Non-Student Short-Term Casual

The Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards program is looking for a casual employee to assist with preparations for the awards ceremony and to help organize and digitize a video and audio archive of winners.

Responsibilities

• Assist with the preparations for the duPont awards ceremony.
• Maintain an ongoing log of assets.

Minimum Qualifications

• Should be familiar with news programming and current events, and have basic digital media skills, i.e can load video onto YouTube or post pictures onto Flickr or Facebook.
• Candidate is well organized and detail-oriented, mature and responsible, and can work independently.

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with news programming.
• Strong awareness of current events.
• Broader digital media experience beyond basic uploading (optional higher-level interpretation).
• Prior experience in a newsroom, media, or journalism environment (implied preference).