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Job Posting Title:
Head of Creative Video Content
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Hiring Department:
College of Liberal Arts
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Position Open To:
All Applicants
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Weekly Scheduled Hours:
40
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FLSA Status:
Non-Exempt from FLSA
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Earliest Start Date:
Immediately
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Position Duration:
Expected to Continue
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Location:
UT MAIN CAMPUS
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Job Details:
General Notes
Liberal Arts Instructional Technology Services (LAITS) is seeking highly skilled and motivated professionals to assist with the operations of a unique service department dedicated to creating, maintaining, and promoting technology within the College of Liberal Arts at The University of Texas. Must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis for any employer without sponsorship.
Join Liberal Arts Instructional Technology Services (https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/laits/), a unique service department dedicated to creating, maintaining, and promoting technology within the College of Liberal Arts at The University of Texas at Austin.
UT Austin offers a competitive benefits package (https://hr.utexas.edu/prospective) that includes:

• 100% employer-paid basic medical coverage for employee

• Optional medical insurance for employee's dependents - up to 50% employer-paid

• Optional dental, vision, and term life insurance for employees and dependents

• Paid holiday time off each year; state legislature determines the number of holidays

• 12 days of paid vacation time off per year for new employees

• 12 days of paid sick leave per year

• Employer contribution to Teacher Retirement System (TRS)

• Staff Tuition Assistance Program

• Access to Recreation & Health Facilities

Purpose
This role provides leadership and oversight for the planning, execution, and delivery of complex video productions that support academic, institutional, and community engagement goals. As the lead within the Producers Cohort, the position ensures projects are executed efficiently, meet established creative and technical standards, and align with client objectives. The role serves as a resource and mentor for producers, promotes consistency in production practices and workflows, and supports the successful delivery of projects across all phases of production.
Responsibilities

• Manage multiple concurrent projects and monitor progress across stages of development, pre-production, production, and post-production. Track milestones; identify risks; coordinate resources; implement solutions; and ensure clear communication with clients, stakeholders, and collaborators to maintain project timelines and ensure alignment between project goals and deliverables.

• Supervise, mentor, and support producers by providing guidance on production planning, project management, client communication, storytelling approaches, and production workflows. Establish structured feedback systems and professional development plans for producing.

• Serve as lead producer on high-impact service center projects (e.g., highlight reels, recruitment videos, development support videos, and documentary films), guiding projects through development, pre-production, production, and post-production while ensuring creative, technical, timeline, and budget expectations are met.

• Maintain project tracking, documentation, and reporting processes related to schedules, budgets, deliverables, and resource utilization to support effective production planning and execution. Evaluate and implement production workflows, tools, and industry best practices that improve efficiency, consistency, and production quality. Assist in developing standards, documentation, and training resources that support effective production operations.

• Collaborate with the Video STA Manager to identify, train, and develop student producing talent for service center and similar projects.

• Other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• At least 9 year's experience in the field of radio, television or film program productions with a High School Diploma or GED

• At least 5 years' experience in the field of radio, television, or film productions with a Bachelor's degree

• Experience leading video productions from concept development through final delivery.

• Experience managing project scopes, schedules, budgets, and production resources.

• Experience serving as a primary client contact and maintaining productive client relationships.

• Experience mentoring, training, or supervising production staff.

• Strong visual storytelling, interviewing, and content development skills.

• At least 3 years of professional experience working in a professional studio and/or production environment.

• Proficiency with Adobe Creative Cloud, especially Premiere Pro and Media Encoder.

• Working knowledge of collaboration and project management tools (e.g., Trello, Basecamp, Box, Microsoft Teams).

Relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate.
Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supervising producers or leading production teams.

• Experience mentoring student staff or early-career producers.

• Experience producing documentary, recruitment, fundraising, or institutional storytelling content.

• Experience coordinating productions involving faculty, executive leadership, students, and community partners.

• Direct or adjacent experience producing live events, broadcasts, or multi-camera productions.

• Experience developing production standards, workflows, and operational documentation.

• Experience working within a service center or client-service production model.

