the production process and coach them on effective on-camera presentation, including working with resistant or camera-shy faculty to build trust and confidence while maintaining the university’s brand standards for premium online content.

This is a campus-facing, on-campus position requiring daily in-person presence to fulfill essential job functions, coordinate with stakeholders across the university, and maintain real-time collaboration with team members. The role requires regular on-campus presence and occasional schedule flexibility, including evenings and weekends based on student and operational needs.

Responsibilities

• Faculty Direction & On-Camera Coaching:
  • Collaborate with faculty before and during production to prepare them for on-camera recording.
  • Conduct pre-production consultations to discuss content approach, pacing, and presentation style.
  • Coach faculty during recording sessions on delivery, tone, energy, eye contact, and camera presence.
  • Work with resistant or camera-shy faculty to build confidence and comfort.
  • Provide real-time direction to faculty on delivery, pacing, and camera presence.
  • Guide faculty away from teleprompter dependency toward more natural, authentic delivery.
• Production Management & Execution:
  • Serve as camera operator, sound mixer, gaffer, and grip during production.
  • Organize and execute pre-production and production processes for assigned courses.
  • Collaborate with Video team, Instructional Designers, Multimedia artists, and faculty.
  • Manage course production timelines and deliverables.
  • Ensure all footage meets quality standards and brand requirements.
  • Troubleshoot and diagnose equipment problems and perform regular maintenance.
  • Manage post-production workflow including ingest, logging, syncing, and organizing media.
  • Coordinate set construction, design lighting and sound plans, and direct production crews and talent.
  • Handle DIT (Digital Imaging Technician) activities.
• Cinematography & Visual Storytelling:
  • Design and execute creative shot composition, lighting, and camera movement to create visually engaging content.
  • Develop visual storytelling approaches that enhance learning objectives and maintain student engagement.
  • Uphold and contribute to established cinematography standards across productions.
  • Scout locations, plan shots, and create shot lists that support narrative flow.
  • Collaborate with instructional designers and faculty to translate course content into compelling visual narratives.
  • Elevate production value through thoughtful framing, lighting design, and camera techniques.
• Post-Production & Editing:
  • Assemble footage into string outs, rough, fine, and final cuts.
  • Perform color correction, sound sweetening, and graphics integration using Adobe After Effects and Creative Suite.
  • Implement notes regarding the editing of projects based on feedback from producers, instructional designers, and faculty.
  • Archive and maintain records of master files.
  • Ensure quality control and consistency using advanced technologies and post-production methodologies.
  • Set up post-production projects, edit, online, archive video, deliver, and manage digital assets.
• Collaboration & Process Improvement:
  • Continually learn and stay up-to-date with the latest video production techniques and technologies.
  • Demonstrate excellent organizational and time management skills.
  • Be detail-oriented with strong written and verbal communication skills.
  • Take criticism and feedback positively to improve the quality of videos.

Requirements

• Education:
  • Bachelor’s degree in Film Production, Cinema, Communication, Education, Journalism, or related field (required).
  • Master’s degree in Film, Media Production, Instructional Design, Education, Communication, or related field (preferred).
• Experience:
  • 3-5 years minimum professional video production experience with emphasis on directing, coaching, or working with non-actors or subject matter experts on camera.
  • Proven track record working with reluctant, camera-shy, or resistant on-camera participants in educational, corporate training, documentary, or broadcast settings.
  • Portfolio demonstrating cinematography excellence AND directing/coaching work.
  • Experience translating complex subject matter into compelling visual narratives.
  • Professional proficiency with cinema-grade camera systems, lighting, and audio equipment.
  • Proficiency with industry-standard editing software (Adobe Premiere, Final Cut Pro, Avid, DaVinci Resolve, or equivalent).
  • Ability to quickly learn and adapt to new equipment/technologies.

Skills

• Creative & Interpersonal Skills:
  • Visual storytelling expertise, with the ability to translate educational content into engaging narratives.
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to quickly build trust and put camera-shy or anxious faculty/subject matter experts at ease.
  • Patience, emotional intelligence, and creative problem-solving, especially when working with faculty new to on-camera work.
  • Strong cross-functional collaboration skills.
  • Ability to manage multiple projects and shifting priorities in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
• Technical Skills:
  • Knowledge of electrical safety for media production and studio shoots.
  • Technical knowledge of video codecs, transcoding for web delivery, and post-production workflow.
  • Understanding of data management, equipment compatibility, and cloud/server solutions.
  • Proficiency with Adobe Creative Cloud (Premiere Pro, Media Encoder, After Effects, Photoshop, Audition).
  • Proficiency with DaVinci Resolve.
• Preferred Skills:
  • Academic, higher ed, or educational content production experience.
  • Background in coaching, training, or professional development.
  • Documentary filmmaking or broadcast journalism experience.
  • Familiarity with Canon/Blackmagic camera systems.

About Syracuse University

Syracuse University is a private, international research university with distinctive academics, diversely unique offerings, and an undeniable spirit. Located in the geographic heart of New York State, with a global footprint and over 150 years of history, Syracuse University offers a quintessential college experience. The scope of Syracuse University includes over 15,000 undergraduates and over 6,000 graduate students, more than 200 majors and 100 minors, and a student population from all 50 U.S. states and 123 countries.

About The Syracuse Area

Syracuse is a medium-sized city situated in the geographic center of New York State, approximately 250 miles northwest of New York City. The metro-area population totals approximately 500,000. The area offers a low cost of living and provides many social, cultural, and recreational options, including parks, museums, festivals, professional regional theater, and premier shopping venues. Syracuse and Central New York present a wide range of seasonal recreation and attractions, from water skiing and snow skiing to hiking in the Adirondacks, touring historic sites, visiting wineries along the Finger Lakes, and biking on trails along the Erie Canal.