Creative Services Assistant (Part-Time)

General Information

James Madison University, a Division I Member of the NCAA and Sun Belt Conference, is seeking a Creative Services Assistant to be housed within the Creative Services unit. This is a part-time position, working 1500 hours over the period of one year.

Duties and Responsibilities

Duties include but are not limited to:

• Assisting the Creative Services staff with content production to meet the needs of coverage of 18 sport programs at the NCAA Division I level
• Creating graphics for promotion of sport programs and events
• Assisting with social media management; shooting assignments at sporting events in the areas of photo and video
• Editing content for primary usage on social media
• Ensuring compliance with all relevant institutional, Sun Belt and NCAA rules
• Emphasis is placed on constantly evolving strategies for content production for promotion of an athletics program in the current digital age

Qualifications

Required:

• Experience in a creative services field (photography, video, graphic design, social media)
• Possess good interpersonal communication skills and have the ability to create graphics as well as proficiency with video production software
• Knowledge of the creative services field, including experience with photography and video production along with basic graphic design and social media management
• Highly motivated
• Ability to balance multiple tasks
• Ability to produce high-quality work on tight deadlines
• Ability to manage a work schedule that includes some evening and weekend work

Additional Considerations:

• Experience with Adobe Creative Cloud programs
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office software