Post Production Assistant Jobs in Austin, TX (NOW HIRING)

Job Posting Title:
Online Course Post Production Coordinator
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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 a wide variety of post-production services by managing workflows, resources, and quality standards. As the central point of coordination for post-production activities, this role ensures projects are appropriately staffed, efficiently executed, and delivered to client expectations, while fostering continuous and long-term improvement in project outcomes, staff development, and scalability of post-production operations.
Responsibilities

• Oversee and coordinate post-production work for online courses, service center clients, and other projects, ensuring editing assignments are appropriately staffed and completed according to quality, technical, timeline, and budget requirements. This includes assigning editors based on skill level and availability, managing workflows for high-volume editing projects, reviewing edits for quality assurance, addressing post-production challenges and bottlenecks, and assisting with rush assignments as needed to meet deadlines.

• Train, mentor, and support student editors by providing instruction on post-production standards, workflows, technologies, and best practices. This includes documenting and tracking student growth and professional development, providing feedback on editing work, troubleshooting technical and workflow issues, and helping create opportunities for skill development and advancement.

• Manage post-production workflows, resource allocation, editor assignments, and project tracking processes to assign and supervise post-production for online courses, live events, creative media, and other projects.

• Maintain and improve media management practices, including the organization, retention, tagging, and accessibility of media assets associated with online courses, service center clients, and other work. Assist management in evaluating and recommending equipment, software, workflow improvements, staffing needs, and operating policies.

• Build and foster a collaborative environment that encourages communication, feedback, and continuous improvement across groups. Work with the Video Department Manager, Studio Resources Manager, and Director of Studio Operations to analyze post-production metrics, identify trends and opportunities for improvement, support strategic planning efforts, and develop long-term solutions to meet growing post-production demands.

• Other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• At least 7 years of experience in the field of radio, television or film program productions with a High School Diploma or GED.

• At least 3 years of experience in the field of radio, television or film program productions with a Bachelor's degree.

• Proficiency with Adobe Creative Cloud (especially Premiere Pro and Media Encoder) and related post-production tools.

• Strong knowledge of video editing workflows, quality assurance processes, media management practices, and draft delivery standards.

• Strong knowledge of workflows, best practices, and common industry tools for finishing work such as color correction (e.g., DaVinci Resolve), audio finishing (e.g., Pro Tools), captioning, and media delivery.

• Experience managing multiple projects simultaneously while balancing competing priorities and deadlines.

• Experience estimating and working within project budgets and timelines.

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

• Knowledge of media asset management, archival, backup, and file organization workflows and best practices.

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

• At least 3 years as a video editor or post-production specialist.

• At least 3 years managing, training, and/or mentoring video editors, student employees, or production staff.

• Experience developing and managing post-production workflows, standards, and documentation.

• Experience supporting high-volume production operations.

• Direct or adjacent experience with on-set and/or live productions (e.g., live event recording, interview filming, b-roll filming, etc).

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

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

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

• Knowledge of graphic design workflows and tools (e.g., Canva, Photoshop, Illustrator, etc).

• Experience with motion graphics or templated editing (e.g., After Effects).

• Experience with accessibility and caption quality control.

• Experience with media asset management systems, archival workflows, or DAM platforms.

• Familiarity with brand standards and cross-platform video delivery requirements.

Salary Range
$55,000+ Depending on Qualifications
Working Conditions
Environmental Demands

• Work location is on the UT Main Campus.

• Off-campus work may be required.

• Personally-owned electronic devices will be required in order to communicate effectively with team members.

• May work in extreme temperatures.

• May work outdoors.

• May work around standard office conditions.

• May work around electrical and mechanical hazards.

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.