• Experience working within The University of Texas or similar higher education environments.

• Ability to solve complex production challenges under tight deadlines.

• Advanced proficiency in post-production workflows and tools.

• Demonstrated communication, feedback, and conflict-resolution skills in client- and internal-facing settings.

• Proficiency using Microsoft 365, Slack, Zoom, and Harvest.

• Strong knowledge of and experience working in AirTable.

• Familiarity with Frame.io or similar collaborative asset management workflows.

• Knowledge of graphic design workflows (Canva, Photoshop, Lightroom, Bridge, etc).

• Experience ensuring visual, tonal, and brand consistency across deliverables.

Salary Range
$60,000 + Depending on Qualifications
Working Conditions
Environmental Demands

• May work in extreme temperatures.

• May work around standard office conditions.

• May work around electrical and mechanical hazards.

• May work in shared workspaces with frequent interruptions.

• May work on multiple projects concurrently, under pressure of rigid deadlines and time limitations.

Physical Tasks

• Repetitive use of a keyboard at a workstation.

• Use of manual dexterity.

• Climbing of stairs.

• Climbing of ladders.

• Lifting and moving.

Work Shift

• Overtime, evening, weekend, and holiday work may be required as needs demand.

Required Materials

• Resume/CV
• 3 work references with their contact information; at least one reference should be from a supervisor
• Letter of interest

Important for applicants who are NOT current university employees or contingent workers: You will be prompted to submit your resume the first time you apply, then you will be provided an option to upload a new Resume for subsequent applications. Any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) will be uploaded in the Application Questions section; you will be able to multi-select additional files. Before submitting your online job application, ensure that ALL Required Materials have been uploaded. Once your job application has been submitted, you cannot make changes.
Important for Current university employees and contingent workers: As a current university employee or contingent worker, you MUST apply within Workday by searching for Find UT Jobs. If you are a current University employee, log-in to Workday, navigate to your Worker Profile, click the Career link in the left hand navigation menu and then update the sections in your Professional Profile before you apply. This information will be pulled in to your application. The application is one page and you will be prompted to upload your resume. In addition, you must respond to the application questions presented to upload any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) that were noted above.
Employment Eligibility:
Regular staff who have been employed in their current position for the last six continuous months are eligible for openings being recruited for through University-Wide or Open Recruiting, to include both promotional opportunities and lateral transfers. Staff who are promotion/transfer eligible may apply for positions without supervisor approval.
Retirement Plan Eligibility:
The retirement plan for this position is Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS), subject to the position being at least 20 hours per week and at least 135 days in length.
Background Checks:
A criminal history background check will be required for finalist(s) under consideration for this position.
Equal Opportunity Employer:
The University of Texas at Austin, as an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, complies with all applicable federal and state laws regarding nondiscrimination and affirmative action. The University is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all persons and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, disability, religion, or veteran status in employment, educational programs and activities, and admissions.
Pay Transparency:
The University of Texas at Austin will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information.
Employment Eligibility Verification:
If hired, you will be required to complete the federal Employment Eligibility Verification I-9 form. You will be required to present acceptable and original documents to prove your identity and authorization to work in the United States. Documents need to be presented no later than the third day of employment. Failure to do so will result in loss of employment at the university.
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E-Verify:
The University of Texas at Austin use E-Verify to check the work authorization of all new hires effective May 2015. The university's company ID number for purposes of E-Verify is 854197. For more information about E-Verify, please see the following:

• E-Verify Poster (English and Spanish) [PDF]
• Right to Work Poster (English) [PDF]
• Right to Work Poster (Spanish) [PDF]

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Compliance:
Employees may be required to report violations of law under Title IX and the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act). If this position is identified a Campus Security Authority (Clery Act), you will be notified and provided resources for reporting. Responsible employees under Title IX are defined and outlined in HOP-3031.
The Clery Act requires all prospective employees be notified of the availability of the Annual Security and Fire Safety report. You may access the most recent report here or obtain a copy at University Compliance Services, 1616 Guadalupe Street, UTA 2.206, Austin, Texas 78701.