Video Production Assistant Jobs in Rochester, MI

Located in the heart of Detroit's Cultural Center, Wayne State University is seeking a full-time non-tenure-track Assistant Professor of Teaching with a teaching emphasis in Video Production & Digital Content Creation in the Department of Communication.
We are seeking an industry-experienced video producer and narrative storyteller to join our faculty for a two-year non-tenure-track appointment starting August 18, 2026. This position supports the department's curricular evolution from traditional film production toward digital content creation, brand storytelling, and multimedia communication across disciplines, including public relations and journalism. We welcome candidates with professional experience producing high-quality video for documentary, branded, or promotional contexts who will teach foundational and advanced production courses.
The successful candidate will teach up to four courses per semester in areas such as Digital and field video production; Lighting, sound, and set logistics; Editing and post-production workflows; Digital media production; Strategic communication and brand storytelling; Content creation and emerging media practices; and as needed in other areas of the department that connect to the candidate's expertise. The candidate will teach courses during the fall and winter terms and participate in department committees and activities. The candidate will also:

Mentor undergraduate students pursuing careers in media arts, digital media, journalism, strategic communication, and content creation

Contribute to curriculum development aligned with program competencies and industry trends

Support the department's transition toward multimedia production and strategic communication and journalistic storytelling

Participate in departmental and university service

Deliver instruction in face-to-face, online, and hybrid formats

Assess student performance, monitor progress using Canvas, and maintain current course materials

DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATION: With approximately 375 undergraduate majors and 80 graduate students, the Department of Communication is diverse and dynamic, featuring programs in communication studies, media arts and studies, film, journalism, and public relations.
Our students experience the benefit of a world-class education in an applied context. The department is composed of 26 tenured and tenure-track faculty and more than 20 part-time faculty with strong backgrounds in both scholarly and professional approaches to communication. We offer 25 graduate assistantships and fellowships each year.
THE COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY: As a university, we have a responsibility to uphold diversity as a value, and demonstrate commitment, through our policies and actions. Through our everyday activities and interactions, creative and scholarly practices, curricular design and teaching, and service and community engagement, we seek to create an inclusive institutional atmosphere that recognizes and celebrates the inherent value of a diverse campus community.
We are a university of access and opportunity, and we have a responsibility to demonstrate a commitment to our mission of providing access to an excellent and affordable college education. We are here to make our students' lives and futures better. Financial aid avenues that help support this commitment are the Michigan Achievement Scholarship and Wayne State Guarantee (a tuition-free program open to all Pell Grant-eligible Michigan residents, as well as most families who earn less than 70,000) for first time students, and Michigan Reconnect for transfer pathways. In addition, the Detroit Promise award ensures any eligible Detroit-resident student graduating from a high school in the city will have a tuition-free path to a bachelor's degree.
The Department of Communication is one of four departments in the College of Fine, Performing and Communication Arts; the other constituent units are the James Pearson Duffy Department of Art, Art History, and Design, the Maggie Allesee Department of Theatre and Dance, and the Department of Music. The college offers 17 undergraduate programs, 10 graduate programs and three graduate certificate programs. It is home to today's aspiring artists, performers, scholars, dancers, debaters, entrepreneurs and communication professionals who all represent the college's legacy of excellence in our respective fields.
From debate to dance, jazz to journalism, and fashion design to center stage, our students create captivating performances, inspire artistic and academic excellence, and conduct innovative research on behalf of our Detroit community. The college's alumni include a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and winners of and nominees for the Grammy, Emmy, Tony, Golden Globe, Obie, Screen Actors Guild and Caldecott awards.
Wayne State University is a Carnegie Tier 1 Research (R1) university enrolling more than 24,000 students in 350 undergraduate and graduate programs offered through the University's 13 schools and colleges. Wayne State's immediate neighbors in our Midtown Cultural Center include the Detroit Public Library, Detroit Institute of Arts, Michigan Science Center, Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, Detroit Historical Museum, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, and Detroit Opera Theatre. The vibrant Midtown and Downtown areas are also home to active theatres, galleries, professional sports stadiums, and entertainment venues ranging from Detroit Artist Market and the Fox and Fisher Theatres.