Creative Video Content Lead

The University of Texas at Austin; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 60,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid holidays

Staff Tuition Assistance

TRS retirement benefits

Medical coverage

Job summary

The University of Texas at Austin seeks a Head of Creative Video Content to lead complex video productions that support academic, institutional, and community engagement goals.

As the lead within the Producers Cohort, you will guide projects through all stages and mentor producers to ensure consistency in production practices and workflows. Strong client communication and advanced Adobe editing skills are essential.

Qualifications

• At least 9 years’ experience in radio, television, or film production with a High School Diploma or GED.
• At least 5 years’ experience in 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).

Responsibilities

• Manage multiple concurrent projects and monitor progress across stages of development, pre-production, production, and post-production.
• Supervise, mentor, and support producers with guidance on production planning and workflows.
• Serve as lead producer on high-impact service center projects, guiding through development to delivery.
• Maintain project tracking, documentation, and reporting related to schedules, budgets, and resources.
• Collaborate with the Video STA Manager to identify and develop student producing talent.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Leadership

Client communication

Mentoring

Storytelling

Project management

Production innovation

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Adobe Creative Cloud

Premiere Pro

Media Encoder

Trello

Basecamp

Box

Microsoft Teams

Job description

The University of Texas at Austin seeks a Head of Creative Video Content to lead complex video productions that support academic, institutional, and community engagement goals.

As the lead within the Producers Cohort, you will guide projects through all stages and mentor producers to ensure consistency in production practices and workflows. Strong client communication and advanced Adobe editing skills are essential.